Birds Nest

So I have this basket thing that I hang sometimes by my front door. My MIL got it for me somewhere in the mid-west (I think) and I've filled it with lavendar, flowers, and now some branches leaves, twig things, whatever you want to call them, from a plant in my yard. They were purple, they were pretty and it looked so cute! The SECOND day it was there, I spotted mommy and daddy checking out my hanging acessory. I got worried.
Then, they were back and forth so much, so surely, they were just taking pieces from it and building their nest elsewhere. We had a discussion about The Best Nest from the Dr. Suess series with my 1st born. I thought I'd be ok, because they were going elsewhere, no worries right??. {Really, cute book BTW)

Well, they didn't. See the little beak on the other side of the arrow.

They decided this was perfect for their nest, so here the mommy, {or daddy}, not sure with this species, sits there on the eggs all day. I worry for the babies. They know we come in and out often and so they aren't TOO afraid of us, but I wonder if we'll make it through the whole process??

A family a couple of years ago made one on our ledge, and I was so sad when I went out one morning and saw an egg cracked on our walkway. I hope this family stays put until the little one(s) are hatched and they feel safe here.

Darn birds. Now I can't change my arrangement and the flowers have since died. I can't change it or it'll mess with their house, but I don't like seeing my dead wilted twigs.

I think they took it LITERALLY with the words, the birds flying around and the bird house in the picture. I guess it looked inviting??