TONS OF PICS ALERT :)

Be forewarned, these pics are in no particular order though they are all fairly recent. Yes the weather is really weird (warm on day, freezing the next). The truck in the pics was a wonderful surprise blessing, Ill post about that another day. Enjoy :)

The miracle of life

Most people are excited when they can feel a baby kick but let me just say, it is just as exciting to feel a calf kick. We have been working with Buttercup and her baby kicks and it is amazing to feel the tiny hooves. She is getting very close, tonight we noticed that she seemed to be having some practice pushes. She certainly has developed nicely in the udder department in the last couple weeks. I am so excited, I can't hardly stand it. She stands so well for us in the stanchion, I believe she will make a terrific milker. But, I just love the calves with all their cute little features, we would love it to be a heifer. Both Buttercup and Eva have done tremendously with the daily training, I can't wait for little Eva to start milk cow training too :) I love babies (just in case you hadn't noticed, lol).

Yes, I am still alive :)

There really hasn't been much to report, work is good, farm is good - though the ground is VERY wet and it's cold out, and the family is good. :) Buttercup is coming closer to calving I would say about 10 days or so, her udder has really started to come in and she has a string of mucus hanging. She has been a bit more ornery but she loves coming into the stanchion and all of the cows have gotten the routine down :) Blackbird (our Angus) seems to be the object of her abuse however, though I am not sure why. Eva is eating grain and hay from our hands and we will be working on doing the horn paste this weekend. We are thinking of getting some oats and corn planted next month but I need a bean to plant with the corn. Suggestions welcome.

In other news I am pleased to see that AR seems to be doing really well even though he is no longer on medication for ADHD. He has really buckled down and worked hard to do the things he needs to at the time it needs to be done. :) Well that's about all I've got. Stay warm and keep praising. :)