Drowning in Adorability!

 We finally finished our travels!!!  We were driving for 6 weeks, with stops in 6 different states, covering 8300 miles. The kids and I were delighted to finally get back to my folks' house.  Even more delightful was the birth (can you say birth if they hatched?!) of some baby chicks.

4 chicks had hatched a week earlier, and the day we arrived home, one last, lonely chick managed to wiggle his way out. The mama hen was too busy with the other (older and more mobile) chicks to want to do her duty to the newby, so we set up a heat lamp for him.  While getting his quarters comfortable, the girls made him.....er.... um.... comfortable.

 The little peeper was so tired, he was falling asleep.  So cute!

The cuteness was overwhelming.

2 sweet chicks. 

Yes, everyone had to pose with the baby bird.... multiple times.

Even me!  Who could resist?!!  (Definitely not me.)

It took the hen 2 days to decide to add the new guy to her brood, and now there are 5 adorable, peeping fluffy balls of feathers running about.