introducing annabel

I'd like to introduce our daughter Annabel (age 11) in her Youtube debut of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.   I will also share a little bit about our girl:

This above photo was taken in 1999, well before I was a blogger.  Annabel was our second child, she came to us as an answer to our prayers.  We had a 2 1/2 year old daughter and since I have a sister who is so special to me, naturally I wanted Sky to have a sister.  I remember Gary and I talking about what would be the best age span, something our generation of parents seem to think about more than previous ones.  "Two and a half years would be good," we decided.  Annabel was born exactly 2 1/2 years, to the month, after her sister.  She was an awesome, adorable, easy baby...

...A hilarious toddler.  Her most widely spoken phrase was "O-tay Mommy."  She was the most compliant, mellow kid I ever saw.  I could sit on a blanket at a park with a playgroup, and Annabel would sit by my side for close to three hours, humming and eating.  Meanwhile all of the other kids would climb and run and the other mothers would be chasing after them. 

Age five.  Really smart.  Loved school.  Cute as a button.  She continued to hum while she ate, and sang all the time to herself.

 

Age seven.  Annabel began to play guitar and harmonica.  She wowed a crowd of over a thousand people as the emcee of a duo act of Beatles tunes with her sister.  In this above shot was just hanging in the park playing for family. 

 

Well she's now eleven, and wants to be an actress in movies when she grows up.

She just recorded Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  And that big sister, who is also her best friend, created the photo show.  I hope you like it.  There will be more songs to follow.  The girls are already working on a duet.

This is Annabel's blog in case you are interested.