Video of Daisy's Kidding

Here is the video of Daisy's kidding on Saturday! Now, this is a little graphic (births are a little messy....) so if you're squeamish, do NOT watch this. One of the little girls who was watching the whole thing felt a little queasy and had to go sit down at one point - but it really is amazing. Birth is such a testament to God's amazing creation!

One of my favorite verses when it comes to goats is Job 39:1 - 3: "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?"

It's true; I had an estimate of when I thought she might give birth.....but I didn't know for sure. God is the only One who knows the exact due date of every pregnancy.

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Daisy had a relatively easy birth. I was pretty worried for a while, because Clover took a little longer to come out than I was expecting. His little front legs were extended all the way, so his head didn't appear for a while. I was beginning to wonder if maybe his head was swung to the side, in which case I would have to help out a little bit (eeeek!). Thankfully, I looked up and saw a little nose coming down, so I was VERY relieved.

As you can see from the video, we thought that Clover was the only one at first. And then, surprise, "Daisy's having another baby!!"

Have a great week, everyone!

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Cool church

I thought everyone would enjoy this "trailer" for the new church that might be coming your way sometime soon. It's hilarious - but also sad, since it is so true of churches today. Many churches these days are no different than the world and have made what is supposed to be a worship of God into a rock and roll band that they call church. What has happened????

This movie shows a very accurate example of what "seeker sensitive" churches are like today - I've never been to one like this (thankfully!) but I know they are everywhere.

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Sunday Snapshot: Daisy the new mamma

Yesterday afternoon, the moment I've been waiting for for 5 months finally happened - Daisy kidded! We had two families visiting at the time, so they got to watch the whole thing. What a fun experience!

Everyone anxiously looks on...

....here I am, looking a little nervous as I slip on my gloves. Daisy kidded around 5:30 - 6:00.

And here's #1 - a boy! We named him Clover. You can see from this picture Mom helped me out quite a bit when the babies where born. Thanks Mom for being willing to get messy! :)

Shortly after Clover was born, Rosie made her appearance. A boy and a girl - how exciting!

Kayla, Ava, Hannah, and Annabeth look on. Thanks, girls, for keeping me company as we waited f0r Daisy to progress!

Here are the cute pictures from this morning - Clover and Rosie, just one day old!

Daisy, the proud mamma, can't stop licking her babies.

Rosie, (my personal favorite) is SO cute! They are very Nubian looking, too; long floppy ears and all.

And a BIG thank-you to the M family for coming out so late in the evening for penicillin and iodine. We really appreciate it!!

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The pregnant ladies

Well, here they are: our pregnant does. Pearl is on the left, and Daisy is on the right. And for those of you wondering, NO, Daisy has STILL not kidded yet! But she's gettin' there. :)

Look how big she is! What do you think - four, five six babies in there? (Just kidding - I'm thinking maybe two!)

This picture shows how big her belly is. Goats are supposed to have a large belly anyway, due to a healthy rumen, but Daisy is a smaller goat so this much stomach on her just looks HUGE!

On the way back to the house after taking these pictures, Isaac and I stopped to say hi to the kitties. Helen was nowhere is sight and Thelma-Lou was napping, so we played with Juanita. Our friendliest cat, by the way.

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Pheww....life's a whirlwind!

Hi everyone - I'm sorry I haven't posted recently, but we have just be SO busy! Nothing unusual, mind you; but cleaning the house, taking care of spontaneous diaper explosions from you-know-who, :) trying to finish school, make meals.......it all takes time!

But, at least I'm not bored.

Oh, and of course, Daisy still hasn't kidded yet! But she waddles out of her pen every morning, looking tired and just so ready to be DONE with pregnancy. I really feel sorry for her!

Besides all this, our garden is up and running; we desperately need to weed it! We have all the summer crops to plant this week, so that will be fun.

Thankfully, we haven't seen many rattlesnakes yet this summer, so that has been a blessing. Jonathan continues to train his horses pretty much every day; and the dogs have been very agitated at the little kitties they see running around!

So, saying all this, I will definitely try to post with some pictures this week ~ I really thought I'd have photos of the new baby goats by now, but not so! They should appear on the blog within a week or two.

Have a great day, everyone!

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