New arrivals - 1

Trixie is now the proud mother of a bruising looking mega-male-kid who has been named Samson. There was some discussion as to whether Samson was an African name - eventually it was decided that it was as so much of the bible is set in Africa.

So meet Samson. His entrance into the world was very difficult - and this was Jussi's first serious shot at assisting birth. He's very big - which made the birth difficult - but more significantly his legs were all pointing in the wrong direction so Jussi had to get in and get everything aligned proper. Difficult, scary, and unpleasant. Samson's legs haven't quite recovered from the trauma - but we're hoping they'll sort themselves out.

But she succeeded and very well done all. Samson was born on Saturday afternoon. I was elsewhere at the time and so was of absolutely no help whatsoever.