Carter's eight months old! ...he asked for piglets :P

ah...those eyes!

Carter is "sitting" in a handmade chair that was given to his
Great Grandpaw Boggs  when he was 2 years old!
...apparently there is a photo of me sitting in the same
chair when I was a baby.

Carhartt poster boys!  Carter and his
Uncle Callum out working.

Mommy and Carter working.... ever since Carter was a  little baby
I've been putting him in the "sleepy wrap" and  doing things on the tractor
....he used to fall asleep to the bounciness...now he tries to drive!

Carter hangs out with neighbor, Mr. Ball.

Callum gives the cows some love.

Meet Ruby!! ..and her seven piglets :)  They're the newest addition to Ivywest Farm!  YAY!!

Awww!  They are three weeks old!  They weigh about five pounds!  ...compare to Momma Ruby's 250lbs!! 

They had me from oink :o)

My Favorite Little Boy :)

Carter has cut both of his front bottom teeth!  He likes to chew on his giraffe more than ever! 

He loves the pillow his Great Granny Boggs made for him for Christmas this year!

Hehe!  Carter is watching his Uncle Callum cut up a tree and blowing air around his tongue...maybe imitating the chainsaw noise?!

What a cutie in his Carhartts and flannel :P

What a cute stuffed animal!

A Farm Update:

We finished the new electric fence to contain the pigs in their pen!   It is fun to watch them run around and root up the ground!  I can't believe they're able to root up the frozen ground, but they manage!

We added on to the chicken run attached to the permanent coop and we added most of the young chicken to the chickens that already lived here.  The young chicken seen here are about 4 months old now!  These are buff orpingtons.

When you order chicks from Murray McMurray they throw in a "wild and exotic" chick for free.  This is mine!  It looks like she's wearing pants :)

Callum heads to the barn to perform his favorite chore...mucking!  He's become the farm manager and is doing a great job!

The chicken tractor in action!

Isn't she pretty :)  She's not ours but she lives on our farm.  We are working on getting a milk cow though!!! 

Compost!

Callum working on the last stall the pigs were in before we turned them out.....getting them from here to their pen (20 feet away) was a chore!! 

The Mechums river.  View from the barn.

View of the greenhouse and garden from the barn.  I always start itching to get back in the garden around this time of year!  We're making plans!

Lady, left, and Daisy, right, acting like they don't know how to get in the paddock when the gate's closed.

Carter's New Cousin, Rick!

Richard Edward Bailey Wright
Born December 28, 2010

Carter checking out his cousin!

I think Carter's thinking about sharing his giraffe with Little Rick :) ...He's looking at his Aunt Vicki to see if she thinks he should share.