Elwood Turns One, Our Fire Scare, It's a Girl, & Three Chickens and a Roo

 

 This blog entry covers the happenings in 

late February, March and April 2013.

It has a lot of pictures and that is because all the pictures are so good I want to share every one of them--especially the ones of Elwood!

ELWOOD TURNS ONE!

Oma and Jerren visit Elwood in Melbourne

Waiting for Aunt Pippy, Aunt Ashley & Aunt Sarah for a day on Melbourne  Beach

Is that their car coming???

Aunt Pippy brings such fun stuff--
Mardi Gras Glasses & Beads for the birthday boy!!
Elwood thought Aunt Pip was way too cool with her glasses and bag of tricks!

King of the Day tires out and naps for a bit!

 

Back at Elwood's House he posed for us for some pictures.
Happy Birthday Elwood!!!

Yes, Oma, I know how to make breakfast--did you want bacon and eggs or pancakes!

Too Close For Comfort

--high winds whipped a Brush Fire out of control and  Jerren and Pat's neighborhood had to be evacuated.

With police yelling at us and fireman scurrying, we frantically had 10 minutes to grab what we could out of their new home and run.

Firemen had to fight the blaze from Pat & Jerren's backyard and we were told their house was next in line.

But a huge thunderstorm kicked up, the gusts of wind turned opposite in direction, and a soaking downpour helped the firemen get the fire under control!
It melted their fence and the heat curled the roof shingles, but the house was spared serious damage! 

Right next door

FINDING OUT IT'S AMA!!!!!

Jerren and Pat celebrated their 5th Wedding Anniversary with dinner at 11 Maple Street. I was babysitting Emmit so

I was lucky to snap this shot of them (& baby Ama) as they were leaving my house to celebrate!

April 2nd I got to go with Jer & Pat to the first ultra sound
and we found out it was Ama in there!!!! We came home and
celebrated with pink and blue cupcakes, pink and blue M & M's, cookies etc and we had Joe, Courtney, and Jimmy & Charlotte and several people waiting on the phone guessing girl or boy!!

 

Some other favorite pics of Elwood!



Loving Tillman's Ribs!

Always Happy!

Taking June for a spin on the deck!

Hanging at the Inlet

Jer, Pat, Emmit, Tadpole, Willie, Joe and me enjoying

Spring weather at the inlet!

Who knew Chihuahuas love boating and swimming!

Well, this is Tadpole's idea of swimming!

Tad determined not to get too wet!

Resting in the pontoon boat.

Three Chicks and a Roo

Introducing the the dog pack to the baby chickens

Oh, if only we could get in there to play huh, Emmit!

We thought we had four adorable hens

But one of these chicks turned out to be a rooster!!!

We kept them warm and cozy in their new coop!

Tillman the Rooster

The girls waking up from a snooze in the shade.

Tadpole and Emmit keep an eye on the flock

Tillman eyes my tomatoes

Tillman is quite handsome!

First gladiola

First sunflower