Mozart or Manilow

We met with the Maternity Care Coordinator at the hospital yesterday. She mentioned a sing and sign class to teach Braeden how to use sign language to communicate. I'm sure most of you probably know, but the theory is that children can actually comprehend language before they can articulate it. So by teaching him some sign language, Braeden can communicate with Heather and I before he can speak. I am pretty excited about the whole thing. I'm counting on a genius baby who will be able to talk politics and physics by the time he's 9 months old. Heather always gives me the "you're such a wierdo" look when I try to talk to her about any of that stuff.

Anyway, the fact that the class is "sing and sign" got me to thinking about music choices. Growing up, I was very lucky to have a wide variety of musical choices to listen to. My dad hammered classic rock down our throats and my own musical preference goes towards more modern rock bands (nickleback, 7 dust, seether) because of it. It's amazing to see how current bands pull so much influence from those that came before them. My mom is a huge Neil Diamond fan, and grandparents on the other side will represent the "Fanilows". No offense guys, but my favorite Barry Manilow song is "I am stuck on band-aid" and that's about it.

When my father was born, Benny Goodman and Bing Crosby ruled the charts. When I was born, it was Styx and the Bee Gees. And for Braeden, it's T-Pain and Young Jeezy. It's going to be interesting to see where his music tastes fall. Mine are all over the board. While I was writing this, that commercial for "Free Credit Report.com" came on.

F-R-E-E that spells Free
Credit report.com baby...

Man, I love that song.

Rob and Team Heather...