"Things are popping out around here"

The other morning, I saw this deer wondering around our yard, eating our roses, and trying to eat our spinach. I shewed her away to try and prevent her from deciding our garden was a place to feast. Well, come to find out, she was looking for a place to nest.

For that night, our neighbor calls our house phone and was leaving a message when I awoke my husband to check things out. He looked out our front window and there were two cops shining their spot lights in our yard. Come to find out, there was the deer who decided to birth her baby in our front lawn, and our neighbor witnessed the entire thing!

Now, we do not live in a forest or even near a forest, we live in the middle of the city a mile or so from downtown; so for a deer to have her fawn in our front lawn is very big news! I was very sad that I didn't get to witness any of it, for deer have always been a symbolic part of my life. The symbolism is truly a blessing from God, because at our wedding we had two deer bucking heads in the back of the ceremony, and now I am days away from having a baby and a deer decides to have her fawn in our front lawn. God you truly have a sense of humor!

Secondly, we have had a very persistent Robin building this:

and laying these:

When we realized she was nesting, we would knock her nest down because we knew that we would consistently disrupt her going in and out of the back door; but she won. Therefore, I watch her everyday tend to her nest.

So, there are lots of things "popping out around here" as my neighbor said. We are just waiting for Baby C to make his/her grand entrance. Luckily, I will not have to labor and do my birth on our front lawn with my neighbor as our witness. :).