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Monday night, this whopper of a ram lamb was born around Midnight. After I got him and his mama all set up in the lambing pen, I checked out the last of the ewes that I was waiting to lamb (hoping she would hold off till morning!) and found nothing.

Nothing where her udder full of milk should be, that is. So it looks like she is not bred. Oh well. I went to be confident with the knowledge that lambing season was over and I could sleep all night again.

But then on Tuesday I was out working with the rest of the flock and saw a ewe who we didn’t think was bred sporting a sizable udder. She clearly was bred after this crop of mamas, since she isn’t as far along, but I think we may have one more lamb on the way. Stay tuned…

In the meantime, this lambo needs a name. Suggestions? Remember, we are using names from Downton Abbey this year…

If you follow me on Twitter you may have already seen this picture of Hughes. If you don’t follow me on twitter now is a great time to rectify that situation.

Violet and Imogen taking a snooze.

Thomas

Grantham

Amy and Paul came over on Saturday with Oona and we were treated to lethal amounts of adorable.

Then, on Saturday night, Jeykll gifted us with another set of twins. Both ewe lambs, one black, one while. (Insert your own “ebony and ivory” based platitude here.) My friend Cris wanted to name one of the ewe lambs after Beryl Patmore, the cook on Downton, so I present to you– Beryl and Patmore!

Only two ewes left to lamb. Is it possible that we could be finished before I leave for Yarn Con in Chicago on Friday?? BTW, here are 8 Awesome Reasons you should go to Yarn Con. I am number 3, which is beyond flattering!

Finally, you all have been asking lots of questions in the comment lately and- due to internet suckage– I haven’t been answering them promptly. I’ll be making up for that this week.

Hughes Violet

Gnocchi

Hughes sticking her tongue out at Bates.

I went out to feed this morning and walked up to the ewe pen just in time to see this beautiful, enormous ewe lamb hit the ground.

Before I even had time to check on the first lamb another was born inside the barn, a black ram lamb. Both are healthy and huge!

I had to evict a Grantham and the twin ewe lambs from the nursery stall to make room for these two. Only three mamas left to give birth.

I’m going to need some help naming all these lambs– I’m 5 lambs behind! If you have any suggestions (within our Downton Abbey naming convention, of course) please post them here. We need to name:  Done and done. Y’all are so good at naming lambs!

twin white ewe lambs  Isobel and Violet

a single tiny black ram lamb   Thomas

a single white ewe lamb Rosamund Painswick

&

a single jumbo black ram lamb     now named Carson

More pictures this afternoon.

Lambing season finally caught up with me today. I am just beat! So please forgive this giant, under-edited photo dump. I hope it will help to make it up to those of you who are missing the lambcam. Don’t worry– we are already working to bring it back next year.

Both ewe lambs. More pics to come.

And here’s one of Grantham and Capri this morning.

Capri just gifted us with an enormous baby boy! 

Meet Grantham, only moments old in this picture. (These photos are a little strange as a result of being taken in the lambing pen under red heat lamps. I’ll post more tomorrow in the daylight.)

7 more ewes left to lamb.

We lost the black ewe lamb from our mismatched set of twins this weekend to pneumonia. It was terribly sad, but rather than focusing on the negative, I’ve decided to celebrate the twin who is still with us this morning, Hughes.

As you can see, her mama is keeping a careful eye on her.