Baby's Thirty-Seven Week Update

Momma & I picking strawberries

My Baking Time:

37 Weeks.

from BabyCenter.com

What's New:

I'm getting some antibodies from Momma now...I'll need them when I get to the outside. I hear Momma and Daddy talking to me. Momma is ready for me to be outside already.

How Big Am I:

Half a medium pizza. I looove pizza.

from Google

My stats:

19.13 inches from crown to heel and 6.3 pounds

(remember, this is a guesstimate Momma got offline)

Doctor: 

Everything still normal and on track for due date, but I could come any day now.

Now we go every week to see the doctors and midwives until I make my appearance.

Sleep: 

I'm doing fine in this department...Momma not so much.

She says that her hips and shoulders hurt too much to lay on her sides for long.

Movement: 

Momma says that I'm supposed to be "running out of room," but then she laughs and says, "Doesn't feel like it!"

I may be a pretty strong kicker...and like doing summersaults. 😜

What is Happening On the Farm: 

We got a little rain, but Momma says we need more.

Round baled some first cut hay for bedding and winter feed.

MawMaw arrived this week! She drove all the way to Vermont from North Carolina to come stay with us. I cannot wait to meet her!

New kittens!

Cousin P practicing with the carseat

Gramma B picking strawberries

Cousin P eating strawberries

Momma says Douglas Orchard in Shoreham is the best

Belly!

Cousin M treated Momma to a pedicure

Cherry trees

Sweet cherries

Rain!

Our Babymoon

As the clock ticks down to the arrival of our precious Callicott Calf, we have been making plans and getting ready for this new and exciting chapter in our lives.

I have been imagining the snuggles and cuddles with my little Calf. 💚

I am looking forward to getting to know this little man or little lady that Abba has made from both Hubby and I...a little piece of each of us in a whole new person that He loves more than they will ever understand.

Those first few weeks are probably going to be some of the toughest I've ever experienced; but they are also going to be the beginning of something wonderful. 💛

As we have prepared for our little calf's arrival, we have decided that we need to ask you all a big favor:

Please give us some time post-delivery - at the hospital, as well as at home.

Just as there is a special time after a wedding to spend quality time with each other (honeymoon), so should there be some time after birth to spend with the new family addition (babymoon). 😊

We love all of you, our friends and family!

And because we love you, we want you all to meet our little heifer or bull. 😊

However, we have no idea how things are going to go.

Will delivery go well? How will I handle recovery? Will Baby have any health issues?

One things we do know is that labor and delivery is rough for all involved. We'll need to rest up.

Hubby's family will also be traveling a ways to visit us and meet the newest addition to the family. We want them to be able to bond with Baby before they need to go back South.

We know you mean well  - you just want to let us know that you've been thinking about us and meet our little heifer or bull - we appreciate you and your thoughtfulness! 💚

We will appreciate it just as much a week or so later. 😉

Please respect our privacy & allow us time to celebrate.

Rest assured that we will share photos and videos! ...after a nap...or several. 😉 😃

(If you would like us to text you updates, please make sure one of us has your number. 😊)

When we are ready for visitors...

- Please call or text first -

Between farm life and parents of a newborn, our lives will be kinda upside-down for a bit. 😉💚

- Please be considerate of Baby's health -

In the first weeks / months of life a baby's immune system is fragile.

(Thankfully they are born with something for an immune system, unlike cattle! But it's still not ready for everything the outside world can deal out.)

If you are feeling ill we hope that you get better soon!
In the case of illness, sharing is not caring.

We would love for you to come visit when you are well again! 😀

Thank-you for understanding! 💚

Baby's Thirty-Six-Week Update

My Baking Time:

36 Weeks

from BabyCenter.com

What's New:

If I am going to have hair on my birth day, I have it now. My fingernails are fully formed and will probably need a cut soon after birth.

Most of my organ and skeletal system is now completed - I'm even more ready for the outside!

How Big Am I:

A 2 liter of soda, or a power drill.

from Google

My stats:

18.66 inches from crown to heel and 5.78 pounds

(remember, this is a guesstimate Momma got offline)

Doctor: 

Momma and I had our 36-week checkup this week. Momma's tummy was measuring slightly ahead last visit (2 weeks ago), so instead of just looking to see what position I am in (head-down 😊 ), they also decided to measure me.

Well, most of the things they measured the computer said I'm at 38 weeks. But my femur (the thigh bone) measured exactly 36 weeks, so the doctor said she's confident that I'm still right on schedule.

The computer also thinks I weigh 6.11 pounds...we'll see if it's right when God tells me it's time to be born. 😉

What is Happening On the Farm: 

More hay to be chopped, but we finished and capped the bunker silo too!

Cousin S is finished with school for the Summer, so she is coming on Thursday's again. 😊💚

Happy Father's Day to my daddy! Momma says he's the best. 😍

We had cousins visit from Tennessee this weekend! We had fin showing them around the farm, visiting, and watching old silent movies/looking at slides.

Uncle Pete started round baling some of the first-cut that isn't as nutritious - it will be fed to the young stock for fiber this winter.

This rose bush has been around for almost a century!

Grampa B chopping and dumping the load into Uncle Pete's wagon

Daddy mowing the hay

Cousin P and Momma

RIP Uncle Donald in Louisiana

The plastic keeps water and air from the feed; the tires hold down the plastic

Many hands make light work

Cousin L and Missy the cat

Cousins L and B really liked the sand pile

Watching the cows milk

Full bloom!

Baby's Thirty-Five Week Update

My Baking Time:

35 Weeks.

from BabyCenter.com

What's New:

I've dropped further down...Momma says it's quite uncomfortable standing and walking a lot at one time. She has to rest a lot.

How Big Am I:

A honeydew melon.

from Google

My stats:

18.19 inches from crown to heel and 5.25 pounds

(remember, this is a guesstimate Momma got offline)

What is Happening On the Farm: 

We started haying this week. Daddy and Momma took turns mowing the hay while Grampa chopped, and Gramma and Uncle Pete hauled it back to the farm.

We said "see you later" to cousin Bill - so thankful we know we will see him again in Heaven.

This weekend was the Free Park Weekend in Vermont, so the Williston church had their monthly potluck picnic on top of Mt. Philo. It was also a farewell for Lee and Marie who are moving to North Carolina. Momma is really glad that we'll get to see them when we go South at Christmas.

Look at all those bugs!

Momma is using this crowbar to tell children's story at church

Momma telling children's story about...

 

...David and Goliath

Uncle Pete looks good in a uniform

 

Gramma B had a tire blow on the dump truck...

...very thankful God kept her safe!