Babies Babies and More Babies

It has been one crazy summer (evident by my total lack of posting for the last few months).  There's lots to share and more to discuss, but for now I have to belatedly announce the arrival of our newest baby and my son's very first alpaca, Dakota!  She was born July 12 at SuperSuris and she's already big enough to cause some serious trouble with the other alpacas.  She was running within an hour of being born and hasn't stopped yet.  See the video here.

Dakota is the result of the free breeding we got as part of the purchase of his mother, Luna, and her cria at the time, Amber.  There are more pictures of the little stinker on our facebook page, so check it out!

Since Dakota's arrival we have bred several of our animals, including Luna, her mom, and Indy, our first ever purchase.  We're hoping for a number of new girls next year, but we're happy either way.  The boy we had last year, Romeo, is turning into quite the champion, winning Reserve Champion in Tri-Cities earlier this year.  He's got a way to go before he can start breeding, but we already have a few people interested in him.

Oh my gosh, we may officially have a "herd" now.  :o)