After the arrival of my baby chicks this past spring, I've patiently awaited the arrival of the very first egg...
Chicks.
I can remember when the 3 little bundles of joy came home and we made them a nice little nest in the basement. Every morning I would go downstairs and give each one some tough love, cuddling and kissing them. They used to fit in my hands together...
My bundles of joy.
As the girls grew, I became a little suspicious that the girls were not all girls. Alice, June, and Sue Ellen were their names - until two started growing larger combs and making a noise that resembled the noise a rooster would make in the morning (or all hours in the day).
So Alice - stayed Alice...but...Sue Ellen became Stanley Edward and June became July. Unfortunately, I was unable to have roosters in town - and my heart was attached, so my loving mother offered to adopt my children.
The kids moved from city chicks to country chicks and now live in a fashionable chicken coop.
The flashy country coop.
This coop was a family work of love. Mom did the designing and much of the labor, dad measured a bit, Payton oversaw the construction, Kirsten helped paint the door and I helped put the last set of boards on the coop. I knew we needed the coop ready for the first golden egg. Motherly instinct served me right for my little chicks are no longer chicks - they are chickens...
(Butt to Right) July, Stanley Edward, and Alice
...and Alice was ready to lay her first egg.
Alice's first egg.
The golden egg arrived on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. I received a text from my mother informing me of this event - and I about flew out my chair at work. I was so proud of my Alice and so excited that the first egg had arrived. Much to our surprise - she layed another one later that day. She is a rockstar.
Mother being a jokester...
To my chicks that are all grown up. Here's to the Alice - the egg laying machine, Stanley Edward - a rooster that thinks he's all that, and July - I hope your voice matures soon too (his call is a little weak right now).
Hoping all of you had a fabulous weekend.
Love and Hugs -
Rach
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