Anna's Song

When Grace was a baby, we discovered that she really liked Neil Young. I think she was around 6 months old and we were on our way home from Cape Breton (a 3.5 hour drive) and Grace was fussing in the backseat. Brian put on the Harvest Moon album and within seconds of Unknown Legend playing, Grace fell asleep. We both laughed about it and said she must be a Neil Young fan! The next time she was fussing in the car we put the song on and again, she calmed down almost immediately and went to sleep. We thought it was a fluke but it kept happening! She still likes the song Unknown Legend and will sometimes ask to listen to "the song that I liked when I was a baby and I would go right to sleep!"

A few months ago, Anna was crying in the car on our way home from Zilla and Bampers' house. We were playing some songs on Brian's phone and when No One by Alicia Keys came on, Anna stopped crying. We looked at each other and chuckled, and we tried the song the next time Anna was fussing in the car - it worked! For the past few months, any time Anna is fussing or crying in the car, we put on No One and she settles right away. It's to the point now that if Anna starts crying, Grace will say "put on No One, quick!" Grace has been singing the song to Anna for months and it does soothe her; it's so sweet. Recently, Anna started singing along with Grace! We've even heard her singing the song to herself when she wakes up in the night. I finally caught the two of them singing on video:

That's What She Said

Grace (after watching the Mickey Mouse version of A Christmas Carol): Mommy, you can be Mr. Scrooge, I'll be Mickey Mouse, Anna is Tiny Tim, and Daddy is Bum Crack.
(I laughed so hard and almost didn't want to tell her that it's actually Bob Cratchit).

G: Mommy, are you coming outside?
Me: No, I'm going to stay in with Anna. You can stay out with Daddy.
G: Yeah, 'cause we're best friends!

Grace, while playing Ball in a Cup: This is really tricky! I can't do it when I'm 3. Maybe when I'm 4. 

Anna: 

(Anna's ramblings aren't as comical because she's just learning to talk, but we think she will be a little chatterbox like her big sister!)

Hi!
Bye bye

Up!

Mommy

Dah-yee (Daddy)

Toe (toast)

Chee-O! (Cheerios)

Wah (water)

Num num num (while enjoying her food!)

2014

My first blog post of 2014 - halfway through January. I had told myself that I would post more frequently this year but I'm not doing a very good job of that so far!

I'm hoping to post more going forward. I need to keep in mind the reason I started this blog in the first place - as an online baby book for the girls. Even if it's just a short post about something funny that happened that day or something interesting that we did, it will be fun to look back at later. I'm working on a post about our holidays!

For now, here's a couple pictures of the girls.

They love reading to each other!

Anna wasn't feeling well, so they snuggled up on the couch and watched a show.