It's Been Slow To Post

Margie is out of town with her Mom recovering from the surgery. So Jerry is home alone. And you know what kinds of problems little boys can get into when their home alone ! It's been one thing after another, and it's not the puppies, it's the weather. Thursday PM into Frdiay AM we had three tornado warnings in Dallas County. I was up until 3 AM, then grabbed a few hours sleep before I was off to work at 7 AM. So I "slept in " this morning. I had to take Martha potty at 4 AM, but I got back to sleep and got up a 8 AM.

Made some coffee, talked with Margie, took out the garbage, made a meal for the puppies (I'm leaving out the rice cereal now), fed the puppies, exercised, fed and watered the adult dogs, took a nice shower, put the clean dishes away, put the dirty dishes into the machine, started a load of laundry, called FedEx wondering where the package that I was expecting was at ... all by 9 AM. That sleep really helped. The puppies look adorable. I'll get some more pictures today.

The FedEx package is a super lens I rented for this weekend to shoot some pics at the Ames Cyclone Agility Trial. The site is at the ISU soccer field, which is next to Squaw Creek, which according nto the hydological maps, is suffering some moderate flooding. So I sent an email to Deb to see if it was still on, or moved. No response yet..she's probably busy. I was going to go tomorrow AM anyway.

Weaning, Tornado, A Birthday

Lots of bad storms last night. Parkersburg IA was hit last afternoon. Seven people dead. We watched the weather until 11:00 PM or so last night. The Tornado Watch was on until 3 AM.






Gretl and Nick conspired to surprise Emily with a birthday party at Gretl's home yesterday afternoon. Both families showed up. I think she was surprised !



We exposed the puppies to gruel, again. They and Martha really like it.

First Good Video of the Litter

It's about 3 PM. The puppies are very active now. They slept most of the AM. Why? We had some rocking storms last night. The thunder and lightning kept Martha and the puppies up most of the night. Jerry slept through it all. He uses earplugs.

Enjoy. It's about 4 minutes long.

Bishop is All Smiles

My good nephew, Simon, had surgery today… hehehee …. he was neutered … hehehee …. I feel real sorry for the poor kid … hehehee

Bishop

Start of Weaning

Margie introduced gruel today. On today's menu, it is comprised of mostly rice cereal with Esbilac, with a tad of powdered Innova puppy food .

Don't bother me I tired ....

Stretch before the meal ...

Martha says the food is okay ....

Finger-food !

Where Are The Puppies?

Humans try, but sometimes they forget to close the windows! Of course, I am a creative mom who knows to cover her children with these colorful blankets.

Martha

Margie shot this with her cell phone. The kids are buried under the newspapers and Martha was on the bed !

A few more pictures from today.

Litter Certificate

After filling out the Litter Registration on-line at the AKC, the Litter Certificate and Registration forms arrived within a week.

Cool