Wednesday, June 18, 2008

We have an addition to the family

We have been anticipating the arrival of Clarice's calf, and it finally made an appearance yesterday evening. We were disappointed because we honestly thought that she would let us watch if we were around, but for some reason dinner and clean up took precedence over a new calf's birth. As Joshua said, "We've seen it before."



Joshua climbed in the pen with Clarice to check on the calf, and then we were hit with disappointment number 2 - it's a bull. We were really hoping for a heifer to one day become the new milk cow, but it didn't happen THIS time. There's always next year...... I digress, though.... Here are some photos of the new little fellow - and we love him already. How can you not love something that cute!! We've decided to call him Peanut - although Nana was voting for Jellylegs. Caleb shared this morning that Peanut was doing well. He thinks that it was a big shock for him because, "He was all nice and warm in there. He probably can't believe how big this world is because I bet he said to himself, 'I'm so big I can't fit into this world' - and then he was born. I know he was surprised to find out he was really small after all." What more can you say.