So today was a horrible day. My mother and husband both told me I had 19 IRNs in my aviary. Why is that horrible? Because I'm supposed to have 23. Cue hours of sobbing and frantically trying to figure out what has happened to 4 of my babies. Stolen? Shipped to the wrong location? Escaped? Both people were claiming they had counted multiple times and were sure it was 19 birds!
I was a mess all day. I refused to let the nurses take my blood pressure, lest my bird emergency magically become an early induction of my baby.
Finally my mom was able to send me pics. She sent me almost 50 pictures and I used them to identify every bird on my list one by one. Thank GOD turns out my 5 female/juvenile blues and my 5 female/juvenile violets just weren't sitting still to be counted. They were confusing the numbers and giving me a heart attack.
But since I have all the pics now I thought I would share a few. The aviary is still sort of "half constructed" due to me still being in the hospital, but it's sufficient for the moment thank God. They tell me I'm probably having my baby this week (not ideal since he would be about 6 weeks early) but at least I would be able to go see my birds soon after.
Of course I almost punched a doctor when he said my missing birds "didn't matter as long as my baby is healthy." I was livid. Yes I'm
In the hospital obeying their ridiculous restrictions just in case doing otherwise would endanger my child. But mysteriously LOSING 4 MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY DOES MATTER!
But they aren't lost. They are just miscounted thank God. So here are a few snaps of them.
Saeed, Creamino male
Ari and Mo, Lutino pair
Royal, Dark factor Violet Turquoise male
Kahili blue male, Ka'iulani Violet female
Maddison (remember when she was bald????) turquoise female
Kaleo, Violet green female
Nohea, green female, Blue, blue female, Priya, Violet female (Blue, Kaleo, and Nohea are full sisters)
Isana, our newest flock member, weaned after I left Hawaii, cinnamon green female
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