A New Mother!

Yesterday, I was talking to Jake about how it's getting hard to see when pulling out of our driveway. Now I am wishing those words never left my mouth. Last night after both kids were tucked into bed, Jake says " come outside with me for a sec".
me " Okay, what are we doing"?
Jake " You will see". He leads me out to the ditch in front of our house. He then realizes that what he wanting to show me is gone. Jake " The nest is empty".
me " Omgosh, they are laying down there". 3 baby birds were moved out of the nest and the momma was going crazy up in the tree above us. It looked to us that they were left for dead, they were freezing cold and barley breathing. Knowing that the momma probably wouldn't come back if we touched them, we put them back in the nest anyways. I guess we were just hoping and praying that she would come back. After waiting about 6 min. back in the house, I couldn't stand it any more. I had to go out and see if she was there. No, but the babies were and they were still breathing, so Jake ran and grabbed a shovel and dug up the nest. It now sits on the work bench in the garage. I grabbed my scrap booking lamp and started heating them babies up. Within a few min. with heat on them, they started to stir a little. We left them alone for about a half hour to research on line how to take care of these babies. We found a Utube video on how to feed baby birds and what to feed them........CAT FOOD....what??? Okay so I used my awesome garage sale rolling pin find from last summer to turn dry cat food into powder. All I had to do was add water and make a apple sauce like mixture. This was last night before they ate.

This is them this morning after me saying " good morning babies". So funny, their little mouths going flying open and start chirping very quietly. They are getting stronger with every feeding. I am so happy to of been able to save these babies so far. I will report more later on how they are doing.

To start things out, I have to say a huge thank you to Tasha ( my sister-in-law ) for recommending this book to me. I was having a lot of trouble with little Brhody boy and sleeping. Tasha had told me about the book, but I was just hoping and praying that he would just start sleeping through the night all on his own. After a few nights of him sleeping 7 hours straight I thought okay here we go, he is going to start sleeping through the night......Ya right! After 3 nights of what I thought was peer bliss, he started going backwards. I didn't even hesitate, I got on line and ordered it up. The best decision I ever made.

Along with very strict schedules and what the book calls Baby Boot Camp, we have had 2 nights of 9 hours straight sleep, with a short snack feed in the morning ( which we are in the process of weening him from ) and back to bed for him for another 2 or 3 hours. Yay!!!

I read the book in 2 hours.....I now keep it with my schedules and refer back to it daily.

It makes for a happier baby and a much more rested mother!!! Look at this handsome fella!

Is it just me or can you fall in love with those eyes in one look!

Maddy was getting a little jealous of Brhody being the only one getting his picture taken, so she jumped in for a little snuggle with brother. Cute kids!!!

After the kiddos both laid down for their naps ( at the same time ) this sweetheart decided to take over the chair and get comfy and cozy for her afternoon nap! Little miss Daisy is our new kitty, who acts a lot like a dog and not so much like a cat...LOL

A little of everything

I just don't have time to blog on a regular basis anymore, at least not while my little man is still not sleeping through the night. I decided to take my favorite pics of a few fun moments over the past few weeks. These beauty's were in the neighbors yard having an afternoon snack.

On one of our only nice days this month, daddy decided it was time to mow. Maddy and I decided to join him in the back yard.

He almost mowed this little guy over, but saw it just in time. Of course Maddy had to take over and love him almost to death...lol

He was taking a swim in her sand box that is filled with nasty water instead. I finally convinced her that she should let the frog go so it could go have babies somewhere!

Brhody was in the front pack enjoying being close to momma and just hanging out...LOL

Momma was enjoying a nice cold one in the afternoon sunshine! Yum

Then I spotted the baby bird back in the nest after an outing with mom and dad.

Don't know why I took pics of these, but I sure do like them!!!

Caught a pretty smile from my favorite girl!!!

She wanted me to take some pics of her hippo before he took a mud bath.

These ladies were taking a dirt bath and enjoying being out in the was sunshine.

This is actually on a different day, but I thought is was too cute not to post!

No hands mom......um, I don't think so miss Maddy......Put your hands back on that swing!!! She can really get going on that thing too!

Sweet moments

Finally finding some time to blog......I caught this precious moment a couple weeks ago. He is so sweet with his hand on his knee....sleeping so soundly on his papa!

Daddy was finally home to catch a couple of sweet moments of me and my baby boy!!! It's going to be hard when he stops cuddling with me.