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Summer 2006
Babies (scroll down to see them all - click on pics to
get bigger view)
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Ceasar's Americanus (aka
Sam... as in Uncle Sam (get it?))
Another baby boy 8/20/06 3am
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Welcome Sam!
Sarah's newborn rests about 6 hours after entering this world... |
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Look at me!
Sam stands tall and strong within hours...all 19.8 pounds of this guy are full of life! |
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Mother and Son
Looks like they posed for this one, doesn't it? |
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Hello Gertrude Stein! born
6/27/06 2:30pm
Yeah!
Finally a little girl - the first after 7 boys! And what a beautiful
baby she is!
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Minutes old - Momma Tess conducts inspection.
Tess has looked ready to deliver since Saturday. Around 2pm I saw a couple of legs coming out. By 2:30 Gertrude had arrived! |
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Gertrude meets her new family
Everyone comes over to say hello and inspect the newcomer. Thunder is particulary curious. Tess is back to eating. |
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How do these things work?
Getting on those legs is problematic at first! But within the hour she has mastered standing. |
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Resting up
After getting on her feet and nursing for the first time Gertrude takes time out to gather her energy. It was a chilly rainy day and she had to be dryed with a hair dryer to keep her from shivering. |
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Thunder is in Love!
He is so excited to have someone his size in the pasture!! |
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Meet Thunderbolt, born 6/19/06 1:15 (or so...)
Why THUNDERBOLT? Thanks go to
the inventive Kelly Swart who offered up that Kennywood treasure! It works
for a couple of reasons;
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all my alpacas are required
to have a Pittsburgh related name
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he is bizarrely white (out of
a brown mama and a black daddy),
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he was born on a thunderous
(as in storms) day,
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and he is a big boy. Ergo
Thunderbolt!!!
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15 minutes old 1:30pm
How about that? Look where you are now little one! Mom has gone back to focus on more important things. |
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The wonder of it all...
Must be amazing to be thrust into this bright world? |
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It's time to get up!
Mom periodically encourages him to think about getting up... |
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1:45 or so and on his feet!
He got the reverse thing down pat. Now it's time to figure out forward! |
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Mom yells encouragement
22 pounds and up ... well kind of... |
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He is a little devil!
While Lisa was helping with Gertrude, Thunder snuck up behind her to say hello!!! 6/27/06 |
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