Back safe and sound

We got back last night around 10 pm. It was a long journey home, but we managed it well and don't even really have any jetlag! If you haven't already read about all the things we did on our trip, you can read about it here. I am adding pictures today, so there should be at least something new to see. My parents and sisters are still in Europe, they went to Paris until Thursday. I couldn't justify taking any more time off, so we just came home. I am at home today unpacking, doing laundry and catching up on things around here. Remember the bird nest? Well while we were gone apparently some baby birds hatched (I didn't even know there were eggs in there). This morning when we woke up there was two baby birds on the ground. One was already dead and the other Matt placed back in the nest. I dropped Matt off at school and then came home. When I got home the baby bird was already back on the ground, so I don't know what to do. It is still alive. I saw the mama bird bringing some food in there this morning. Hopefully there are some others still in the nest. Albert is really, really glad we are home. Every time Matt moved last night Albert would rub his head on Matt's head. I am pretty sure he just purred all night long. Well now it is time to get to work around here.

Week in pictures

I just had to share this funny picture from last weekend (when we were in PA). Here is M in the sandbox for what seems like the first time. I took her shoes and socks off and put her down. She didn't seem to like it and was afraid to put her feet down. Soon after this she started crying.

Last weekend when we got to church, J1 gave us this:

Last Wednesday we went out to eat with our friends who have a cute baby. Here is a cute picture of him at dinner.

Saturday night we babysat for our upstairs neighbor while his parents went out with some friends. We had a great time, and I think he did too. We definitely tired him out and he went right to sleep!

This weekend we noticed several time when we went out the back door that birds were flying out from under the porch. I couldn't figure out why they were always under there. Then we noticed this lovely nest they were building. In many ways it is a smart place to build a nest, it is protected from the sun, wind, rain. However it is in the wreath that hangs on the door that we go in and out of all the time. So I am not sure how long it will last. Albert keeps trying to climb the curtains and attack them (this morning he jumped probably 5 feet in the air and clung to the curtains). Maybe it will cause them to abandon the nest. There are no eggs yet, so I don't feel too terrible about wanting to move it. I am just afraid that one day the eggs will fall when we close the door. It is getting bigger and bigger by the day.