Phase Two: The Cacoon

As you know we're obsessed with catapillers!!! We found one at Melissa's house this weekend and he's already working on a Cacoon. I can't wait to show Isabella when she wakes up!!

Random fun

Here are a few random pictures i took with my phone.

Abigail and Isabella sporting couture pipe cleaner sunglasses made by Tim Walker.

Isabella and Jacob were enjoying my moms homemade mango milkshakes.

Some moms might cringe at the thought of setting a child free with a yogurt, but not me. ;).

Our newest addition

In addition to our 6 chickens & one fish we now have a pet caterpillar. She named it after her neighbor Mairi.

Wonder if he'll turn into a butterfly in some time. Lets see just how hungry this little guy gets.

Father Daughter Date a la Chick-Fil-A

I can not believe it's been January since I've last blog.  It's hard to find the time to "put pen to papter" now that I have two young gils to tend to.  Refering to Abigail and Isabella as "girls" as opposed to babies is surreal, it seems like yesterday that we were bringing them home from the hospital. 

Chick-fil-a puts on a father daughter dates once a year in Feburary.  After a friend recomended it to me, I signed the girls up for a 4:30 dinner.  Tim and the girls had a wonderful time.  They had sit down service, fun coloring pages, a talking cow, and roses what more could the girls have asked for. 

This will be a family tradition moving forward. Our girls need to have a healthy relationship with their father, and hope these dates will set a high bar for whichever man they choose to spend their lives with. 

Chicks - 6 Weeks

 

You don't realize how fast time flies untill your around little critters.  These chicks are growing and growing fast.  Here are a few picture of my girls with our girls. 

Abigail gets so jealous when Isabella holds the chicks, she wants to do everything her big sister does.

So much fun!!!

Abigail's 18 Month Check Up

Abigail came in at 29.75 inches long (4%), 19lbs & 5oz in weight (11%), and head circumference of 46cm (44%). 

We have CHICKS!!!

December is such a fun time of year.  It's filled with celebration, excitement, surprise, and sheer joy.  This year my sister and her boyfriend gave Tim and I our Christmas gift a week early.  I generally can pick up on what I am getting, but this year caught me by complete surprise.  Although they had received approval for one chicken, they ended up bringing home 3 Silkie chicks.  I thought it was a bread machine. :)

Silkies are unique in many ways:

1. The love to sit on their eggs, although not great for egg production, they make for very good mommas.

2.  Their skin and bones are black.  Chinese use them for medical purposes.

3.  They are cute looking birds.  Click here for pictures.

4.  A very friendly breed, so the girls will enjoy them.  Our current hens aren't as social, in fact they have been known to harass the little ones.

5. They live 15 years!!!!! That's a long time for a chicken.

They came to me 1.5 weeks old, and have grown so much in the past couple of weeks.  My dad tried to name them the worst names possible, and since Isabella couldn't remember them we have since renamed them Marissa, Piper, and Natalie (all friends from school).

So that they get use to human contact, we play with them every day. Isabella has the petting technique down, petting them with two finger knuckles facing down.  Abigail on the other hand could unknowingly kill one in a blink, so we have to keep an good eye on her. 

They live in a plastic Rubbermaid container in our empty dinning room, and will remain here for the next couple of months.   Tim, as my Christmas present, has committed to building me my dream coop so they will move there once completed. We are scheduling chicken play dates as we speak.  :) Come one..come all, these chicks are growing fast.