Hatchlings

The mockingbirds have hatched!

I'd say they're cute, but I've never seen a cute baby bird.

I couldn't tell how many there were.

I know there were four eggs because I counted them twice! 

This is one of the mockingbirds down at my in-laws' house.

We went for our usual evening walk.

We only made it as far as the ditch before we sought refuge from

the mosquitoes at my in-laws' house.

I felt so good today.

It's the best I've felt so far during my recovery.

I made a crock pot meal and homemade biscuits for supper.
I quilted some more and did a few dishes.

I even made an angel food cake with the help of my mother-in-law...

OK, I made the cake and she did the dishes ;)

One painful thing did happen today.

We got into Dwayne's car to take the angel food cake to his brother and
I whammed the back of my head into the head rest.
Someone had adjusted the seat forward and I failed to notice.
Dwayne asked me if I was OK.  I told him I was but I needed to cry.
And I did.
Thankfully the pain was temporary.

God is still good.

Two and a Half Weeks

It's hard to believe that it's been two and a half weeks since my surgery.  Each day seems like I have more energy than the previous day.  I still tire easily and need naps though.  This week I drove for the first time.  It wasn't bad but I felt every bump go from the steering wheel, up through my arms and straight to my head.  That will take some getting used to.  I also started doing some light work around the house.  Mostly to quell my boredom and partly because I can :).  I'm still quilting and will post a picture when I get a good sized chunk done.

Another milestone was that I have been slowly walking farther each day.  This morning we walked about a mile.  We hear quails all the time out here in the country.  Today was no different.  We were talking about how you always hear them but you almost never see them when one flew across the road right in front of us.  I wished I had my camera with me although I suspect I would have been too slow on the draw to get him.  Maybe next time.

It's a Boy!

Twelve years ago today we had our first child.

We didn't know what we were having until the doctor said, "It's a boy!"

He's grown into quite the young man.

He wasn't excited about his birthday or anything... ;)

As you can see we went all out on the wrapping this year.

Actually, Amazon boxes are quite popular in the house.

Why is there a picture of a generator on Nolan's birthday post?

We had no power.

We had no power for over 13 hours.

The day before Nolan's birthday he helped me make an ice cream cake.

I hadn't made one in years and thought we'd try it since Connor can eat ice cream now.

It turned out really well... until the power went out.

It went out the night before because of the storms.

We figured it would come back sometime during the night.

We woke up in the morning still without power and

my first thought was of Nolan's cake.

I feared there would be a cake puddle in my freezer!

The face, a Minecraft creeper, is supposed to have square edges.

It had square edges until it softened a little.

So we hooked up the generator to cool down the freezers.

Eventually our power came back sometime in the early afternoon.

The cake still tasted great even though it looked a little odd.

I suppose you could say we had a droopy creeper cake.