Meet my firstborn, Jude. He is a twin. Below is a picture of me holding his twin sister, Judah. My host sister, Jenifer, named them. It is common to have a masculine and feminine form of nearly every name. You simply add an a ending to the masculine name to make it feminine. Hence we have Jude and Judah.
Goon had 2 babies, but the little girl didn't make it. I got to the barn moments after she had given birth to find her cleaning her babies. Here she is cleaning baby Samson who is 30 minutes old. I witnessed his first steps. He was quite shaky, but within 35 minutes of being born, he was taking his first steps.
As a mother, you shouldn't have favorites, but I just can't help myself. There are twin boys who I have bottle-fed and babied since they were born. Their mom had mastitis and so her milk was no good and we needed to give them milk replacer. So everyday I would go out in the morning with 2 bottles to feed the babies. They are growing up now and are turning 2 months old this week!
Here I am with Tra. He is probably my all-time favorite since he isn't quite as mischievous as his twin brother. These two are the biggest highlight on the Nazareth Village Tour. The people simply adore them. They are very friendly and stay calm when people pick them up for pictures. I love that they cry for me and come running when I call their names. This isn't to say that they are perfect! By no means would I classify them as angelic. They like to eat things they shouldn't and don't always follow me and lag behind at times and get misplaced for a little bit. But they are always elated to see me after an episode like this.
Jude doesn't have any problems getting his nose into things like a typical goat kid. He feeds nicely from the food trough. The sheep don't seem to mind too much. Occasionally they butt him out of it, but he gets right back into it.
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