Week 5 of 52

Last week I received the birth video and pictures from my dear friend Marie.  She did a wonderful job with sorting through 700 pictures and compiling them into a video for us.  I have been able to watch it over and over again, thinking to myself, "I don't remember that happening," or "I would never have seen that or known that it happened like that!"

The video is set to music that she personally chose.  One of the songs is the sweetest rendition of Bob Marley's Three Little Birds (which I always thought was just called Don't Worry, Be Happy).  The remake is sung by Renee & Jeremy on their It's a Big World album and can be heard here.  The lyrics that brought instant tears to my eyes are...

Rise up this mornin', 

Smiled with the risin' sun, 

Three little birds 

Pitch by my doorstep 

Singin' sweet songs 

Of melodies pure and true, 

Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

It made me think of the three little birds at my doorstep, almost always rising with the smiles - Syd, Mel and now Evan.  And most mornings, I can overhear Syd and Mel singing to themselves in their rooms.

So for Evan's Week 5 photos, I decided to try to take a picture of him in a "nest" of sorts, as if he was a little bird.  He does look so sweet.  And I can't wait for the morning when I will be able to hear him singing to himself!