Harder than I imagined!

I haven't written on here for a few days cuz I've been too tired! My neck is sore, my arms, my hands, my legs..this is going to take some getting used to! I have mastered the actual milking part and am getting some nice hard streams but..it takes me a long time! Average of 2 hours per milking and I don't even think I'm coming close to getting it all! I am just doing the best that I can and pray that everything is ok. We have been worried about  Adam(the calf)because we had never seen him nurse at all! He seems ok, pretty spry and all but we just thought it strange that we had never seen him nurse. Well, this morning while I was milking he did nurse! I was so relieved! Not very long at all but at least I know he knows where it's at and he knows how, thank you Lord! When he was born, we used a beef cattle measuring tape to weigh him and it said like 73 lbs.! That seems like a lot so I don't know how accurate the tape was for a dairy calf. Maybe you have to weigh them differently, I don't know? This is going to be quite an interesting journey! I am hoping my husband will buy me an electric milker at some point in the future ;). I'm sure he will, he is such a great guy! He has been so supportive! This morning I was crying and feeling like a failure and he hugged me and held me and it just means the world to me! I love him so much and am so thankful for him, words just can't express! I am also very thankful for my friend Tammy, she has a LOT of good advice and encouragement. I really love Abbey and wouldn't trade her for the world but ideally I really would have rather had a cow that didn't give SO much milk but..maybe in the future when I get better at this I will be glad about it. We shall see. Right now it is still colostrum so we are not drinking that. I am giving some to the other animals and freezing some for future use as Tammy suggested. Abbey is getting better about not moving around so much when I milk, which is very helpful. I was pretty proud of myself the other day when I looked up and saw she was getting ready to pooh and I ran over and got the shovel and almost caught all of it! Yippee! I don't like the peeing and pooping while I am milking. I hope that will get better. Well, I am tired so that's all from me for now. God bless!