New Beginnings.....they are here!

WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!
-Whos (from Horton Hears a Who)

I came home from work yesterday and headed out on my back deck to let the dogs go outside.

I was in a rush and didn't have much time because my daughter had an appointment that we had to attend.

As the dogs rushed down the stairs, I glanced down between the boards to check on the eggs in the nest underneath my deck.  I could no longer see the four blue eggs...it only looked dark inside.  I felt myself panic...that damn raccoon I muttered aloud. 

I then got down on my hands and knees and squinted to see if any of the eggs had survived.

Oh what the surprise...

three tiny baby birds cuddled together on top of

one blue egg...

one so weak and wet, I must have just missed his hatching by only a few minutes...

I laid there on my deck,

face all squished to the floor

and

took in all the wonder of it all

I watched

the tiny featherless things

open their mouth in hopes that I was their mom...

one just kept begging...

he had big bulging eyes....

and that tiny little tuft of about three peach feathers on the top of his head...what a site this newborn life was...

oh my little friend

you are so cute.....actually you are so ugly..

your cute...

I ran to get my camera...to take a picture of a nest between a crack in the boards of my deck..

what you see above is the best result I got...but I really wanted you to see them as well....

my heart warmed..

I yelled for the kids..

my son was not excited at all...he was putting together our new lawnmower (we get one every year because my husband always leaves it out most of the year in the elements)

when my daughter came home..

she was just like me..

down on her knees,

staring at them

oohing and ahhing...

like they were her newborn brothers and sisters....

New Life now exists

underneath my second story deck...

I hear them moving and

see mom flying around searching for food...

I am worried about the late bloomer..

I hope he or she

just needs to rest and incubate some more...

I hope they make it..can't wait to watch them grow and see what they may teach me....

new life..

new beginnings..

new little wispy head feathers...

what a wonderful way to end a day,

end a week...

so thankful for their gift they have given to me..

I can't wait to see them in the morning.

They are here!  They are here!

Three tiny little miracles and

one little possibility.

more to follow.....

happy friday friends...

Celebrate New Life!