Wow What a fun and eventful weekend I had! It all Started Friday when I picked up my Cousins Great Dane Sally, and we headed off to my home town. Sally lives near me in Little rock and her "grandmother" my aunt, lives in my home town so I took her to stay with her MiMi for awhile. I spent the evening with my BFF Laci and we watched stupid Youtube videos until close to midnight.  It was Ha-larious!

Saturday I had planned on going Fishing but it was so cold that we decided against it. I instead called my mom's BFF and took her little girl who is seven, around town and we had a photo shoot at the laundromat and the school playground. Caroline is her name and she's the one I've been posting pictures of all weekend, she's really cute and funny.

Then I went to a friends house and shot photos of her three month old. It was my first baby shoot and it was a lot of fun. We got some great shots and I learned a lot!

 

They wanted to do a photo of her surrounded by teddy bears like in "ET."  It turned out so funny! and super super cute! 

They named her Ayden, which I LOVE!!  I've heard it for a boys name, but never for a girls!!

Sunday I slept in and then helped my dad feed the animals (cows and horses) We went to check the cows and one of them was in labor. We stopped and watched for about 30 minutes and ya'll I got to experience the first Live birth of a calf ever!!! I've seen a million of those things pulled but never a natural birth! It was amazing. I mean amazing and guess what? I forgot my camera....though you probably are glad because it was extremely painful looking!

My uncle is a vet so I've seen calves pulled, horses pulled, and I've even gotten to help with a c-section on a couple of dogs, and I helped neuter Banjo (and almost fainted)  but I've never experienced a live birth of a calf. I've watched our barn cat have kittens, our lab have puppies, and one time we stayed at the barn and put a blanket up in the hay loft and laid there and watched all night and finally got to see a horse have a colt but I was really young and I don't remember all that much.  I'm so glad I got to witness Gods creature give birth! This was a miracle!

First we drove up and she was off by herself laying down and she had a major discharge coming out of her hind end that signaled to us that her water had broken. After a few minutes of bellowing out and pushing, the calve's front hooves appeared. They disappeared and reappeared for about 10 minutes and the cow kept standing up and then laying down. Finally she laid down and pushed really hard and we could see the calve's nose. It was pink and after a few more minutes and a few more moo's and pushes the nose popped out and we could tell it had a white face. AFter what looked like a very very painful set of pushes the calve's head popped out and it had a full white face with black around each eye and black ears.

A few pushes later the whole front end flopped out and the baby had a white chest. After a few seconds she finally pushed the last push and the calf flopped out completely covered in the placenta ?? and was all wet and gooey. The mother jumped up and immediately started licking the calf dry. It was so cold I know that calf had to be cold...he was a tough thing...and yes when she rolled him over we saw it was a he. It must be something in the water because dad said out of about 30 calves he's had so far about 25 of them have been male...it was a true miracle!

After all that excitement i went over to a friends house to watch the superbowl. We had a "square" for the superbowl and if you don't know what that is I can't really explain it but it's all about buying a square and you are assigned numbers and if your number matches the team's score at the end of the quarters then you win money...my family won 550!! Woo Hoo!

After hanging out with my high school friends I started home and about 300 yards from my house I almost hit a white dog in the road! I of course stopped and picked him up. It was a smaller (about 15 lb) corgie mix dog that was white with a few brown spots. He is super sweet and I bet he belongs to someone who lives around us. I'm going to make "found" flyers but I secretly hope no one claims him so Banjo and Birdie can have a new brother....I named him Baxter. :)

Well I hope everyone Else's weekend was a fun and eventful as mine!! Have a great Monday!

Lady Bug, Lady Bug

It is a gorgeous day here in my hometown in as my dad says, L.A. (Lower Arkansas) The weather is perfect. It couldn't be any more perfect. Well If I didn't have the flu... that would make it more perfect. I feel a whole lot better compared to yesterday and I think I'm finally on the mend. So far no fever today!!

I went outside to sit on the front porch for awhile to get a little fresh air and some sun. I thought that might make me feel better...and it did!! I wandered out into the yard and sat down in the grass and just enjoyed the cool breeze on my face and watched the leaves flutter to the ground. The colors here are beautiful and the leaves are slowing starting to fall. I love this time of year!!

I laid down in the grass and just soaked up the sun. I watched a hawk float along in the sky and listened to the crows caw and the quite sound of No Interstate! Mine and Sean's house on the Circle T is very near the Interstate, its just on the other side of the river, about half a mile. You can always hear the interstate. I really never notice the noise until I get to my hometown and then I notice the noise of the interstate is not there.

As I laid on my back and looked at the beautiful earth, the beautiful Sky, and felt the wind on my face I couldn't help but wonder how someone could experience this beauty and Not believe in God. His presence is everywhere out here. It floors me!

I took these photos earlier and they reminded me of a poem I used to say when I was little.

"Lady Bug, Lady Bug, Fly away home. Your house is on fire and your children are home!"

As I say it now I think.. How Cruel!! How Morbid! Her kids are at home and her house is on fire?! Someone save them!! When I was little I thought it was fun to catch the lady bugs and them throw them up and make them fly away while reciting that neat poem. Now I'm just disturbed....somewhere out there here house is on fire and her children are there!! Help her!!
Seriously though, Enjoy this weather!!! Fall is my favorite time of year and It's rained so much this year I haven't got to enjoy it much!! Have a wonderful end of the week!!