Home Again

We're home. We had a great time interviewing and meeting some fantastic people in a beautiful part of the country at a great Family Practice center. We then got to see my entire family, including 2 of my nieces I rarely see, and visit at a great Irish Pub in Madison. This morning our plane was cancelled and instead of getting home at noon, it is 10 pm and we are just now unpacking. Hard on the kids, but they were so great the entire time. Also cost us quite a bit more than we were expecting, but we are trying to see it as 'vacation' (which in many ways it was).

That's one cheap baby

Not him, but the hospital bills! Giving birth to Justice at the hospital where E is a Resident and where our insurance is good, was less expensive than the glider we bought to rock him in! WOO-HOO! The anesthesia bill here was 1/12 what we paid for Aedyn's birth and that didn't even work. (And, the anesthesia did work here, a good thing as the first 31 hours of labor were enough for me to 'experience' and work through. Once they started the pitocin, I was ready to go with the pain meds!) Just 7 hours after that, I finally held THIS darling.

Easter Egg #1

The green-blue egg is the first one laid by our Americaunas hen (commonly and more accurately, since they are not the true breed, "Easter Egger"). The darker brown egg is from a Buff Orpington and the little egg's hen is a little mixed bantam.

Eric butchered 2 Easter Egger roosters yesterday, we have 1  left. I have one of the chickens in the crock pot and the other is brining before being roasted tonight. It's much quieter in the yard now!

Taking matters into his own hands