They day before Scott deployed, he and Andy were packing in the garage. When Kaitlyn and I went out to spend time with them, we noticed an adolescent blue jay trapped in the garage. It wouldn't fly out of the wide open garage door even when we tried to chase it out. It was so tired and pitiful, and would sit between the garage door and ceiling panting.
The guys had to drop their bags off in the afternoon, and I honestly forgot about the bird. When Andy came in later, I heard something above me, and the little guy had flown into our house! I was feeding CJ in the kitchen, and I couldn't really process what was going on, so all I could do was yell, "BIRD IN THE HOUSE, BIRD IN THE HOUSE, BIRD IN THE HOUSE" over and over again until they all acknowledged the problem.
I obviously grabbed my camera, Scott and Andy tried to catch it in their Stetsons, and Kaitlyn kept it from flying into our living room with 14 ft. tall ceilings. That would have been a disaster.
Here is the little guy...
He ried to fly out our window, and Andy was able to pin him against it in his Stetson. But then he got loose when they tried to take him out the door.
Then he tried to fly into the living room, but Kaitlyn was a good blocker.
He then took a little rest on an air vent near the top of our 10 ft. kitchen ceilings. Finally Scott threw his hat in the air to spook him, and...
He flew right into Andy's hat! I'm not kidding. He just flew right in and looked at us. Luckily Scott grabbed his ball cap and quickly trapped him between their hats.
Even luckier, the bird didn't go to the bathroom in either of their hats!
