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: