Silent Night...

Van is doing really well sleeping at night.  We still get up to feed him twice after he "goes to bed" but those feedings are very quiet and peaceful and after a few burps, he goes right back to sleep.  During the early weeks at home when he was crying, I'd feel the instinct that I needed to comfort him by singing-- but was at a loss of what to sing.  My friend Sarah burned a cd full of lullaby music and included some Christmas carols.  I realized those would be perfect to sing because a) I knew all the words and b) it kept me from making up lame, off-key gibberish.  Van's favorite seems to be Silent Night. It always gets his attention.

Sweet boy!

Because of this, I know I will be bawling at the Christmas Eve service when we sing "Silent Night" with the candles lit. That already  made me teary-eye'd before I had this beautiful little sweet heart to think about!