Sticks in the ground!

We recently had 150 trees planted on our land.  We weren't quite sure what to expect, but we were surprised to see what seemed to be sticks everywhere!  This one is an Ash tree, we also got crabapple and chokecherry.

In addition to the "sticks" we have about 40 of these little babies - Blue Spruce about the size of my hand.

Much to our relief, after less than a week, our "sticks" already have buds on them (blurry cell phone pic)!!  I think it's going to be fun to nurture these little baby trees, and watch how much they grow from year to year.  

And of course I had to throw a picture of chubby baby in here, watching us check on the trees.