Hello, friends and family!  Turtlebee here.  Move over, Junior, I’M in charge for this post!  Mom says to tell you all sorry — she meant to get the “announcement” post out a LOT sooner.  Well, you know how it goes.  Anyway, first let’s wrap up the old news….

The garden kept producing produce; we started getting yummy cantaloupes and watermelons. We made Eggplant Parmesan: daddy loved it and Junior wanted to keep eating and eating it. The cucumbers were even bigger in August than July, and we still have lots of carrots and a few tomatoes.  Dad finally had enough of the non-producing pole-beans, which were doing little more than cause a mess in the garden, so he pulled them out along with the remaining corn stalks.  Now that October is almost here we are planning to “close up shop” on the garden.

Okay, now for the NEW news!  I have a new baby brother! Before he was born I thought I was finally going to have another sister. Boy, was I wrong, no pun intended. Now that he’s here I’m no longer disappointed that he wasn’t a girl.  I sure love this little guy!  When Mommy had to call the midwife (isn’t that a show in Great Britain?) my brothers and sister and I had to go visit some friends who live on a hill top, the Hilltoppers.  I was a little sad that I didn’t get to see my new brother the day he was born, but I was okay since we were distracted by all the fun at Hilltoppers’ house.

When we came home to see our new brother we were all so excited! (There is a video of that encounter, but it did not turn out very well.) We all wanted to hold him at the same time, right away!  But we were patient and took turns.  He was pretty tiny… and bald! Rooster and I had TONS of hair when we were born.  I like it when he smiles.  He has smiled several times for mom, and not just for a second or two.  He looks at her and while she talks to him he smiles for about 20 seconds sometimes. It makes me smile too! I can’t wait until he starts laughing, but mom says it might be a couple months before we get to see that. Sometimes I get to hold him, and when he isn’t fussy it’s really neat!  When he’s fussy I have to give him back to mom.

Anyway, you all probably want to see a picture of my new brother, right?  Here he is!  (The family pictures following the ones of just the baby were taken within minutes of our first seeing him!)

The other big event lately was Turkey’s birthday.  He’s “Tree” now.  That’s one more than 2, and one less than 4.  Here are some fun pictures of his birthday. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed the post.  Maybe by next time we will have agreed on a blog name for the new little guy!  Until then, God bless you all!