This morning, even though it was only a balmy 39 degrees, our first batch of chicks were delivered and ready to be picked up at our local post office. When you live in a town of 293 people you can arrive at the post office at 7:00 a.m., tap on the door, go inside, and pick up a parcel with live animals in it! Chad and Lane did not want to miss out on this fun adventure, so I woke them both out of a deep sleep, and they jumped up and were ready to join Kayla in a matter of minutes.

Kayla started up the lights on our homemade brooder yesterday just to get it warm enough to keep these little cuties alive. These chicks were just born yesterday, and then shipped here overnight from Rudd, Iowa. It is very cold here this week, so our main goal is to keep their brooder at the right temperature (around 90 degrees)!

There are 120 little fluffy yellow cuties in this batch. They are only cute for a little while though! This is my favorite stage of chickens…..before they become less-than-cute, and stinky too!

Job well done, kiddos!

It is Monday morning. Monday. Morning! I honestly was preparing my heart to wait ALL week and into next week to get the phone call we just received!! WE ARE LOA!!!! This basically means China said YES! Yes! We can adopt Eliza!! Yes!! Our LOA is being overnighted by FedEx to us. I have some paperwork to do, because I need to add that to the LOA and overnight it back to our agency in Birmingham tomorrow! I better get busy! Coffee. I need coffee!!! We are SO excited here!!!!!!!

…..life at home on the farm.

We are blessed!!

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Just got the call that we are now match reviewed (they match Eliza’s file with ours) and that is the LAST STEP before LOA!!! We should have LOA in ONE WEEK!!! Two awesome phone calls, only two days apart!! We are just so excited here! Rejoice with us!!!

Ok, then. In other news…we are having a rather cold and dreary couple of days here. The kind of weather that has two cuties, one human and one not, always starting their day in the same spot……

But the kind of weather that is turning everything on our farm this beautiful deep shade of green! The trees are just starting to bud too! It may be cold, but spring is here to stay this time I think. Monday was the most gorgeous day yet. We all were outside until dark. It was fabulous!

I have been having fun playing with the new camera Blake bought me for our anniversary in March, but I seem to keep having trouble with one certain photo bomber that my camera settings just can’t seem to get rid of…

Oh, Grant, you keep your Mama laughing!

Happy Spring everyone!!