Responsible grandparents

If you remember a few posts ago I talked about my fake fern on my porch and how there were birds making a nest in it. Well, needless to say the eggs have now hatched and there are babies. Jon and I went and bought real ferns for our porch now that the weather is getting warmer. We hadn't realized the eggs had hatched so we carefully peaked at the nest in the fake fern in an attempt to possibly move it so we could place the real fern in its place. All of the sudden we were both taken back by the stares of two fluffy baby birds sitting in the nest. In a single instance Jon and I went from trying to decorate our porch to feeling responsible for the baby birds. We felt like grandparents since we had watched the mama bird build the nest and lay her eggs. Of course NOW we couldn't possibly move the fake fern-what if the mom didn't come back? What kind of grandparents would we be then!?!?! Needless to say, we now have six beautiful real ferns hanging from our porch and one fake one nestled in the bunch. Once the babies leave the nest we will relocate the fake fern and replace it but until then...we are carefully watching our grandbirds and making sure they are happy and healthy fuzz balls.