Thursday, June 18, 2009

magical music

i think the boys are starting to grow up-- they're settling into a nice routine of getting up around 9, partying all morning & taking a good nap in the afternoon (like now, for instance) & we usually all make it to bed by 11. (i know that's late for babies, but it works for us so we're rolling with it!) of course, we still aren't sleeping through the night, but they're only 7wks adjusted, so it's cool.

so this morning, cooper (one of our birds) was being totally crazy & loud (if you've never heard a parrot scream, then you don't know loud. it's like a police siren in your living room.) didn't bother the boys at all, but it was driving me nuts, so i put on "amarillo by morning" (old george strait song), & not only did it totally soothe my screaming bird, but it calmed my kids down too. (backstory-- when i lived in chicago, cooper was the only bird i had & he & i made the 5 hr drive back to MI every other weekend to see N. coop hated being stuck in his travel cage & would scream furiously. i always took my ipod & just left it on shuffle for the drive, & one day "amarillo by morning" popped up & immediately silenced coop-- he loved it! every minute it was on, he would cheep & sing along. so i spent many a trip listening to "amarillo by morning" for 5 hrs at a time. trust me, it was better than the screaming!) anyways, we don't listen to that song much anymore (for obvious reasons-- i've heard it enough to last a lifetime!) but when it came on this morning, not only did cooper chill out, but con man immediately stopped fussing & was happy as pie making little baby noises & val went right to sleep. behold the power of george strait! i'm not huge on mr. strait, but i am becoming increasingly convinced that song has magic powers. :)

8 comments:

  1. How cute. We actually got rid of our parrot before Cody was born. Too many animals. But ours LOVED American Idol.

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  2. that's awesome! dude, anything to help quiet animals down on a 5 hour drive i would do in a heartbeat. when we drove from CA to WI after our daughter was born our two cats would take turns meowing. gah! :)

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  3. how funny :) maybe it's the violin music that interests the bird?

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  4. i don't know what it is about that song... actually, cooper really likes "thank god i'm a country boy" too & that has fiddles, so maybe it IS the violin! our female bird prefers classical music tho, so go figure!

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  5. That is funny!

    C his type of music is Nickleback-of all bands! Not that I have an issue with them, it is just not top on my list of music. Maybe the boys will be "farm boys" LOL.

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  6. You do what ya gotta do for "schedules". DS seemed to do really well going to bed late like your boys. I always felt funny running errands with my infant at like 10pm (they were 11:00 babies too), but DD is more of an 8:00 baby...so no late errands this time! LOL!

    That's hilarious that your bird and kids are all soothed by the same song! Hey, whatever works...at least you found something magical!!!!!

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  7. Funny how things like that work (music I mean...)

    When I was pregnant with Kae, about 2 weeks before she was born, we were at a three dog night concert, and of course I was singing a long to "Joy to the world...all the boys and girls, joy to the fishes..." well you get the point.

    Turns out, that song chilled her out anytime she was fussing...it was, like you said, magic!

    I'm glad you haveyour magic song!

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  8. I read this earlier today then hopped in the car to run some errands, as soon as the radio came on a George Straight song started playing. Totally thought of you. :)

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