Ducks Galore!

I finally got some pictures of one of our duck feeding sessions at the pond near our house, and this one was particularly entertaining! There were about eight Canadian geese visiting this day and they decided to venture over for some Sara Lee White Wheat bread! This was in addition to our regular, smaller and way less intimidating mallards. I have seen some Canadian geese visit our pond before, but they tended to stay away from humans on the opposite side of the walking trails. Not this time. When I saw all of them get into the water and float our direction from across the pond, I did get a little nervous. They are huge and I know geese can be aggressive. I have never seen Canadian geese be interested in being fed, but I guess this particular flock had been fed before (which probably isn't a good thing that they are domesticating but oh well, we enjoyed them).
When I ran out of bread, I had brought some dog food..FYI, Canadian geese do not like dog food. I think it was too small for them to pick up in their beaks (it was the tiny-bites dog food). This occasion was made more exciting by the fact that the wind was blowing against us which kept the bread from reaching the water, so the ducks and geese proceeded to get OUT of the water to get the bread..the little mallards, not so scary....the giant geese, SCARY!!! I was envisioning the geese trying to empower me to get hold of the bread and I pictured myself having to fend off the biting heads to save my child!! Luckily, they had similar timid personalities as the mallards. They still new I was boss.
They are so impressive! Kyler seemed to really enjoy it b/c they were flapping around and competing for the bread, so we heard lot's of squawking. Wow, thank you God for giving us this up close glimpse of your wondrous creation! I had to keep Shiloh tied up in the distance for various reasons. She completely freaked when the ducks got out of the water towards us.

Out to Feed the Ducks

Kyler's favorite activity (or maybe actually mine) is to go to the pond near our house and feed the ducks. There are about 8 of them and include beautiful male and female mallards (with the green heads). Occasionally a couple seagulls swoop in and their flapping movement makes him belly laugh. The coy under the water are bright orange and I am sure he wonders what they are under there, but they are too slow to get the bread from the ducks. I will try to get some pictures of actually feeding the ducks but here he is on his way out.

Kyler at Six Months!

Kyler is finally able to sit for extended periods on his own. He is rolling over like crazy (back to tummy and tummy to back). He is eating up lots of pureed foods like applesauce, pears, squash, & sweet potatoes. I think he actually prefers that to the bottle but he still has to get most of his nutrients and fats from the bottle. In one of these pictures, Kyler is wearing a beautiful sweater that was homemade by one of the nuns in New York. His Aunt Jeanne procured that for him..isn't it wonderful? He matches his little Irish bear that he got for Christmas.