Glider chair with custom diaper bag.  My husband and I knew that we'd want a bird theme of some sort no matter what gender our baby turned out to be. We thought about going with a blue bird, like our blue throated macaw "Jinx", if we had a boy. Then our colors would be blue and yellow. And if a girl, maybe we would go with the theme of galahs -...

Hiking Wilson Arch with my galah Bandit and German Shepard Diesel. I've been on a mission to teach my dog practically all the tricks in this puppy training book I have, 51 Puppy Tricks. It's an amazing book and if you have a puppy, I highly recommend it! Get it as early as possible, too. The reason I feel so drawn to teaching my pup all these t...

The Ultimate Daddy-to-be Survival Kit I made for my hubby. When I first learned there was such a thing as a "hospital survival it" or "daddy-to-be survival kit", I was super excited and curious. I looked at just about every one blogged about online and studied what was in them. But I felt like a serious personal touch was missing - and maybe it...

Photo provided by breeder To my complete shock, our entire facebook community came together and talked Dave into setting up a donation of sorts to help us get a Toco Toucan. Everyone was asking why we hadn't gotten another; and we told them the truth... $10,000 for a toucan? We couldn't justify paying such an amount for such a fragile pet, es...

While spending the summer of 2010 in Coney Island, New York, Cake Boss came out and filmed part of their episode on the show. They made a special cake for the circus, and included lots of the animals and performers in it... making edible figurines of all of us.   Photo by Jason Gibson Location: Coney Island, NY Designed by Cake Boss: Swainson...

Photo by Dave Location: Saipan, MP Shown: Swainson Toucan "Meaka"  Before I forget to add them, these articles are so important to read if you have a pet bird of any kind: The danger of fumes. Necropsy: What it is and why it should be done. The last time we had a necropsy done on a bird, it was on our parakeet Lexi. They never found ...