{Where I've been}

I've been taking photos almost daily {not quite, but close}, however I haven't had time to edit and blog about them because of these five, adorable, INSANELY MESSY, ducklings that {finally!!} hatched on the 4th and 5th of July. {Side note: four hatched on the 4th and the fifth arrived on...the 5th} Thus far we only have names for three of them but are working on the last two--who were, incidentally, the first and last to arrive. The light brown one is Indy {short for Independence}, the dark brown/black one is Sirius, and the light blue/silver with yellow spots is Olive. I'm actually amazed that any of them hatched given we had 1.) never done this before, and 2.) made the incubator ourselves, and 3.) some of the eggs had to sit for almost a week before they could be put in to the incubator {thus lowering the chances of developing/hatching}. You can read my first post about them HERE.

For awhile we had a webcam up with a live feed so people could watch the last two ducklings hatch, which we then moved over to the brooder. It's down for a bit now but it's been pretty popular. The ducklings live in our sunroom {for the moment} and I love hearing their little trills and songs interspersed with the pitter patter of webbed feet running around the brooder. We've taken them outside to play in the grass, hunt bugs, and have already introduced them to swimming. Plus, in between all of that I'm cleaning up after them at least 3-4 times a day. Lots of work, but so worth it. So without further ado, here are some pics of our little ones.

On to the pics...{click to view full size}