Of Course..

We've been certain that the lambs would be born any day now...for the last 3 weeks. Every day it seemed like Amelia couldn't get any bigger, that she was acting a bit different, that she was on the brink (she had her lambs first last year, and has seemed further along than Oprah this year, too). 

This morning, Nathan went to do a quick check before I took him to the ferry to visit friends for the weekend. When he shouted "Amelia's having her lamb!" I was sure he was joking.

Nope! 20 minutes later, she had a perfect little ram lamb (and Nathan had to take the next ferry):

In the photo above you can see the amniotic sac that came out after she had the lamb. We thought that that meant another lamb was on the way, but nothing happened for the next hour except for Amelia carefully licking and tending to her lamb. Finally I scrubbed up and checked her internally and felt..nothing. From what I've since read, it sounds like sometimes that amniotic sac comes out after the lamb, instead of before/at the same time. 

Zoey trying to be a patient sheepdog.

These photos don't do this tiny, adorable lamb justice! We'll take some better ones in the next few days.