Chilling

[This post wasn't published until after the birth because we thought people might spot the names in the songs: Oliver for a boy and Lucy for a girl.]

This evening we sat in the conservatory until late in the evening: me playing guitar and singing, occasionally accompanied by Hayley. I whetted my whistle with a bottle of Suffolk Strong Beer (SSB) from which Hayley took the tiniest mouthful just to taste it.

As well as twiddling away improvising tunes of my own, we also ran through a few standards to see whether we could stimualte Bump into a bit of movement, as (s)he has been a bit quiet today and singing often makes him/her move.

Tonights set list included:
Yellow Submarine (Beatles)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Beatles)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Beatles)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Mozart!)
New England (Billy Bragg)
Oliver's Army (Elvis COstello)
Fix You (Coldplay)
What If (Coldplay)
Politik (Coldplay)

The Beatles seemed to go down well with Bump, causing definite movements. But I think a taste for Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello could take a few years to acquire yet. And the Coldplay seemed to send him/her to sleep, but maybe that's to be expected.