Life with the Green's: The kids have arrived

The goats have delivered their kids. Our neighbor had a male boar goat which we bred the does to in the fall. The gestation for goats is around 5 months. Of course the arrival of the babies was a huge deal in our house...well just to me mostly! I checked on them every few hours during the day and occasionally would head out in my jammies at night. Mason was thrilled that they didn't deliver on his birthday! The first goat delivered right after church one Sunday. Emily had checked on them when we first got home and she was fine. Shortly after Logan comes running into the house and yelled that a leg was sticking out of one of the goats. Let me say the whole birthing process is just absolutely amazing. It just reassures me what an awesome Creator we have. The fact that when the baby is born and covered in the amniotic sack the mama instantly starts to lick it and clean the babe up and immediately the baby starts to look for a teat. Needless to say I loved every second of witnessing this miracle! The first doe had a boy and then a girl. Twins are very common, singles are rare and triplets actually happen frequently too. The second doe delivered on Tuesday. She too gave birth to a boy first and the cutest little girl ever! Every one is doing fabulous. The goats run all over and hop and jump. When I go in to the pen sometimes they will jump on me like a dog.

So here are the photos of the babies. Be aware that there are some graphic photos at the very end.