This was a jammed packed weekend, especially considering we had NO plans going into it. ha! On Friday, we had trees removed from the backyard. Who really needs those nasty trash sweetgum trees anyway? Oh wait...probably the baby bird that was hatched in a nest inside of those trees within the 24 hour period. This teeny tiny (same size as an egg) nestling was handed to Christian by the tree removers. My sweet husband made a cool nest out of a gross basket he found in our pantry (I could swear I have never seen that basket)...he added pinestraw and leaves and plopped him in the middle. We had no idea what to feed it but he placed it on top of our playfort out back hoping the mommy would come back. (Yes, we found out the moms do come back after human touch). Here's the catch though - The moms come back by hearing the baby bird's noises. This one was too young to make any noise yet. :( After many phone calls, I was put in touch with a lady in Atlanta, Debbie Ivy, that is a bird specialist and helps rehabilitate them. She told me what to feed him and how to keep him alive until I could get him to her that night. Watered, soggy dogfood. Who knew...birds like kibble. So he was alive and moving when I dropped him off to her Friday night. I am going to get an update tomorrow from her. Seth fell in love with him and wanted me to be his mommy. Against everyone saying this little thing wouldn't make it, I think he is going to be just fine. Look how tiny!

Because Mom Thomas is in the hospital, my niece, nephew, and sister-in-law, Robin, drove all the way down from Ohio to visit with her. Then even trucked up to my house to see me on the way home. I haven't seen Robin since I was in early high school and she looks great. She is so sweet. And of course, my niece and nephew are always awesome. Leslie is an amazing photographer ... check our her pics at AH Photography. And Phillip just came back from studying in Russia and France for a year!