My First Quilt!

I've finished my very first quilt and am ridiculously proud of myself. It's Christmas fabric so I'm packing it away for next year. Scott was (not so) happy to model it for me :)

In other news, on Thursday evening my poor baby Samwise was bleeding from under his wing. He was picking at it so I was way freaked out. I cleaned it up with some peroxide and watched him closely. By later that night it was bleeding again and it had spread. At this point I have to brag about my husband. Without a word from me he was on the computer and on the phone trying to find an urgent care pet clinic. There are several, but none that feel comfortable enough with birds. He finally found one clear in Springville, so at 11pm we loaded up the boys and drove down there. I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful hubby that understands me and my love for the little critters!

Anyway, the vet gave us an ointment to put on the irritated skin (some kind of a rash that he was itching with his beak, therefore it bleed like crazy.) It did clear up his skin, but he was still pulling out his feathers and acting really sick. So Monday we took him to a bird specialist in S. Jordan who explained that while the ointment healed the irritation, having the ointment on his wings and him not being able to clean it off was literally driving him nuts :( So we had to give him a bath and methodically clean his feathers (which he HATED) and then keep him warm until he dried out. Sigh...having sick pets is sad and frustrating. I know, I know I sound totally crazy but I love my little guys! I think he's on the mend now, if only Frodo would leave him alone and stop being such a brat.