Glass, Strawberries and Birds

We haven't really done much this week. Just a lot of sitting and sleeping. I guess that's all you can do when you have a newborn! Lee's been busy doing edits on his dissertation (yes, still doing edits) but he's been able to stay home a few days and that has been SO nice!!

I cleaned out the fridge yesterday and while I was putting a glass shelf back, it slipped from my hands and shattered into a million pieces.

The real kicker, was that I was sitting, bare foot and with shorts on, in front of the fridge, so all the shards went into my lap and all over me. Lee and Amy went to run an errand, so it was just me, Will and Tyler. Thankfully, Tyler was asleep, but Will was rather curious. I had a slight panic attack thinking, "What do I do??" While I was sitting there, covered in glass and at the same time trying to keep Will away. Eventually, I got up quickly, put Will in his crib and cleaned everything up. My legs and hands have tiny cuts all over, but thankfully it wasn't anything major. Whew! What a mess!!!

I bought some bok-choy yesterday (for stir fry and smoothies) and Amy wanted to try it. After trying it, she decided she liked it and continued eating a raw piece. She's so funny!

Yesterday our birds were getting bigger, all of their eyes were open and they seemed quite healthy. Momma came often and fed them and it was so cute watching all of their little heads pop out of the nest when she came.

This morning Amy noticed one of them on the porch and after a little research we decided that it was either learning to fly, or it fell out of the nest and Mom would still continue to feed it.

Amy, Tyler and I then headed out to pick strawberries. I had heard about a great place about 30 minutes away and I couldn't wait to go.

The strawberry farm was really pretty, with a big, old antebellum type home and acres and acres of strawberry and blueberry patches. There were also farm animals- which of course, Amy loved. Ducks, chickens, cows, goats and even their own beehives.

Amy has her shoulders sunk down here because the ducks kept running away from her.

She was really good at picking berries! And only picked the best ones. Although she did get distracted..... have any idea what it's like picking berries with a botanist??? Or more specifically an entomologist?? Yes, that's right, every bug, every moving thing get examined and questioned. Sigh. In some aspects it was exhausting.

Tyler didn't love it so much. At first I had him in a carrier, on my chest, but that and trying to lean over and pick was killing my back. So then I moved him into a stroller. But he didn't really like that either. Plus, every time he tried to fall asleep, I moved him and he didn't care for the bumpiness of the field.

I'm not sure how many pounds this was. But I think it was around 2 gallons. They were delicious! We also picked a treat from the store, I got freshly made strawberry ice cream and Amy chose a strawberry honey popsicle. They were both delicious! We also bought some strawberry bread that was still warm. Yum!

When we got home, Lee informed us that he thought the bird on the porch was dead. I went out to check, and yep, it was. Then I checked on the nest and sadly, the 2 other birds were also dead.

We are all so sad!! We have no idea what happened. Yesterday they seemed great. Chirping, eating..... it did get a little cool last night, in the 40's, and Lee said maybe they got too cold. But we have no idea. So sadly, our bird watching only lasted 11 days. sniff, sniff. It's such a sad day around here now!! We couldn't wait to watch those little guys fly! Now we won't get the chance. sniff, sniff.