Amber has taken on an internship at the Waukesha Freeman newspaper! She started June 1st, and is learning lots and having an exciting first week.

She has already written two stories and it is very thrilling to see her name in print!
Here is a little view of her article and then a close up.....of her name in lights!

I know, it is a Mom thing to find this really neat! But I am entitled right?? :0)

This is the HAPPY ENDING to our baby birds.

Watch the nest go from 3 to 2 to 1 to 0 babies and now they are out and about into the world. They landed in the back yard and Momma was still coming to watch over them, and yes even feed them a bit more. Aren't they the sweetest things. I have to say that I am thankful for the rain we have had. I think that kept the cats and other critters away and gave the babies a safer start. This was a joy to see.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them bigger and you can go down a few more posts to see the eggs and other photos of the babies with no feathers. Hehehehe! Hurray, success!!!!!!!!!!

The babies are getting bigger and bigger! See their crazy feathers! Heheheh! Darling, right?

Here are the baby Robin's, over about 4 days. The most recent pictures are down at the bottom. They are getting big, see their open eyes! Oooooooooh, exciting! :0)

More baby pictures! First, the Robin's nest, see how they are growing! All the beaks are pointing sort of towards the left. Their heads are all pointing that way and they are getting some feather sheaths now. Ooooooooo, so cute!
AND THIS sweet little yellow baby bird landed on our sidewalk. I was able to get close to it to get the shot. Isn't it ADORABLE! Happy birds.......:)

OUR BABY has graduated from the University of WI Milwaukee! Today was the ceremony down town at the US Cellular Arena! Please enjoy a TON of pictures I took. Hehehe, why not right? Also, Amber, Earl and I went to brunch with my parents, Amber's Grandma and Grandpa and it was super nice. It was beautiful outside, with the sunshine and we got some pictures at the Botanic Garden area.

The little neighbor doggie, Dora, came over to wish Amber a happy graduation and say Hi to Rufio. So there are a good mix of pictures from the day! We're so proud of her and I decorated her Graduation hat with a quote that expresses her major; Print Journalism. There were not a lot of decorated hats, so that helped us keep track of where she was in the mix of kids there. There were two ceremonies and hers was in the early morning. It went LATE , but we had great fun watching them all! Thanks for looking!!!!!!

Our baby birds are growing. These are the babies and the first two pictures are the earliest shots and now the bottom two are the babies today, getting the fuzzies! Hehehe! Wonderful!!!! Aren't they UGLY CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! I so hope they make it through the whole process!

Happy Saturday!

More exciting bird news! I LOVE seeing the birds and I had a NEW visitor to my feeder! So immediately I looked it up in my BIRDS OF WISCONSIN book and there he was! A Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I included a page from the book for you to see. But I LOVE my pictures, as it was raining and he is little (another baby I believe) and his feathers are wet and goofy! What a beautiful little guy! WOW! Bird heaven at my house this Spring!!!!!! :0)

You are seeing the pictures a bit backwards. The eggs increasing and then hatching....but you get the idea! CLICK on the picture to see it bigger!

Both babies hatched out today.

Second egg working on hatching. See the hole and crack?

So, they have started hatching! The babies!!! Robin Momma laid 4 eggs, and then pushed one egg out of the nest. (Maybe she knew something about that egg.) So, then there were again three. And this morning the first baby was there, hatched last night and we could see the second egg was already breaking through. Click on the pictures to see them closer up. When I got home from work, there were 2 babies hatched! The one baby is wearing the shell like a hard hat! Hehehehe! Anyways, by tomorrow the third should hatch! The eggs were laid a day apart and I read that they incubate for 12-14 days and that came out perfectly right! :)

Isn't it something? She made the nest in our back fence. I pray the babies make it without being bothered by a cat!!!!!! Or other creature! It is such a miracle to be able to see it, I have to take the camera above my head to snap the pictures, so they are coming out well for not seeing as I snap the pictures.