Let Me Just Tell You...

What I did... this thing that I hate to ever admit happened! I feel awful.

Remember these sweet little pictures

Well I was trying to get you an updated shot of how well they were growing and how cute they are...

and thats when disaster struck! (cant believe I am going to tell you this....) The birds looked like they were going to fly off any day now so I decided I needed on last shot to share with y'all.  I waited on mama bird to fly off and went outside to sneak a quick shot.

(this shot was about a week ago)

when I did I forgot to turn my flash off and accidentally scared one of the birds. It fell out of the nest!! All of the sudden mama bird was squawking and carrying on so I ran in the house to get DH. We went out there and looked and looked for baby bird and could not find it. I kind of assumed well they were really close to flying off so maybe everything was ok.

Later that evening I saw the little bird hopping around the yard and trying to fly a little. Derek and I watched the bird and the mother was still feeding it and keeping a very close eye on it. This made me feel a little better but I still wanted to find a way to get it back in the nest. We tried to get some gloves and catch it but mama bird is a fierce little thing and she was not letting us get anywhere near it! So I figured if she was keeping that close of an eye on it then maybe she will take care of it through the night at least.

This morning I saw the bird flying a little and still hanging around. I was so excited to see that he was starting to get around better and was thinking he would be good to go.

UNTIL I came home from the pool today and saw the little birdie in the road. He had been hit by a car. I feel so guilty! All because I needed a picture :(

I feel better to get it off my chest but so ashamed to even admit that I was crazy enough to try and get another picture....

Poor baby bird!

PS the other birdies are still hanging around and momma is taking good care of them!

Just a few...

shots from this weekend....

Monday we went and escaped in the botanical gardens again...

We have all had so many different emotions and stresses running wild that I thought we needed a family fun day!

Boy Oh Boy was it fun!

Somebody is becoming quite the litlle poser ( I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I chase her around with the camera all day..)

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday! We are off to hang out at the pool a little bit. Miss E is jumping off the diving board these days! She LOVES the water! I will have to try and catch a video of it one day soon so she can show off her new skills ;)

Memories were made...

From L to R.. My Brother Brent, My Dad, Me and Emma, Little Brother Elliott

This past weekend many beautiful memories were made. My dad came up from FL to visit and my Aunt From NY came down as well! It was a great time.

Some of you may or may not know (I have waited on posting anything...) we got some devestating news on Dad this past week. His tumour is very large. It covers almost the entire upper lobe of his liver and has moved into the lower lobe as well. Also noticed one in his lymphnode (sp) and a small mass near his gallbladder. All this to say things have gone from bad to worse. I am completly devestated to be honest. I am praying for the best and bracing myself for the worst. He is actually starting is new chemo right now as I type this... So please keep us in your prayers...

anywhoodles this weekend he was here and we enjoyed every minute together. Here are a few pics I snapped over the weekend...

Kisses from her pappy

From L to R Dad, this three sisters, and his cousin

I was so sad to see him leave yesterday. My heart sank as I wondered when he would get to come back up here again? What this chemo is going to do to him? Will it buy us more time as a family or will it just make him so sick that the time we have left will be spent with him in bed. I really just want my daddy better! I know that may not happen here on Earth but for selfish reasons I want him here. I am trying very hard to be strong but I def. have some rough moments.

I will try not to let my emotions spew here.. I dont want to be a debbie downer blog but I do want to be real and feel so close to many of you. Thanks for all of your encouraging words to this point.. you are the best!!

In other news.. Friday was my last day of work! It was very bittersweet. Emma is going to miss the girls a ton. They were her little buddies. I am going to miss them as well but am really excited to give staying at home a try. We are going to emerse ourselves into the community and take advantage of what it has to offer. This morning we are going to head out to story time at the library.. I think she needs things like that to socialize a little bit since she does not have any siblings.

I have some more pics to show you that I took this weekend (of Emma ;) maybe I will get those posted tonight.

Thanks for stopping by.. you all make my day :)

((((Y'all))))

Museum Trip

Monday morning the hubster and myself took Miss E to the local Museum. It was raining and we had some time to kill before out afternoon plans down at my moms.

They were having a pretty cool Pirate exhibit that I thought she would enjoy....

She was a little leery but did really well.

I on the other hand was a bit scared ;)

Her and DH played in the boat for a long time..(sorry the pics kind of stink.. they dont make the lighting in the museum camera friendly :/

Ahoy Matey!

Even played a little dress up!

Craft time! Her first little craft ever.. she did great!!

They also had this cool educational classroom that they opened for preschoolers once a week. She was in heaven. It was so neat and offered alot of different things than we have at home.

Her fav. place of the day! The chalkboard. She would have stayed there all day if we would have let her.

Sure there will be plenty more musuem trips for us this summer. We all enjoyed it!

 

Some Loooong Weekend fun!

This weekend has been the best in a while! Full of friends, family, laughter, great food, and plenty of sunshine (except for today.. but thats ok ;)

On Saturday my friend from high school.. who lives at the beach (lucky dog!).. came in to town for the day. She has a handome little man that she brought along with her. Emma and Cooper had a blast together

I wish they lived closer so we could do playdates more often...

long distance relationships can be hard ya know ;) 

We ended up leaving the park because it was so hot! 90 degrees in May.. I can only imagine what July will look like. We headed to the mall to let the kids finish their playdate. Nothing like hanging out at Germ Fest 2010 (not a huge fan of indoor mall area play equipment.. yucko!) Still a wonderful time though.

Also this weekend I decided to take a peek into the bird nest and see if any hatching  was going on. I kind of thought there may be since momma bird was kind of perched on the side of her nest more frequently today checking everything out. So I anxiously waited for her to flee the coop and let me see what had been going on. Thankful for a decent camera because I cant even see into the nest from the ground.. I have to stick my camera up in the tree and just start clicking.. lol. SOOO pardon the quality of the shot. Still neat to see though!

Lastly... my girlie is totally into the whole silly bandz craze. I know that she is not even two yet and they are a choking hazard.. got it! BUT my little sister who is 14 wears them and Emma steals hers all the time. I decided to bite the bullet and buy her a pack today. She was in hog heaven! She will put them on one by one and say "pretty, pretty"

 
She is only allowed to play with them/wear them when she is right with me because they do kind of scare me a bit. She is yet to try to put one in her mouth though. So for now I will let her enjoy.. I am sure they will be over and done with in a few days! You know how that goes :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! I am sad to see it come to an end but glad to get this next week over with.

What did you do this weekend!?! I can not wait to hear all about it :)

 

A game of...

Catch-up! I have missed you all! So sorry I have been really slack in the blogging dept the past few weeks. Hopefully things will calm down here soon and I can get back to normal here in bloggy land.

* Next Friday is my last day of work as a Nanny. I can not believe it. I have been with this family for right at three years now. I LOVED my job so much but ever since I had Emma it has not been the same. I think we are due for a change and time for me to enjoy some one on one time with my girl. I am scared of the financial aspect of going to one income. I am not even going to sugar coat it... sometimes I wonder if we can even make it on one income...BUT I know that if there is a will then there is a way. We can make this work if we really try and start to be alot more concious of spending. Despite the fears I am super excited. Ready to get involved in the community with Emma. Enjoy parks, library time, museums, the pool, and cuddles!

* For those that are new to my blog you may or may not know that my dad went on a horrible battle with cancer this past year to year and a half. His health has been terrible to be it mildy. He has had cancer of the Larynx that they were able to take care of with some radiation. After about 6-9 mo the cancer came back in his liver. He went on a tough bout of chemo and by the grace of God his PET scan came back clean a few months ago. This past week was his first scan since that miraculous healing and unfortunatly it is back in his liver again. To say that I am bummed would be an understatement. I really felt sure we had crossed a major hurdle and things would start to improve. I do not question Gods plan and know this is all happening for a reason...however if you could please include us in your prayers that would be greatly apreciated. This was a big blow to him and he needs that fighting spirit to kick back in. So he can beat this stuff!!

*In a bit better news we are super pumped about a long weekend! I am planning on cooking out with family, spending some time by the pool, and just soaking up an extra day with DH. Are you doing anything fun this weekend?!

Alright I was going to include 5QF in this post but it is already long enough.. hopefully I will be back later tonight and join in with the ever so loverly Mama M for a little blog hop fun!

Weekends are the best!

I can not believe Monday has rolled around again. This weekend was jam packed full of fun and a little work too. Nothing to complain about for sure.

We spent alot of our time Saturday afternoon at the park. I brought my camera along and got some shots of Miss E.

 Love those chubby little arms!

Peek-a-boo

 Like her mommy.. loves the sand between her toes ;)

Doing her rapper dance (as Kate says..) before she slides!

Hanging out with Daddy

What did you do this weekend?

Have a great week! Hopefully I will be a little more in touch this week than I was last week :)