Belle: Our Family Milk Cow

We got a milk cow.

Sometimes I think back to before…..when we just got married, both worked and lived in a small subdivision, content with buying milk from the store.

(and 2% at that)

My how times have changed. We now live on a 20 acre farm-in-progress.

(Can I actually call it a farm?…..I’m not sure, but we are getting there)

Two beautiful children and another one on the way (April 2015).

And we now have A MILK COW.

We seriously searched high and low.

After a little searching for the perfect family milk cow, we found Belle. She’s a pure bred Jersey and the sweetest little thing.

We hadn’t much a clue about milk cows except what I’ve read in this book.

We knew we had a barn and a pasture of grass but that was it…..We just HAD to bring her home.

Belle is currently 7 months bred and we can’t wait till after Christmas for the arrival of her calf.

NOT TO MENTION the beautiful, delicious, creamy milk we will be getting from her!

I’ve never milked a cow.

Nope, never.

So what’s a girl to do about that? Well buy a cow and milk her, of course!

I’m stocking up now on some essentials I’ll need like THIS and THIS and THIS to make udder wash.

Belle has been with us several weeks and is just thriving in our back pasture.

But….I’m still a little nervous…

Nervous about her safely giving birth,

nervous about being 7 months pregnant at that time,

and nervous about the commitment of 2x a day milking.

Heck, we just jump right into things over here don’t we?

All in all it is the Lord who guides our steps and sees us through our endeavors.
I’m confident this one will be no different.