Skiddish

the other day a friend asked me 'how do you tell them all apart' I told her I definitely had to design a flow chart cause as we get more bunnies keeping track of who is related to who might become harder than it currently is, but I guess coming from a LARGE family makes it a little bit easier for me to remember who is related to who--heaven knows I have had lots of practice when it came to real humans so bunnies should be a breeze--unfortunately tonight I realized as I was downloading these pictures that maybe I should get on that flow chart stat

Granted, pictures are a bit harder to tell differences in then when I am out playing with and feeding the bunnies. Like when I saw this black bunny in the picture I thought 'this must be Black Beauty' unfortunately it wasn't until I notice the 2 water feeders in the pen that I realized I was truly mistaken and this is in fact Skiddish.
We have owned Skiddish for 2 years now, we got her from Atwoods to be a friend to our first bunny rabbit (whom we no longer have, she got out of the garden and was chased off by the kids in the neighborhood who didn't know she belonged to us) Skiddish was one of the bunnies that lived in our Bathroom, and as much as I thought that would be an OK place for them to chill till daddy built the hutch boy was I mistake, Dominic would go in every morning and chase those bunnies till they were scared to death, I always got on him for it but he definitely didn't make their lives easy--and for that point Skiddish tends to be a bit stand offish. She loves daddy though and he was always able to calm that poor little heart of hers down, but that is how she got her name Skiddish--cause she is so skittish

now, when we bought skiddish we were told she was a he and we thought that forever, then we finally flippered her over and compared her to our other female, they looked a like, so we assumed she was a she, then about 9 months later some one else flipped her over and told us she was a boy, so we went looking for another female to breed and luckily we found one with a male cause to my suprise the other day I finally flipped her over (now that I know a bit more about figuring out if they are girls or boys) and sure enough she is a she....
a she that has never had babies, ofcourse we discovered she was a she after we stuck her in the cage with a boy so we figured why not see if she can have babies (she has never had babies before but she is still at an acceptable breeding age) and so in 3 more weeks I guess we will see.

The Girls a

Eve delivered a surprise litter the day after we bought her, which just happened to be Thanksgiving Day--I remember it so well, I was walking out to give the bunnies scraps from the dinner I was preparing when I noticed she had pulled a bunch of her hair out, concerned cause I thought she was freaking out from the move I did some more investigating and notice the babies, I was so shocked I screamed--yes, truly screamed--for joy.

because it was so cold and a cold went through our house we ended up losing all the babies but 3, we did sell their brother but decided to keep the girls. We named them Black Beauty and snow white, bet you can't guess which one is which.
in case you couldn't figure it out I thought I would just tell you. This is snow white, we actually puchased Mr Prince to be her mate, and thought we could breed Black Beauty to skiddish, until we discovered skiddish was a girl--good thing we had already purchased prince, but I will tell you about him in another post.
see that lovely little patch of hair Snow white has got, black beauty have a little extra hair as well, they have a lot back by the hind legs as well, I did brush it out once but they seem to do a pretty decent job keeping it clean now
and this is black beauty, she is a little camera shy, but oh so pretty
Luckily Snow white has no problems posing for a decent shot, showing off all her lovely locks, unfortunately you don't get to see her lovely Red eyes--and yes, she is a Red Eyed White, also known as an Albino (when it comes to other species) and we love both our girls oh so much.

Prince

Now I have to admit, on new years day when we ventured on over to Canton as a family I was so excited to see the flea market I had been hearing about for so long, but I didn't plan on actually buying anything--luckily I was carrying my check book that day (only cause I had been using it for other things that week and hadn't taken it out of my purse, I promise, I truly didn't plan on buying anything)

but how could I pass this little guy up. Now the lady I brought him from was very helpful, she tole me he was a mini-Rex and that he was born in October, I am sure she gave me an exact date but I don't remember it right this minute, I was just so excited to find a Red Eyed White that was about the same age and sweet Snow White, so I excitedly wrote her a check and carried him off--litterally, I shoved him in my sweetshirt to keep him warm and off we went, Luckily my loving husband was wise enough to pick up a box to put him in for the ride home, but I did carry him through all the booths and even into the bathrooms (but don't worry I didn't put him fown or use the bathroom myself with him, I was in their with little K so she could go)
we actually named him Prince because we purchase him for the sole purpose of breeding him with Snow White, and so after drastically searching for the name of snow Whites Prince I was very disappointed to know that he never had a name, they just called him prince, and so from that point on Prince was called Prince. now that we have discovered that skiddish (who we intended to breed black Beauty to) is infact a girl though we have decided that unless we find a black mini-rex we will be breeding Black Beauty to Prince as well--and I am almost excited to see what color patterns they produce

She may be the newest critter, but....

Even though I have been very good at changing Tulips litter and cleaning out her cage and doing my best to take on all the responsibilities she came with I was shocked to find out tonight that she still can be extra weight on John's shoulders

but then again with a face that cute--he didn't mind one bit (he was just happy he didn't get poked)
tonight Tulip was the most active we have ever seen her, she spent about 30 or more minutes climbing all over us, it was so fun to finally be able to see her roam and investigate, since the move she has been a bit moody and today has made it all worth while
but then again she is an extra weight on my shoulders as well
now if only she would get off my back--I know I hadn't cleaned out her cage yet but it seriously hasn't been 'that long' but she has a point so I guess I better get on that

Adam=father of many

First off, one should note, Adam wasn't named Adam because we liked the name (don't get me wrong, we do love that name) but because we purchased him as a breeding pair with Eve--and we figured since they would be the first parents to actually conceive and deliver babies that Adam and Eve fit, little did we realize Eve not just pregnant when we bought her but would deliver the babies the next day--which only confirmed that we had picked the right names for them

unfortunately this is the first time we have actually tried to take 'real' pictures of Adam--turns out, he is camera shy
don't get him wrong, he is actually a cuddly teddy bear, he just isn't happy that I am taking his picture so he seems to be giving me the stink eye as to tell me 'get that Camera out of my face'
luckily he warmed up a bit. Adam is definitely a wonderful father. with our first litter we hadn't planned on it's sudden arrival and so space was definitely limited and we didn't have much choice as to who would be where we were just happy to have a cage for each rabbit, but since we were able to plan out the 2nd batch a little bit better I made it a point to keep Even in a Cage next to Adam to see how they would do after the babies were born, many a times I would go out to find the two nuzzling each others noses through the cage wires. Often Adam would lay down with his back against eve's cage and she would lay up next to him--I could definitely tell he was concerned about her welfare and wanted to as much emotional support as possible which just tore my heart apart that I couldn't put them together in the cage (out of fear he might get too excited and impregnate her before she was ready for another set of babies).

like I said before, Adam might act all big and bad and tough, but when it comes down to it, he is just a sappy bunny who wants to make sure his mate is taken care of. I have to admit, it astonished me when I caught him nuzzling the nose of one of his 2 week old babies through the cage wire--yep, definitely glad we got such a great daddy

snowball, our little Red Eyed White

this little one is not only curious--she was hungry, trust me, she isn't being shy, she is trying to eat a clover

I moved her a bit and she is now looking at me like 'why did you do that, I was enjoying that clover' oddly she never noticed the 6 others I stuck her right in front of her.
Red eyed whites are most often referred to as Albinos, and isn't she just lovely
I don't know why I find her so mesmerizing--she is truly a doll though, look at her all nestled up just sitting and looking and taking in her surroundings, I could sit and stare at this picture all day, unfortunately my schedule does not allow for that, so off I shall go now, but if you want to sit and look a bit longer feel free to.......if you like her that much you might want to reserve her now before someone else gets her first, just saying, as rare as Red Eyed Whites are, chances are she is going to go fast

I think we will call her JR

Cause part of me truly think when she grows up she is going to look a lot like her father
luckily I had my husband to help me take these photos--she is so curious had he not been there to help carol her she might have actually gotten away, luckily she didn't mind us not letting her run free to see her suroundings
she did sit rather still for this picture--I just wish I had a better camera so we didn't have to wait till it was dark cause as beautiful as she is in this picture she is so much cuter in real life!!!!

Mr. Charcoal

I think the hardest part about these babies is knowing that we just don't have the room or means to keep them all, but we know with easter just around the corner we will be able to find loving homes for each and every one of them.
Now this guy doesn't want to be shoved in an easter basket to surprise a kid on easter day and then shoved into a cage in the backyard never to be though of again--he wants to be loved on and cuddled, he wants a home where he can sit in your lap while you feed him some celery (oddly our bunnies prefer celery over carrots), and he wants to know that he is not forgotten.
I have to say, this guy is special. With 2 spotted patterned parents and most his siblings patterned I find it impressive that he is all one color, and such a studly color such as charcoal--yes, this is your prince in shining armor, and he will sweep you off with not only his stunning good looks but also his precious little eyes.
I believe, of all our animals, bunnies are definitely the easiest. If I was going to compare them to a 'regular' household pet I would think cat, but without the dander, although they are way more impressive than cats (in my honest opinion). This little guy is working on his litter box skills so that he can continue his training in his new home with his new parents. Unlike cats litter boxes when using the right kind of litter you can empty a bunnies litter box into the compost bin or even directly into your garden--bunny poop is one of the few that won't burn your plants. they are easy to please, and very entertaining (just give him a toilet paper roll and I am sure he can entertain you for hours--or until the roll is destroyed ) oddly enough bunnies are not that expensive, you can get large bags of their feed for less than $10 at pretty much any feed store. Yes, i would say bunnies are pretty easy pets, but don't take my word for it--google it and see what others have to say.......

Sexing the baby bunnies (3/23/2011)

incase you don't know what I am talking about, don't worry, this does not contain adult content--I am talking about the process in which we try and determine whether the bunnies are girls or boys. Now the bunnies are a day off from being 3 weeks old so the tally may change in the next week or so but so far we believe we have: (drum roll please)

this pic was taken when they were 10 days old, but it is sadly the most recent pic of I have our little red eyed white baby, also known as an albino, we refer to her as snow call--and yes, we think she is a girl
this pic is to show the grey and white bunny who is at the bottom of the doggy pile so you can't really see her--but she is a believed to be a girl as well--yippee, she will probably have similar colors as her father (adam) I will definitely be posting a better picture when I spotlight her later.

now if you want a lovely jellybean but only wanted a boy or a girl--you are in luck, we have 1 of each, unfortunately, that means only one is a boy and one is a girl and so if they go as a pair they would either need to be fixed or kept in separate cages so they don't have inbred babies--but they are still so precious and I know whoever gets them will love them (whether they get them as a set or an individual bunny)

and yes, the twins are also 1 boy and 1 girl so the same goes for them--I just love to sit and stare at their color patterns, I can't tell the 2 of them apart for the life of me (so I made sure to mark which one was the boy in his ear so I could remember)--I will be spotlighting them in the next couple of days as well cause they are just so cuddly.
and Mr Charcoal, last but definitely not least, appeared to be all male tonight. look at that handsome face he has, I just want to kiss him all over, that curious little guy he is.

My Jelly beans!!! (boy and girl)

first off I have to say all bunnies are beautiful, but, I love this 'color pattern' cause it makes me think of a bag full of jellybeans which makes me believe these 2 little darlings are going to be a perfect easter surprise. reserve them now, they are going to go quick!!!

Born on Thursday March 3rd of 2011, we originally thought we had 8 babies but later discovered I counted wrong and there was only 7--all beautiful of course. We haven't had any of them sexed yet, I keep trying but still don't have that skill down cause as far as I can tell they are all either boys or girls--hence why I want them to be determined by someone else (they were sexed today and we think they are boy and girl, but we will recheck them as they continue to get older)

these 2 are definitely curious, and brave, they would make the perfect indoor litter box trained bunnies that you could just cuddle up to and watch a movie. I just can't get over their color pattern!!!!

(these are of course only 2 of the 7 so I will be posting more pics later)

new wards....new responsibilites

so, a few weeks ago 1/2 our stake got together in our new stake center and it was announced our ward boundaries were being redone....which resulted in us not only having a new ward to meet with but we would be meeting them in a new building....(wish I had a pic to put here, but alas, i don't)....and boy is the chapel tiny....but nice.....anyhow, we definitely don't mind the new ward and a lot of people from our old ward are still with us so that is nice...meeting new faces in new places can be scary but also nice.....we were surprised that with all the callings that needed to be filled we hadn't yet got one.....until Tuesday night when I got the 'dreaded call' from our new bishop....unfortunately John works evenings so we couldn't meet with him on Wednesday night like he wanted, we had to wait till Sunday after church

AFTER CHURCH? I thought I was going to die from anticipation waiting that long.....well, now it is your turn....you shall wait till next Sunday after church to find out just what he wanted to talk to us about....hope you enjoy suspense...oh and it is good

human or animal?

I know it is always best to help your child learn by asking them easy questions about things, like is the stove hot or cold? is the clouds up or down? is the car a person or an object? is the dog a person or an object? and this is probably why little D might get that question wrong....
cause obvoiusly our dogs are still in denial that they are canine and not human....
and yes, red is giving me the stink eye because I asked him for my pillow....MY PILLOW!!!!!

Never fear.....

Red is here!!! He can fetch. He can chase. He can even lick your face. He can dig. He can scurry. He is not at all too furry (mainly cause he is so good at shedding). Yes, the amazing Red can do it.

Most think his most amazing Talent is being able to give me up to a 30 minute warning before I have a seizure.

I must though point out that in addition to that he makes an awesome watch dog....

so awesome....

he won't let me near enough dear miss Tulip to get a decent picture.

and yes, he is giving me the stink eye.

Big Old Blue=BOB

when I think of BOB I get all warm and fuzzy inside and not just cause I am a hormonal female with nothing better to do than cry, but because Bob is more than just a truck to me, Bob is a member of my family.

sounds kind of silly doesn't it, but the cold hard truth is, Bob has probably been around since before I got married. I can't remember when my dad got bob exactly but I remember switching out car seats in the credit unions parking lot when Dominic was just a baby so my dad could take him for the evening while I went to class. I remember all the times bob helped us haul things. I remember Bob towing all our possessions to the DI just days before we moved to Texas--yes, Bob and I definitely go back a ways, which is why I am so sad to be selling him to the highest bidder, but alas, every good love must come to an end at some point--or so I have been told.

he haven't even had that Texas licence plate for a year now, I don't think he liked it much, to be truthfully honest, I think he longed to return to Utah. I use to tease that the true reason my daddy gave us this wonderful truck was so we could hook a good size U-haul to it when we finally called it good and moved back to Utah, Bob just never ran the same once we officially made him a Texan.

the camper's back window is only missing because one day while we were running some scap metal to the scrap yard I closed it on a door and it shattered into a billion little pieces--we got maybe a $1 for that door--yep, definitely worth it. Luckily I am married to the handiest man in the universe--he put plexi glass in the frame but never re-attached it, we do though have it and can re-attach it upon sale.

0ddly enough I have never driven Bob--I backed him out of our carport once or twice I think but never further than that--so when I first saw this pic I had to ask 'what is that of' only to realize it is the cammand center of the truck on the driver's side--look at all those buttons, Midge definitely didn't have anything like that in her--she had the hand crank windows.

Bob was really handy to have around, not only did he have 6 seatbelts, but his back seat was big enough to fit 3 full size alpha omega type car seats in it--I think that was when I truly fell in love with him. he also have 2 shoulder belts in the back which came in handy for the booster seats. the middle seat in the front folds down to be cup holders and a 'storage compartment' but also folds back up to be a lap belt in the middle--yes, he cam in handy to haul all the youngins

this truck has definitely seen some living--don't know where he got his start but he spent many a years with my dad as a company vehicle when he worked for the credit union in SLC and was taken care of there, we took care of him too, we just parked him for a bit too long when his registration went out, we tried to apologize by getting him some new tires and a lot of other things to pamper him but he never really forgave us.

I know this is old school, but since midge only had radio we so thought this tape player made us high class society...oh and boy does his A/C work!!!!!

big wheels for hauling his big heart--and he is a 4X4 so he can haul a lot more than just a big heart

BOB WE LOVE YOU!!!!