Moo!

First things first...congratulations to Russel and Zoey on their new baby girl!!!  Nasya Mikel Griffin, weighed in at 5lb 2oz and is 18.25" long. (Nasya is pronounced "Nah see ah")  They now have 5 girls and 1 boy.  

This makes for 10 granddaughters and 3 (almost 4) grandsons for my parents.  Jared will be grandbaby #14 - the 4th grandson.  :)  So excited for the end of April to get here.  But I am very much enjoying this stage of feeling him move all around inside of me.  Wow!

We had quite the animal day today!  While heading up to mail a letter we decided to extend our walk to go see the cows down the road.  The farmer, Dan, happened to be in his tractor getting hay for his animals and he invited us up to see their baby calves.  Vivian and I did pet the calf, but Shelby wasn't too interested...she claims she doesn't like black.  Ha ha.  Dan also has a pot-belly pig, so we got to see him, too.  And of course their dog, Buck.  Then we made the trek back home for a late lunch and then naptime for Vivian!

But our day didn't end there!  This evening we got to go feed the baby calves at our neighbors!!  The girls have been looking forward to this for a week or two now and tonight was the night!  The girls loved the dogs and were excited to see the cats, but they really loved the calves, especially Vivian.  Both girls helped carry the bottles and then feed the calves.

Josh and Vivian fed the darker calf

Shelby and I fed the lighter brown calf.

The girls walked the calves up and down the barn to get some exercise for the calves.

Vivian liked to pet and hug the calves!  They are pretty soft and ohhh so sweet.

Thank you, Bowe and Katie for showing us around the farm, letting us feed the calves and having us in your home!  We hope you get some good sleep. (Turns out baby calves are just about as needy as a newborn baby.)

I remember going to the Anderson's dairy farm growing up and feeding the calves, letting them suck our fingers - so I was glad that the girls enjoyed this so much.  They both asked if we can go and do it again tomorrow.