Knee Baby

Being from the south, my father's side of the family has a tendency to utilize words and phrases that often seem, ahem...strange.  Phrases like, "over yonder", "sit a spell", "shin dig", and "ya'll" flow freely from their lips.  If we are together for awhile, I find myself speaking the country vernacular as well.  And truth be known, I love it!

On a recent visit to my aunt's house, she introduced our youngest monkey girl as the "knee baby".  Now that is one phrase that I have not heard, so I had to ask for a translation.

According to southern tradition, the knee baby is the baby that was the baby before the baby came along.  Confused yet?  So was I, until I had another glass of sweet tea and some chew bread, then I went out on the porch and set for a spell.

Here is my "knee baby" with my "baby baby":

Ya'll come back now, ya hear,

Melissa