I'm a great-grandma!

Julianna provides foster care for small mammals through a rescue organization.  She's had several hamsters for a few weeks at a time.  Last week, we added a foster guinea pig to the family--a pregnant pig.  Flora had her babies this morning!  We've been holding her and feeling the little critters squirming in her belly.  This morning, I checked on her and fed her and she was still shaped like a ladybug:



But about 20-30 min later, Julianna checked on her and she'd had them--FOUR little cuties.  Apparently, guinea pigs are born with their ears full size, so they look like tailess, curly-haired rats.  Since mom is Flora, we'll give them flower names.  We can't tell sex until they're about a week old.
Here they are, fresh out of the oven.  Umbilical cord still on one of them.



And now individual portraits:

This is the biggest baby, the one Julianna plans to name Sunflower:



Here's one either Lily or Ben will name:



Poppy:



And the other to be named by Ben or Lily.  Ben wants to name one Thistle.  Lily wants to name one Princess Lily.  Luckily SHE has a flower name already.



We're all painty-handed from painting the school today.  They're so, so cute.  And chirpy.  love 'em.