Pinterest toy

I saw a baby wipe container full of fabric squares on pinterest so I made one for Tate. He is starting to play with it although I think he would prefer a box of Kleenex. I am not feeling well and Tate is still a snot bucket. Hopefully we will all be well soon. It has not slowed Tate down much and he has tried to pull up on EVERYTHING today. He also started to groove to music. When he is sitting and hears music he will boogie!

Busy

Since I haven't been getting much sleep I have been slacking on blogging and taking pictures. To catch up:

Last week was very busy! We had 2 play dates with Tate's friends. On Thursday there was a mom with her 11 month old and 2 year old boys and another mom with her 7 month old girl who came to play at our house. On Friday Tate's good buddy came to visit. He is about 2.5 months younger than Tate. I also had to make food for the fire department raffle. I managed to whip out 6 dozen cookies, 2 dozen cupcakes, 2 loaves of banana bread, rice krispie treats, and tortilla wraps. Grandma and Grandpa came to watch Tate on Sunday so Brett and I could work at the raffle. It is no wonder I feel exhausted!

Tate is still working on his first top tooth. It is no fun at all! He is too congested to sleep well and is completely off of his schedule. I managed to get a whole 5 hours of sleep last night so hopefully I will be back on track with life!

Sick Boy

Tate is sick with a fever and runny nose. He will only sleep if he is held so the nights have been rough. I managed to get a smile out of him though in between crying fits!

Royal Heir

Many years ago, my uncle took care of an orphaned calf and named her Annie. She became tame and very special to the family. All of her offspring (AJ, BJ, CJ...) seem to get special attention and even live in a separate pen from the other cattle. Annie had her 6th calf the other day. They loaded the little guy up in the wagon and wheeled it across the yard to the barn. Annie followed and when they got to the barn, she put herself inside before the guys even made it in! The calf is so tiny and cute! I think it even gets the name Tiny Tim instead of being called FJ to follow the pattern. Tate had his first encounter with the "Royal Family." It is not practical to have cows as pets but it sure is fun!

Seeing a calf for the first time

Annie getting a good rub

Meeting Annie

First cow ride

Not too sure

This isn't so bad!

I like it!!

The Royal Family

So Sweet

Best Friends!

Beautiful Day

Yesterday was beautiful!

Proud Farmer

The Dodge Ram commerical featuring audio of Paul Harvey's "So God Made a Farmer" speech was my favorite one aired during the Super Bowl. I am so proud to say that 5 generations of my family have been farming this land.

Here is a very brief history of the farm. Mathias came over from Luxembourg (with his brother Nicholas) and settled right here and started to farm the land. His son, Nicholas J, took over the farm. It was then passed down to my grandfather, Nicholas M., who then passed it down to my dad and uncle (who is Nicolas R.). Currently, Brett and my cousin, Nicholas D., are also working on the farm. I think it is amazing that 5 generations of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into the soil. The area has seen a lot of changes in farming practices. I am so thankful for modern day farming equiupment and can't imagine the amount of work it took to run the farm a century ago! I even took a turn working on the farm but don't seem to do a whole lot out there now.

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