So that's what they looked like yesterday. Here's what they look like today.

WE HAVE BABIES! Four to be exact. As my husband was leaving for work yesterday, he took his usual peek into the nest and instead of the four eggs, he saw a mass of soft pink flesh with a few little down feathers here and there. The mama and daddy robins have been busy feeding and keeping them warm. However, with our weather we've been having lately, the daddy has been standing on the side the of nest, panting, keeping watch, rather than sitting in it. By late afternoon our porch is in full sun and the birds are completely exposed to it. I placed a short cake pan of water on the porch to hopefully give them a little relief, but I haven't seen them use it yet. May just be a naive attempt to help on my part. Well, I hope to hear some baby robin chirping soon.

Up to four eggs and the daddy has been hanging around sitting on 'em all the time. It's exciting to watch our new friend hang out right in front of our house... on our house. IJ drums right in the front bedroom, and he isn't gentle, and still Robin hangs around. But as soon as we touch the door knob to step outside, he's gone. If we stay in the front yard too long he starts flyin' overhead, screeching at us. Sometimes I feel like we're prisoners in our own house with a pint sized ward telling us when we can come and go. I actually told my mom to come around to the back door when she came over the other day. I just don't want those little baby birds to die. As soon as they hatch I'll put some pictures up.