Skyler

above: bellybutton of turtle

below: the white thing  on its nose is a egg tooth

yesterday morning i went outside to the turtle pen to see if the eggs have hatched, as i do everyday.  i saw the stick where we had marked exactly where the eggs were, move.  i moved around the dirt and saw a baby turtle shell.  i waited for it to come out of the ground because i did not want to force it out of the ground.  this morning i went outside and i saw it come out of the ground. i decided to name it Skylar because that can be a boy or a girl name.

above: Skylar compared to Lil'L.

Tank

A few weeks ago one of my friends texted me that their mom had found a baby box turtle.  they asked if i wanted it and i said yes. its a little smaller than Lil'L.  sadly we let him go because we thought he bit Lil'Ls foot.  we later found out she had not been bit but she had a clump of dirt in her leg hole.