FLASHBACK: Baby Birds

During the first few years of our marriage we lived on Melba, two doors down from some very dear friends. They had a little boy, Tatum, that we loved. He would occasionally strap on his backpack and walk across the yards to visit. We would have such fun "playing parents" and entertaining Tatum :)


During one Spring on Melba, a bird built her nest atop the wreath on our front porch. Tatum and his mom, Christi, would walk down every couple of days and we would check out the nest's progress. To our delight, one day the nest contained eggs! It was so much fun to watch the eggs hatch and the baby birds grow.

This past Spring we were able to share that same excitement...but with our own children! We had noticed a bird frequenting the light outside our french doors in the kitchen. And soon realized she was making her nest above the fixture. The location made it impossible to see inside the nest, but we worked around it by using a mirror! The kids were fascinated.

We have eggs!

They've hatched!

Look...they're hungry!

Getting bigger!

Ready to fly!

Throughout this whole adventure, we remembered to read one of my favorite little books, Bluebird's Nest.


This became a favorite read when Wes was younger. It shows the bluebird preparing his nest and with each turn of a page another piece of brown yarn appears. It is such a fun way to see the nest be built!