Wednesday update

So yes, I said the birds have arrived. We decided to possibly get 2 birds about a week ago. The Gabriel Foundation took the week to see if there was any other females that Piglet would get along with. We heard a rumor that cockatiels aren't adopted very often, not sure if that is true or not, but between that and the wonderful work TGF does we decided two would work for us. The cage we ordered ended up being a bit bigger than we pictured it being so there is plenty of room!

Hubby went and picked them up on Saturday morning. I spent the morning taking Kasey to the doctor. She had a fever the night before of 102 degrees. And the day before I was there with Courtney, she has an ear infection. And I too, have a cold now. So, we have a sick house.

Anyway, Hubby went up and got the birds. The second bird is named Muse. They named her some time ago, she has been at TGF since 2006. We have no idea how old she is. She does have a heart murmur, and when TGF gets their ekg machine they want us to bring her back up to get one done.

Once they arrived at our house we put them in the cage and the both found spots they liked and stayed there for most of the day. They finally started moving around a little bit that evening. We have taken them out several times to work with them. Muse has her wings clipped and Piglet does not. However, Piglet never really learned to fly, so she really doesn't go anywhere at this point. If we need to get her wings clipped in the future we will, but she doesn't need it now.

Courtney has really enjoyed having them here. Both on Saturday evening and Sunday evening we went out to run some errands and the whole time Courtney kept saying she wanted to go back home to see Piglet. Piglet will get up on Courtney, Muse is still unsure of most of us and really only step up onto Hubby.

The dogs are doing well. Bristol is the most curious. He will sit in front of the cage and stare at it trying to figure out what is going on in there I guess. Maggie will occasionally show interest in it, but not at much as Bristol. And Buddy, well, he can't see them, so he really doesn't care. We do lock Bristol and Maggie out of the room when we take the birds out.

Courtney started a new preschool Monday. This one is only about 1 mile from our house. I really was worried about her losing social skills and getting behind in what other kids were learning. She is going to start preschool in the fall but until then I wanted her in some sort of program. So, she is at a Kindercare two mornings a week now. I dropped her off in the morning and when I picked her up after lunch she was really happy. She obviously had a good time. That was great to know!

Kasey is finally just starting to pick up sign language. Her first sign she is using is all done! Yea!

Courtney has been in big girl panties since last Wednesday! She has only had 2 accidents! So, she is doing great! I am so excited to get her fully potty trained! Now I want to get the second one potty trained also. No more diapers would be great.

We got Kasey a new car seat. She was in the infant carrier still and although she is not yet 20 lbs, she was really pushing the envelop with the infant carrier. We also noticed a week ago when we were at Babies R Us looking for a new gate that they had a trade in deal. If you traded in a piece of baby equipment (high chair, car seat, crib, play pen, etc) you got 25% off a new piece of baby equipment. So, we took her infant chair and bases in and got her a new seat. It's rear facing for now, and it will be for a while still. This chair can hold kids backwards up to 40 lbs! It's not as easy to use as the infant carrier, but she fits in it much better!

Courtney has been on the waiting list for hippotherapy now since December. No, amazingly enough that does not involve hippos. It involves horses. We have a center here in town that does therapeutic riding! (www.pptrc.org) Courtney got her first taste of it the other day. They had a cancellation, and so they called us to come try it out. She LOVED it. She had the biggest grin on her face! They had her do things like ride the horse backwards. They also had her throwing bean bags at a bean bag toss on the wall from on top of the horse. We are on the waiting list to get a regular spot out there, and I think Courtney will really benefit from it! What a wonderful program!

I will get some pictures up later!