Oh, how I love this baby ...

Last year, I fell in love with one of the songs that Abigail learned for her church Christmas program. I don't even know the name of it, but it really is a very cute song--and very memorable! She taught it to me--complete with the motions--as we rode in the back of their family minivan over Thanksgiving break. I bugged Johnny and Anne to record Abba signing it--which they did. You can watch the recording on YouTube here. Or ... I just posted the video in the post that precedes this one.

The lyrics are a series of questions and answers surrounding the birth of Christ. There is one part of the song that goes, "What did Mary think? ... What did Mary think? ... She thought, 'Oh, how I love this baby! ... Oh, how I love this baby!'"

And then next comes the line that is repeated throughout the song: "Baby Jesus is God's Son."

Of course, Tanna questioned the theology behind a song that speculates what was going through Mary's mind after she gave birth to the Savior. But I think it's pretty safe to say that feelings of love were there, especially after all of the pondering that had been going on in her heart.

Getting back to the song ... It's the kind of song that can get stuck in your head. It's that catchy. In fact, that one line--"Oh, how I love this baby"--is one that I sing many times a week to this day as I hold and squeeze Kate.

I know it is written about Mary and Baby Jesus. Perhaps it's a way for me to relate to Mary in a different way--as a mother holding her baby. Many times, after I sing the line a few times, I'll even follow it with, "Baby Jesus is God's Son." I figure it's good for her to hear that Baby Jesus is God's Son as early as possible. Oh, how we love that Baby, too.