Well, that was exciting! Last night, I got all dolled up to go out and see some live music with my friends Suzy and Frank, their daughter Sierra, Erin and a couple other friends. Right before we left, I did one last barn check and had one moment of hesitation. Hannah was laying down in funny way with one leg kicked out in front of her. BUT, I was already dressed. And I was really excited about going out for the first time in eons. And Hannah probably wouldn’t have her baby, right?
More wrong I could not have been! We had no more gotten a beer and found our seats before we were inundated with phone calls from lambcam watchers letting me know that there feet hanging out of Hannah’s back end. By the time I’d gotten my car keys out of my bag there were two new member of the flock.
Suzy and I left everyone else at the concert and drove back to the farm at unsafe speeds to make sure the babies were dry and nursing from their mama. When we arrived, we found Hannah nuzzling a baby boy and itsy-bitsy baby girl. We had those babies dry and nursing in record time and made it back to Charlottesville in time for the second half of the show.
Suzy in her fancy-going-out clothes snorgling the buckling.
Me and the twins. The doeling is on the right and she is just as noisy as her mama!
Sierra greeting the newborns after the concert. My guess is that she was the only six-year-old in the U.S. that got to see a concert and meet newborn goats at 1 a.m. yesterday.
The buckling
We jacketed the babies to make sure they were warm enough. Doeling in pink, bucking in blue.
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Both babies are healthy and strong with full bellies this morning.
Lauria, the winner of the goat naming vote, arrives Charlottesville this afternoon. The first order of business will be to name these little ones. The naming convention for the goats is Muppets.
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Hooray! Hannah (and you) must be so relieved.
Joy to the world!
Yeah babies. Wow will Sierra have great stories to tell at school about what she did on her spring break.
They are SO cute! Love the pictures!
be still my heart.
Congrats to you on the first births of the season! Yay! They are soooo cute! I can’t wait to find out their muppet names
And of course she waited til you were all dolled up and out for the night, how else would we get pics of you and Susie all dressed up?
So sweet! Happy to see “twins” this morning.
Omg the cuteness! Can’t believe the timing!
In Chicago on business, dying to drive down to the farm to see newborns!
LOVE! Susie, I love that picture of you–you are radiating joy. The kids are absolutely the sweetest things. I think the rest of my family is beginning to understand my obsession.
Too cute! Way to go, Hannah! (Just what you needed, a little more excitement in the evening, ha! ha!)
Hannah, you go girl!
The kids are completely adorable.
(Can there be a goat called “Miss Piggy”? -not
YAY! Babies (HEALTHY BABIES!) AND a night out…
) FULL (ok i’m full of puns) of a night is that?
I had a feeling you might be staying in
but am glad you got to do BOTH
AND that the lambcam technology allowed you to be informed.
Now how udderly (
CONGRATULATIONS!
Lotsa love….. xoxoxo
Rona
OH and i forgot to mention how absolutely beautiful you all look
radiant, happy and full of joy
congrats again
the kidding has begun !
They are so adorable. I can see why you enjoy your work so much. Love Aunt Shirl
This was all soooo exciting! I’m so lucky to have found y’all!!! Snorgles and smooches to the new babes
Oh… I think I just melted from all the cute!
I meant to comment on the joy-filled photos. This trade show is bearable bc I can look at these joyous photos. Thank you!
twin cuties…..
See? Hanna waited for you Suzy, it’s your own da–n business you decided to go party-ing!! LOL!
Hi!!!!!!!!!!
oh my goodness, I have never seen anything so precious!
It was so fun to be on the Lambcam (kidcam??!!) at just the right time last night! My favorite picture is of them feeding….and the blurryness that is their tales! Congrats all around.
cuteness overload. I was so excited last night.. I checked the cam before bed, and was like “holy crap! There’s a little goat in there..wait.. there’s two little goats!” Silly to get excited over something so normal/natural, but it’s always nice.
Go Hannah!
Seeing these beautiful babies just brings tears to my eyes. Wonderful, wonderful.
Congratulations on the beautiful new babies–it’s wonderful to see the season off to a good start. Seeing the new little ones in their little down vests makes me think of a question for you though: why do you time the breeding so that the babies are born so early in the spring (less so in VA than in New England, but still)? If you waited a few more weeks, you wouldn’t have to worry so much about chilling, and there would be more juicy spring grass to support the new moms . . . So there must be counter-advantages to going early–how does a shepherd decide the timing? Thanks, and best of luck with the rest of the season!
You made my morning! I kept showing the babies in their delightful little jackets to my vet school classmates! All agree they’re they cutest babies ever!
Oh congratulations! That picture of you and the twins is fantastic. So much happy!
adorable!!
congratulations.
they are so sweet and beautiful! my heart just melted looking at the pics.
They are so incredibly adorable!
Soooooo cute!!!!!!!
OMG- they are so cute and starting to grow yarn already!!!!!
OMG!!! I cannot BELIEVE how CUTE they are!!! Congratulations to Hannah and you.
I got my yarn today – it’s GORGEOUS!!! I can’t wait to pick the perfect project. For ME.
Anyhow, the babies are adorable and I can’t wait to see more!! Will be watching lambcam as often as I can.
I just KNEW Hannah was up to something when she laid down back there and was so uncomfortable, but I don’t text or have a phone # (besides you were in a concert or tweet. So glad others did.
yeah!!! I literally gasped out loud when I read the good news! And twins!!
ohhhhh, you’re killing me with these. Lambs are cute, but kids are irresistible.
I’m new here. I take it these’re hair-goats? What duz yu du wif dehr hehr? Do you make wonderful floofy warmies?
Mai sister raised dairy-goats. Her name was Miriam Jeswine and dairy goat people in Oregon know her.
Oh my goodness!!!!
Welcome, little ones! They are completely precious!
(love the jackets) Susie, you look positively radiant and
just so happy – what beautiful pictures!!
So excited……
Edwina and Margaret
I always love seeing fiber babies in jackets or sweaters! Glad you didn’t miss much of the concert.
I cannot handle the cuteness of those fantastic little creatures. Must squeeze the cute! I live way too far away to come and visit in person, but I’ll definitely have my eye on the lambcam!
It’s hard to beat baby goats on the cuteness scale. Congratulations on the first of the season.
What wonderful pictures! And what a lovely photo of you with your twins.
I love this time of year on your farm. I had hoped to visit when I was just down the road in Hopewell Junction for a family wedding in September. Now I guess I’ll have to come to VA instead. My nephew is coming over tonight to get me hooked up to the lambcam–I haven’t figured that out yet.
IN LOVE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!