Sassafrass Fork Farm

The first weekend in November we went to our friend Roxanne's family's farm. Roxanne is one of the Mama's from our Birthing Class and one of the ones who I hiked with after our boys were born. She and my labors were very similar. Anyways. She invited us plus the two other couples that we have kept in touch with from our class plus another couple with a boy about a month younger than Stan Bear. It was AMAZING. Stan Bear sat on a tractor:

And rode on a tractor:

Here he is sitting with Tate, Roxanne's husband.

He played with three dogs. Here's one of them:

 He fed sheep:

He petted the sheep:

There's Roxanne's son to the right of the frame.

 He petted the cows too:

 He played with his first friends:

Clockwise starting with Stan Bear, Tavner, Sebastian, and Zak...all birth center planned babies (Seb and Zak were born in the water, Stan and Tav were born at the hospital.)

Here are the boys with their Papas:

 He collected eggs from the chicken coop (and he only broke one...because he threw it, haha!):

Oh, and he WALKED with gazillions of chickens:

He had a great time. WE ALL had a great time. As we were driving away I said, "I want to be a farmer." I just felt so free, at ease and happy being out there in the open air. It was nice. Here's the action:


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BONUS: look at these three boys at around 4 months and now over a year:

At 4 months: Stan  Bear, Zak and Tavner.

 And in the same order at 16ish months: