So its been a while, and a lot has been going on! My sister came to visit! She was able to surprise my parents, they had no idea! She walked into their house and my mom just about had a heart attack! Jonathan ran down the stairs, thinking that my dad, who was on the roof, fell off! lol and my dad nonchalantly came in and gave her a hug!
So we got to spend 9 days with her, it was a lot of fun. Even thought the last 2 days I was out sick, and Owen was at the worst part of breaking through 2 molars :( Despite those things, we had a great time. Owen likes spending time with his Aunt and I was happy to see my sister that I have been missing!!
So onto the title of this post. Ever since Owen was just a newborn, my dad had been listening to this song, "Something Beautiful" by the Newsboys, and he would play it over and over again when we were visiting! Well after a while, Owen started to watch on to this song, recognize it, and even dances to it. He can go to the computer room, click the mouse, or hit the space bar, and get the song to play! He knows when it is almost over and he point to it, motioning you to play it again. Well, while I was sick, and Owen was teething, I had to pass his over to my parents for the night and most of the weekend. I couldn't even hold him that is how weak I was. Well they of course, were able to handle him, despite his desire to see me and even stronger desire to want to nurse. Well, this song saved them! Owen would sit and listen over and over and over again to this song. He instantly stopped crying! He would snuggle right up in a ball, and fall asleep.
So now I go back home....and I am committed to wean him for good, he already has gone 1 entire night....we can do this. Night number 2....he starts to fall asleep, but not soundly enough were i can put him in his bed, because then he knew i was gone.....so we sat together, and listened to this song on youtube on my phone over and over again! And shortly later, he was out! The past few days he has been sleeping sooo much, these teeth are really kicking his butt. So he will just pick up my phone, hand it to me and motion that he wants that song, and he will sit and watch it. Then when it is almost done, and he knows, he tries to tap the screen to start it over again, but mainly he just makes it freeze, so he hands it to me and it starts all over!
Now, yea, this is not my favorite song, but at least it is not like some lame Barney song, or something along those lines! And how cool is it that he is listening to this song, that is positive, beautiful, encouraging and all and all just has a really good message! I know he doesn't know what they are saying, or what the words mean, but i believe he is still feeling the goodness and pureness of it!
Anyways! This song and my dad playing it over and over again, has been saving me many hours of Owen crying! So for that, I really love it!!!
Hope you all have a great Tuesday!
Be Blessed,
Amanda
