We had a beautiful Spring here in NWFL. I say “had” because I am pretty sure yesterday was the last of any kind of cool weather; summer has arrived in Florida. We had unusual, but glorious, cool mornings. We wore a sweater for our early morning garden strolls and we built a fire in the garden every evening. It was lovely. We had been anticipating a Spring kidding and Harriet did not disappoint. Just like humans, every goat labor is so different but with goats, they don’t communicate so we watched her closely. It was a Friday night and we had a camera set up in the stable so we could see her from the house. I checked the camera at 11:30pm and she seemed restless. I woke up at 2:30 and checked again and my Mama heart told me something was happening. I went out to the stable and she was in active labor and “screaming” silently. I ran back inside and woke up Adam and then I went back to the stable. I was only gone about 7 minutes and she had started pushing. I called Adam and asked him to wake up the kids and told him to hurry! The sleepy-eyed but excited children came out in time to encourage Harriet through labor and watch her deliver little Spot. Harriet was quiet engorged so while she did a great job cleaning him she wouldn’t let him nurse. I finally figured out why so we milked her to decrease the pressure. She gave us a beautiful jar of colostrum which I enjoyed in my coffee and smoothies for over a week. Spot is so playful and brings us so much joy. We have also had bunnies born, ducklings and chicks hatch and we are awaiting the arrival of a dual-purpose chicken (eggs in incubator) and quail and geese in another incubator!