Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Progress pics - Purina Strategy

Chief (sorrel) is 23, rarely ridden, and has been on 2x/day 2 quarts of Strategy for about 3 weeks. He needed some weight put on him just because he wasn't gaining on all-stock 2/day and green pasture, and winter is on the way.
Sonny (bay) is 4. He was fine on all-stock feed 1/day until the husband began roping and riding him in ranch rodeos 1-2 times a week. He lost quite a bit of weight in a few short months.
This is their condition at approximately 3 weeks into their feed being strictly Purina Strategy, with green bermuda grass forage.

A little thing that's growing!

Our daughter is 15 months old now. I don't particularly have a baby book, so this seemed like as good of a place as any to record what she's doing this week.
Sunday she colored for the first time.
She likes to open and close doors, lids, really anything.
Today while she was "helping" me feed she tried to eat dog food, she did eat some purina strategy, and she played in the chickens' water.
She doesn't eat much most days.
She likes cream of wheat, ice cream, spaghetti, red beans, and bananas.
She likes to lay down and splash with her feet in the bathtub.
In the store, she yells "HEY" to everybody until they look at her.
Last night she gave me a kiss for the first time.
I think she's named her teddy bear "Popple."
She can do sign language for "more, milk, please, eat, drink, wash," and sometimes "diaper."
She can say "dow (down) outside, dog, kitty cat, dow, meow, horsie, Belle, dow, Nana, mama, dada, dow, Papa, mmmma (milk), popple, diaper, ( and did I mention "dow?") on her own. She has repeated many things like "light, breakfast, up, poo-poo, Jolie, Sophie, bible," and so much more.
Monday she nearly picked up a feather that had chicken poo on it. I told her "no, gross, poo-poo." Then she came to another clean feather and called it "poo-poo."
On walks, she stops every 3 steps or so to bend over and look closely at something on the ground.
At night when she gets tired she comes to me and holds her arms up.

I have no experience with a 1 yr old child at all, so pretty much all of ths amazes me.