Just a glimmer

Day 12 today. Just a few of the girls have a tiny glimmer of light in the corner of their eyes- won't be long now before we have open eyes and ears :-)

Photos Day 7, 10

Attempting to walk

Puppies are attempting to walk, which can get pretty funny considering their eyes are not open yet; there is a lot of crashing and falling over.

More photos Day 5-6

Puppies have names

Puppies have names- Our theme this time is names of trees.

Listed in birth order:

'Douglas'

'Holly'

'Spruce'

'Fig'

'Olive'

'Juniper'

'Cypress'

'Maple'

'Alder'

Photos Day 2-3

Puppies are all doing great...eating, gaining weight, and sleeping.

Here are some random photos from days 2-3.

individual puppy photos- Newborns

Here is each puppy photographed at less than 24 hours of age. Some of them stayed still better than others, so sorry on the ones I couldn't get a great shot.

Puppy #1 - 17 oz at birth

Puppy #2 - 16 oz at birth

Puppy #3 - 15 oz at birth

Puppy #4 - 15 oz at birth

Puppy #5 - 15 oz at birth

Puppy #6 - 15.25 oz at birth

Puppy #7 - 15 oz at birth

Puppy #8 - 15.5 oz at birth

Puppy #9 - 14 oz at birth

They're here!

Everyone arrived safe and sound and Lassen is being a great momma.

Our total is
3 boys: 1 black 2 blue
6 girls: 2 black 4 blue

The photo was taken from my cell phone, I promise to get good photos soon :-)

We are having puppies

They are still coming, but so far we have :
1 black tri boy
1 blue merle boy
2 black tri girls
3 blue merle girls

Getting Close

We are almost to the main event. Lassen's water broke and she is extremely restless.

Lassen nesting

Lassen dug around in the old blankets and sheets I gave to her until she considered it good enough to take a short nap.