Side Quest: Meet the Girls

I may have been plum crazy to take on two newborn lambs in the midst of everything else I was juggling.

Honestly, the connection wasn’t immediate. With the panic attacks I was having, it took about a week for me to really engage with them and begin to bond.

But once I did, these two little girls stole my heart completely.

Ginny

Ginny is a beautiful copper ewe lamb with the sweetest personality.

She follows us wherever we go, preferring our company over the other sheep. Quiet and gentle, she even enjoys being picked up and cuddled.

Why Ginny?

We already had our Harry and Ron, and as I mentioned in Plum Crazy, I was on the lookout for a red ewe lamb to be our Ginny. This little girl is exactly what I had envisioned.

Hermione

Hermione is a cute little ewe lamb with auburn hair and a few white patches sprinkled across her coat. Her striking light blue eyes highlight that eerie rectangle-shaped pupil sheep are known for.

As surprising as it sounds, she and Ron are already the best of friends, following each other everywhere, and frankly, preferring each other’s company over ours. She does, however, enjoy the occasional pet—which is more than I can say for Ron right now (stay tuned for Banded for Life, coming May 2).

Why Hermione?

Before these two arrived, I had been in contact with the breeder from whom we had bought Cho, Luna, and Vlad, hoping to add a couple girls to our flock. She showed me an adorable dark reddish-brown ewe lamb, and I immediately thought, “Hermione.” I promptly placed her on hold to pick her up once she weaned, around the same time we would be getting Harry.

Then, unexpectedly, we had the opportunity to pick up these two little girls at only one day old. Naming new animals is one of my absolute favorite parts of welcoming them, but with the intense panic attacks I was experiencing, I couldn’t engage with the future long enough to say their names out loud—though I knew in my heart what they would be.

This little girl reminded me so much of the ewe lamb I had placed on hold, whispering, “Hermione.” I said nothing to my family at first, but within a week, my middle child began calling her Hermione, saying with a shrug, that she just looked like one.

Soon, the whole family joined in and I finally relaxed. She was our Hermione through and through—and her tight-knit friendship with Ron only confirms it.

Life with Ginny and Hermione is full of surprises and joy—there’s never a dull moment!

And just when the rhythm starts to feel familiar, subtle shifts bring new waves of change.

Because apparently this season of life needed… even more babies.

👉Up next: What’s Hatchin’?