chirp!

i don't know whats in the bird baths around here, but this is the third nest of robins i have found in the past two weeks.  and no, i'm not walking around looking for bird nests.  i haven't lost my mind, promise...  they just chirp and then i go all crazy like digging in the tree until i find the source of the chirp.  so maybe i am a little crazy.  then i grab all three kids and force them into the tree and command them to be just as excited as i am.  and since there are three kids OVER THE MOON about baby birds, well...the nanny's a joiner, what can i say?

our little guys are growing and next week, i bet they will be big enough to fly away.

chirp!
(that means happy friday in bird talk...promise!)

a little more life...

and since we are diving in head first with the whole life thing...

here is some more for you.

last sunday, we had just gotten home from albuquerque, 

bubba watson was about to win the masters,

i had planted some new flowers, 

got some great news, 

and saw this:

after this icing on the cake, i almost jumped in the air and clicked my heels together.

except i can't do that.

but if you can, please oh please - do it every chance you get.

then just a few days ago,

these little triplets were born,

camera shy still, 

but growing every day.

and mama robin, girlfriend, does not appreciate the visiting hours by brad and myself.

have i mentioned i love birds,

real, fake, all.

so to have little robins being my new neighbor...

hello life.

life goes on...

the sun did not shine it was too wet to play... -dr seuss

 thats how i felt this weekend, life handed me a little more than i was ready for.

but i learned something.

i am strong.

and brad is stronger.  he is a rock when i need a rock.

he touches me just when i need to feel his love.

(he even throws the frisbee right into my hands, even though i never can quite get it to him)

he is patient and kind.

i am really blessed that in this life, it is my hand he is holding.

 life goes on...

it does.

especially when you lace up your tennis shoes and walk out the door.

and hear the birds chirping,

the wind blowing,

and life everywhere.

 and especially when you see this read circle headed your way.

go big or go home.

 life.

i grabbed it by the horns, or the dirt...

and gave this lady a home.

her name is pricilla.

 and her bff, betty. are adorning our deck now.

they hang and chat and do what bff's do.

ya know, sit and sit and sit...and just be.

(these bad boys were .97 cents at walmart!)

hello birds.

please direct your attention to your shiny and new bird feeders 

and not the two black cars parked in the driveway.

because what you leave behind ALL OVER THE CAR is less than desirable.

life goes on.  the sun comes out.  and new days are always better than the last.

i'm happy.  and i am thankful.

happy tuesday, friends.

i dont like animals.

tuesday, lil bit and myself headed to the zoo.  it was sixty degrees in nashville and just warm enough to play with your mind to make you think that spring is around the corner.  knowing that it's mid january in tennessee, you know better.  but the flowers were starting to bloom, there was tons of green.  its kinda cruel, it's like the weather god is saying "SIKE!"
(please excuse the quality of these photos for i forgot my real camera in the car.  hence the iphone had to work.)

we went to the zoo.  i had not taken lil bit since she was a wee thing and still sleeping while i cruised with her brothers, so i hadn't had the full two year old zoo experience with her.  and we were excited about our day, it started with ballet and as soon as she ran out to greet me tutu's a blazin, she said, "caca, we go to the zoo?  i soooooo 'cited!"  we headed to the zoo, both of us giddy with 'citement.

we met my friend danielle there, who is also a nanny to a charming little one and our day began.
boy, did it.  when you walk in the nashville zoo, you are greeted with the macaws, and they are loud...
"ohhhh, look at the birds!"
lil bit squeals in fear and screams.  "i don't wiiiiiiike birds!!!! i don't wiiiiike birds!!!" 

moving on, quickly.  

danielle and her charge were laughing and taking their time and enjoying the zoo...
i had lil bit as far away from the birds as possible so she would calm down.  we like head dove into a tree.  like pushed the stroller into a tree...look, no animals!
"oh look at those trees!"  "oh, look at those rocks!"  "oh, look at the wind blowing the branches..."
screaming.
"i don't wike birds!!!"

moving faster...heading to the gibbons.

me, having to put on my super nanny hat, had to be more charismatic than normal and perhaps sillier and over dramatic than normal so perhaps she would focus on me instead of the fact that we WERE at the zoo SURROUNDED by animals and we were screaming after the first animal and that was a bird -
"oh lil bit!  look at those silly monkeys! they like you...they think you are silly."

then that darn gibbon let out his best and loudest gibbon noise and guess what happened?
screaming, "I don't WIKE monkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeys!!!!!!!!!"

see ya danielle! this stroller has gotta go.

meerkats?
meerkats.

dont do anything.  they walk around and dig in mud.  we are safe.  no tears, no fears.
"i don't wike cats."  no tearrs, buuuuuuut just so you know there ca-ca, i don't like these here meerkats you are presenting to me either.

"i don't wiiiiike cranes."
"i don't wiiiiike ducks."
"i don't wiiiiike fisheys"

flamingos!  who doesn't like a flamingo?  i love flamingos.
"i don't wike fwaaaamingos!!!"

so you know what i did.  i let her cry for .05 seconds and took these three pictures.  because i am a little obsessed with those things and this was the first time i had seen them here in nashville.  enjoy them, i did not.  but see them.  i did.  

reptile house?
"i wiiiiike frogs!"
so to the frogs we went, the bats nearly did her in, but thank goodness there as a frog across from the bats so we could just scale through...

then we headed to the farm to see the farm animals.  "i don't wike cows."

at this point i was like "whatever kid, you like cows.  who doesn't like a cow?"  but as we were walking toward those smelly things, i was giving those guys the stink eye and hoping he caught my drift ('cause i caught his) when i telepathically said to that thing, "lookie here COW, if you decided to MOOO, i swear...i will...oh, i don't know.  but please, pretty please!  do not moo! we want to wike you!"

and then.
she wiked the cows.
i mean, she SAID, "i don't wike cows." but she did.  she liked them.  she even stood on the fence all farm like and made this nanny happy.

and even though it was the very last animal of the day and she "didn't wike" any animal at the zoo - still it was a good good day.

later in the day, lil bit was sleeping, danielle texted me, "we are headed to the park to feed the ducks, my girl never had a nap."

my response:

"i don't wike ducks."

25 things you might not know about me.

1.   i can't get enough pic de gallo in my life.
2.   growing up, my dad always said he would get me three corvettes when i turned 16.  a red one for driving around the town, a white one for church and a black one for funerals.
3.   i have lived with a child or children most all of my adult life and have none of my own.
4.   today i cut my finger on my iphone.
5.   i have followed tiger woods career since he first became a pro.  suddenly i have found myself less interested in his career.
6.   i have always thought i was born to be a wife and mother.
7.   i think bethenny of 'bethenny getting married' is incredible.
8.   i have a girl crush on lisa renna and victoria beckham.
9.   i have fears about my parents passing away.  and have had my entire life.
10. i think mexican food is from heaven.
11. i am on 'team kate.'  you'd be a little nutty and crazy too if you had eight kids.
12. i would like to be blonde.  i am better brunette.  that doesn't mean i don't try over and over again.
13. i have an gadget addiction that i try not to act on regularly.
14. i used to watch too much tv.  now i don't watch enough.
15. two years ago, i had never heard of the show twin peaks.  today i have been to most all of the filming locations and know more about the show than your average fan.
16. i have been to california three times in the past year, but have not been to the ocean there once.
17. i think raw oysters are among some of the finest foods.  i had not had one a year ago.  two days ago, i ate six.
18. for the first time in my life, i am excited about the future.
19. i think large televisions are heavenly.
20. i have a fear of being alone.
21. i am obsessed with all things birds.  i had a friend that used to call me chirp.
22. i think potlucks are grosser than gross.  and should be avoided at all cost.
23. last year i ran a half marathon, this year i think i will try a full.
24. i have always dreamt about going to alaska.
25. i think cruises are where it's at.  royal caribbean take me away...