Shortly after Zachary was born, I was browsing on FB while he stirred restlessly on my lap. I saw a link to yet another version of "Let it Go" from Frozen, but this time the image along with the link made me click over for a listen. Within 30 seconds, Z had calmed down, and was resting quietly, yet as soon as the song stopped, he got fussy again. The song is a mash up of Let it Go and Vivaldi's Winter, by two guys known as The Piano Guys (though one plays the piano and the other the cello). It's not soothing in the slightest, yet it continues to magically calm Zachary down on a regular (but not consistent) basis. That night I played it over and over again, and have had to play it on repeat several nights over the past week as Z had some rough nights, probably coinciding with a growth spurt.
After finding that first song, I started listening to some of their other songs, and was hooked. I downloaded one of their albums, and the next day showed Finn some of the videos. He now asks to watch or listen to the Piano Guys on a regular basis, and yesterday said he wanted to get his cello out to play along. I love that this random find has been so much fun for our family - and especially that it's adding to Finn's growing interest in music.
They released a
new video and song today - this time a mashup of The Mission (already one of my all time favorites) and How Great Thou Art. It's just beautiful, and so is the video, which was filmed in Iguazu Falls, which makes me love it even more, as one of my best vacations ever included a visit to the falls. I'm not sure the song appeals to Finn all that much, but Zachary sure seems to enjoy it.
This weeks pictures...funny that almost all these are when he was sleeping, though sleep was actually hard to come by for a huge part of the week. As I take pictures every day of a baby who pretty much doesn't really do much of anything, I can't help but think how different this pictures will be in just a few months, and especially once he gets mobile. It's so amazing how much change happens in this first year. It goes so fast, even when the first weeks seem like an eternity.
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| 3/26/14: pudgy hands |
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| 3/27/14: sleeping baby |
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| 3/28/14: Bunnies? Really mom? |
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| 3/29/14: spit up face (while being held by Aunt Lisa) |
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| 3/30/14: sleeping with his new sea horse - a gift from Anabel (whose mom was with me on that wonderful vacation I mentioned above) |
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| 3/31/14: snoozing at the children's museum while big brother plays |
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| 4/1/14: snuggly sleeping baby |
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