News Flap from the Nest...lastest Edition...

Big Girl says you will read this and you'll like it....Just a side note....

Article #1

Well as many of you have learned, we're going to North Carolina in the Fall.  Although we're staying at a pet friendly house, I don't think the birds are up for a 12 plus hour trip.  During out last vacation, grandma Nicholson stayed at the nest while we were at the ocean with the Anthony family.  This time we're going with the Nicholson family to the ocean so the birds will be staying at Grandma Anthony's nest while were gone.  I was a little concerned that Rockie wasn't going to do well while we were gone just because he was confined to a cage for 20 years and has only become a "pet" in the last 160 days..not that I'm counting.

Yesterday was a trial run for socialization for Rockie and Big Girl.  This was the first outing for Rockie, other than the beloved trip to the vet.  Big Girl has gone on a few visits, but a first for both of them together out in the community...again minus the vet.

So the Results of the visit at Grandma Anthony's....SUCCESS!!!  I thought my social deprived parrot would be a mess, wrong, Rockie instantly got out of his travel carrier and went to grandma.  He visited with her for a while and then Big Girl, attention-seeking parrot, had to get Grandma's attention!!  Here's a few pictures from our visit.

Waiting patiently on the car ride over-Rockie

 Big Girl likes to hold Daddy's hand when we go anywhere.  Yes I sat in the back with him and she was in the front with Daddy.

Safety first...Cages must be strapped in!!!!

Daddy, are we there yet??  Yes, that's my baby Rockie!!!

Here are pics of Grandma and her Grandbirds:

Rockie also got to meet Uncle Reece and Uncle Kirby!!

I have no worries that the birds will do great!!  Yes I said birds, the Keets are going too.  I thought we could maybe have the keets stay with Aunt Merri....Wrong.  I was doing something the keet's cage the other day and wow, Big Girl thought I was hurting them, I got an ear full!!!  Thankfully Grandma is a bird lover and is overjoyed about keeping all my babies!!!  Don't worry, I didn't forget about Syta and the crabs, Cecil and Herman, Cornelius passed :(..Their pet hotel will be arranged later on!!

Just in case you wondering what the curious Keets have been up to...Here's a photo shoot from this morning....

Looking innocent on the top of their cage....Jokes on you!!!

Jasper and Kyle planning their escape:

The ladder to the phone barrel....it doesn't go anywhere <evil laugh>

Checking the rug out...Hmm...Anything to chew up while I'm down here???

I'm so thankful that we have wonderful grandparents for our babies.  Although Bill and I are still on the fence about kids,  we have two sets of grandparents that are willing to take care of our brat birds!!!

Article #2  What's in a name...

Bill and I were discussing the middle names of the birds.  The Parrots don't have middle names, we just couldn't think of any that we liked.  However, they've acquired many nicknames:

Rockie-Peanut, Fuss Butt, Birdzilla

Big Girl-Poopzilla, Bratzilla, Sweetie

The Keets actually do have middle names:

Kyle Gerald

CiCi Susan

JiJi Katherine

Jasper Grant

The fish even has a middle name:

Syta Lee

The crabs are only first names....They're nocturnal so they don't show us much of their personality...I do think they are trying to ignore our daily noise as they bury themselves in the sand...LOL...

Love from the Nest....

Rockie

Big Girl

Kyle

CiCi

JiJi

Jasper

Syta

Cecil

Herman

and

two Humans

The Dog Days of Summer.

As July 6th marks the day of sadness when we lost our sweet Nicholas, July 24th marks the day of happiness when Sullivan Grant joined our family. 

Levi is giving Sully the territorial treatment at home, but as you can see on the ride home, both dogs were sitting on mom's lap :)

I believe Nicholas Derby and Chloe Renee are smiling down upon us from Heaven. 

Love from the Nest!!