Happy Birthday Angel ~

Today, my precious fourth baby boy has his 23rd birthday!

Chase is such a precious soul....

He loves his family so, so very much and has always

stated this fact and shows it in all that he does.

I thought he was my last baby.

I would sit and weep in the middle of the night

as I breastfed him knowing that he was such an angel

and that he was our last child.

I finally was able to quit working full-time after he was born

to stay home with all four of our boys.

And guess what?

Chase wasn't our last baby!

Seven years later a little brother Noah arrived....

But you know what?

He was the sweet son that enabled me to be

a full-time mommy and finally gave me my true JOY.

Thank you for that sweet angel and

you know I love you to the moon and back.

Happy Birthday angel...I love you so!

A rescue mission ~

The other night while taking the pups out, Brent noticed a baby bird had fallen from it's nest right in the front yard. He wasn't quite ready to fly and be out of the nest either. Well, there were three cats stalking around just waiting to get their paws on the little guy. I had a vintage bird cage hanging in the studio so I added a few paper towels and some straw and we placed him inside for protection.

The next day Brent hung the cage on the porch next to the hanging ferns and we noticed that the mother bird was feeding her little baby through the cage!!!!! So he moved the cage out to the cluster of trees in our yard where the mom was living so her job would be much easier. The little bird is growing very quickly and we should be able to release him any day now....he's working out his wings and getting stronger every day!

Can you see the mom in the tree beside the cage? She's so diligent and nuturing ~

Our sweet graduate last night ~ we're so very proud of him!! The weather was perfect, a breeze blowing all the time and quite mild. The ceremony went wonderful and Chase is now a graduate!!

We used the wheelchair, for hopefully the last time, to take Noah to the graduation ceremony ~

Even little Clara attended and was a perfect angel the entire time!

Wishing you a wonderful, relaxing weekend sweet friends!
xxoo, Dawn