welcome spring, welcome life

(no...i'm not pregnant)

about a month ago, michael and i noticed a bird flying in to our porch with twigs in it's mouth. i noticed the bird was putting these small twigs on top of my golf bag between some clubs. umm...that doesn't mean i don't use the bag...but i don't so i won't make excuses.

anyway, after we noticed the initial building, michael decided to help out. he took all of my clubs from my bag and they now lay under our bed. he rigged a paper plate shelter with one on the bottom and two on the sides for wind protection. he attached the paper plates together using band aids. the plates sat in the top of my golf bag for a few days.

a week or two later, michael and i ventured out on the porch and low and behold, an entire nest was resting in the beautiful white shelter.

a couple of days later...eggs.

a week later...babies!

these babies have been living on our porch for about a week and each time we let jules out, you can hear the mama or daddy bird squawking from a nearby tree. we can also occasionally witness dinner being brought in. mama or daddy will rest on the tire of michael's bike before flapping up to the nest with worms or caterpillars.

i told michael that he would probably regret his help once these babies were big enough to chirp early on saturdays but not big enough to fly away from home.

either way, right now, the babies are sweet and during this process it's fun to have such a, well... bird's eye view.