Sad news...

Today, while walking our friends Eric and Jessica out, we made a sad discovery. I was telling Jessica about the sweet Momma bird and her cute little eggs that I have blogged about. It was when I was walking her over to the tree to see for herself that I noticed something was terribly wrong. The perfect little nest was not in it's correct place. It was turned sideways and I was sad to discover no eggs in the abandoned nest. Sadly, we looked down on the ground and found one little egg laying beneath the nest. What happened next was the worst part. Matt picked the egg up to place it back into the nest and it fell down and cracked open! Jessica and I were too horrified to look. I'm so sad. I know this is just Mother Nature but it broke my heart! That Momma bird was so protective of her little eggs and now I am guessing they are all gone. We think it must of been the rain that dislodged the nest. Poor Momma bird. :(

New posts

Two new posts! :)

Yard work

We decided to work on the yard today since we had the day off together and Aunt Robin was willing to come by and watch Cora. The weather was actually pretty nice and we didn't sweat nearly as much as I thought we would. I even mowed a lawn for the first time ever! We are very happy with the way everything turned out but we still have some work we want to do. We are going to remove a few more of the shrubs and add more flowers but we will have to do that later.

Before pic of the house (this was a pic before we even bought the house!)

Another before pic, taken today

Cora came out to visit and actually enjoyed some time outside in the milder weather

Me, starting to plant the flowers!

After pic, it was starting to get a little dark out

Can't wait to plant more!

Matt noticed a little bird nest in our tree! I tried to get a pic of the bird but she flew away. Looks like she was hiding something! Three cute little eggs! I felt so bad that I scared her away. She perched herself on the roof of a house across the street. She was making all kinds of noise and kept her eye on us. I know she must of been worried about her little eggs. I was afraid she might not come back, but she did! What a good momma! I can't wait for the babies to hatch!!!

Mimi and Fluffy came by later in the evening and Cora got her first bath in the kitchen sink.

She wanted to stand for most of her bath

Mimi drying Cora off!

3 months old!

Our baby girl is three months old! I can't believe it! She is so sweet and such a happy little baby. She still gets a little fussy at night but it's not too bad and we all seem to be getting into more of a night time routine. Cora's Mimi Carol has been keeping her the past few Monday nights so Matt and I could work a few shifts together and have a day off together during the week. Cora loves going to her Mimi and Fluffy's house and she has done really well spending the night. I loved going to my Mimi and Papa's house for "slumber parties" while growing up. Now Cora is doing the same thing and in the same house! Cora is smiling, laughing and talking up a storm! We are still working on getting her to turn over consistently and tummy time is still a beating, but she seems to be hitting her developmental milestones and she is getting big!!

I love bath time!!!!

July 4th

We had a great 4th of July at our house this year! Matt's family came down from Oklahoma to celebrate. My parents and sister also came over for dinner. We tried to watch the fireworks from our back yard but we couldn't see very much. I think Cora really had a good time seeing her family and playing with her cousins.

Friday night. One of her July 4th outfits. We couldn't get a good pic of her Friday night!

Mom and Cora on July 4th.

My camera died right after we took this picture. So of course, we didn't get any pictures with the rest of the family. :(