Day 1-3 Update

We have 4 boys and 4 girls!

We took Pickles and the puppies to the vet yesterday for a check up; they are all doing great! The past couple of days have been wonderful watching the puppies grow right before our eyes. Now that we are getting caught up on rest, it's even more enjoyable ;) This litter really enjoys snuggling... even at this young age when they are normally so squirmy, they will fall asleep when I hold them; allowing for me to really love on them!

Enjoy some of the pictures and video clips below!

Day 1 Pictures continued...


Day 2 Pictures

As always Noodles loves to site on the couch and watch Pickles and the babies. Here he gave up and took a nap...

Day 3 Picture

Here are two video clips so you can enjoy listening to their little noises and watch them move around!

Happy Birthday Puppies!!!!! - 09/09/10

We have 8 beautiful and healthy puppies!! They and Mama are doing great. I tell you, Pickles is such a pro and awesome mother. No major changes happened from about 8am yesterday until about 10pm. Around 10 she started to get sick to her stomach. After the second round of cleaning everything up (about 11:30 or so), we headed to bed for a little while just to get some rest for the long night ahead. As in the past, we were expecting Pickles to make some type of noise so we'd know it was getting close to time for delivery... Well, instead we woke up to puppies crying! We ran in there about 12:45 and there were two puppies! Pickles had done such a great job and didn't ever make a peep. The other 6 came within 3 hours, so it was fairly quick. She never made a peep, just took care of the pups while we took care of her and the little ones.

She has been eating and drinking very well, as well as gotten up out of the bed a couple of times to walk around outside. I am so thankful for all of these gifts!

Now, about the pups... they are just so adorable! So soft and they make the sweetest noises. I feel so bad for them when they are first born, because they really do have such a hard time finding the nipples... it will be right in front of them and they are squeaking up a storm trying to find one! But in the end, they all do and are eating very well! Enjoy the pics below!



The first two pups born...



All 8 puppies in a pile!

Puppies Within the Day

Pickles' teeth started 'chattering' about midnight on Tuesday morning the 7th. She seemed fine the rest of the day. Then she started shaking later that evening. About 8am this morning (the 8th) Pickles started nesting in her bed and panting. I hurried and fixed her a great breakfast before she won't eat any more. Good thing, because she won't touch a thing now. It's about 1:30 now and we are loving on her as her body prepares to bring the sweet puppies into this world. Everything is ready. We are expecting about 7 puppies this time per our last visit to the vet.


Here is Noodles curled up in the seat I've created for myself here in the kitchen next to Pickles. He's worried about her you can tell; I know he just can't understand.

The below pictures are from the past several days...

Shimmy Update

Here are some cute updated pictures of Shimmy that her owners shared with us; from their second litter! She is so cute and looks a whole lot like her daddy... although I can for sure see Pickles in her too!


This is such a Noodles pose! Nothing like getting comfortable!

Pickles Update and Random Cute Pics

Pickles has about another week - week 1/2 left of her third pregnancy. She's been doing great so far. Just these past few days, we have felt the babies moving around like crazy. As I type, I can actually watch her tummy 'roll' now!

Here are some pics I took today.

This is the birthing bed we have for Pickles. It's smaller than the other one we've used in the past. We'll determine this week if it's too small or just right... For now, Noodles has been enjoying laying in it ;)

Nothing like sitting on a pregnant lady's head... not very gentlemen-like...

The rest of the pictures were taken the past couple of weeks.

Noodles snuggling in

Pickles enjoying the cool tile

Pickles on 08/22/10

The happy couple on 08/09/10

Noodles and Daddy relaxing!

We will probably have puppies in September!

(Noodles is such a picky eater... he won't even eat a Cheez-it!

Summer Pics

I would love to know what she was thinking in this picture! Either she's on a diet and is trying to convince herself that she doesn't want the food, or she is so sick b/c she ate too much and can't believe she let herself pig out!


Jason and I bought our babies a kiddie pool for the summer time heat. Neither of them enjoyed it too much the first evening, but the heat of the following day brought along welcomed 'water time'!



Even Bailey got to get out and enjoy the day!



The rest are some good patio lounging pics!