freeloaders.

Quinn and venus

first, a quick hello to my grandma (my fancy grandma, mary nell, who my chicken nellie is named for). Grandma got her own ipad for Christmas and i hope she has figured it out enough to be reading this.  hi grandma!!
 
my oldest chickens are 20 weeks and 5 days old today.  the transformation from tiny baby chick to strutting hen has been amazing to witness.  they change and grow overnight.

according to all my books about chickens, all of my breeds should begin laying eggs between 16-20 weeks.  which means mine are overdue.  their combs and waddles are growing and turning red, so i know they are close.  we are anxious to finally see our first egg in the nesting box!

update on the headaches...

just to keep you laughing with me, here's the news since my last post-

i was complaining about quinn's constant fussing.  well, it is very likely that he has a broken leg.  and has had it for about a week.  a hairline fracture, but still something to fuss about.  we won't really know for sure until he can see an orthopedic doc - which according to all of their secretaries may be another week.  i'm really racking up the mommy points.

and do you know what i found inside the apple juice soaked bag?  the iphone that i was sure i had lost.  i was so sure it was lost that i had already replaced it with a new (nicer, fancier) one.

and this morning when greyson and asher were fighting, instead of getting upset with asher for throwing punches i scolded greyson for not ducking.

and i got asked twice in one day "how far along are you?" - (when will people learn not to ask that?!)  i'm totally not pregnant, i just need to make it to yoga more often and never wear that shirt again.

do you ever have the feeling that you are treading water and still slowly sinking?

at least i can still laugh about it.  i hope to find some calm and peace before the holidays.  i'll wish the same for you :)