not so empty nest

So, we've been following the progress of these baby birds living in our hanging fern plant.  At first we thought they had abandoned this nest already.

The next week, they've rebuilt and layed eggs--just like that!  We didn't get pictures, but a few days later, they layed more for a total of five eggs!

I guess we should've been keeping track of how many weeks it has taken to get here, but that's too much work!  We're just enjoying the whole process.  Here they are hatched and hungry!  I got a picture of them when they just hatched, but it wasn't very good.  Brian wanted to hang them back where they came from and quickly so their parents can tend to them.

Then five days from the picture above, look how much they've developed!  Their feathers are coming in very well!  I imagine, these will probably the last pictures I'll get of them as they will probably start learning how to fly soon.  How neat!  Glad to have the opportunity to watch them grow!