Spring is in the air

We have been busy here at the so called newman farms. We had some fun new arrivals a couple of weeks ago. You would have thought it was a birth of a child here at the house. We have been waiting anxiously for the arrivals of our little calves. Hoping to get 2 steers for showing next year but were blessed with 2 more heifers. Mick thinks it is great because we can just have more cows that we don't need to sale. Scott and I went to dinner with some family that was here from Vegas on a Friday night. Before we left the kids were out doing there chores. We arrived in the parking lot at Maddox and Scott gets a phone call (of course whats new) from Shaunie, "Dad my heifer is in labor" okay how do you know. "Well she is breathing heavy and her water has broke duh" Scott-"She will be fine just check on her every 30-45 minutes we will be home before she calves". Shaunie- "Are you sure because I am nervous for her it is her first calf" Scott-"yes she will be fine". So we eat dinner enjoy the company but are very anxious to get home also. We are driving home and get a phone call with step by step visuals of the happenings at home. Our three kids are there watching the birth of a baby calf and we aren't there to share it with them (dang it). No it isn't the first that they have seen born but it is the first of there very own mama cow that we raised from a baby calf so it was different. The excitement of getting home to be with my family and share this fun moment was crazy. I guess you could call us strange but we were kinda sad and happy at the same time to know that our kids were able to experience this even without us was Great. Shaunie was very proud and never left the mama from the time her water broke for nearly 2 hours after she had the baby calf. She was the proud owner of another animal to take care of (oh great). Pictures aren't the best my camera broke and we have better ones on our phones but haven't downloaded them to the computer just one more thing to do right.