what an interesting Easter!

I guess in this line of 'work' you can never be surprised by anything. Due dates mean nothing! Yesterday was Easter Sunday...Happy Easter to all! We were having dinner at my mom's house at 4pm. Jake and I went for 1:00 so that we could finish painting our eggs there with everyone else. We decided to take Maggie (of course...she never misses an outing to my mom's house), Mowgley because he is going to have a date with one of my mom's dogs, and as an afterthought yesterday morning, we brought Lola. Lola is due on the 29th, but we figured that it's better to be safe than sorry.

An hour after we got to my mom's house Lola goes into a crate (door open...her decision) and starts panting. Really??!! The puppies started coming at 3:00! So throughout dinner we had a dog having puppies a few feet away. Everyone got to witness the 'miracle of life' yet again! My extended family was all there and very excited to see new puppies. Lola was a pro by the 4th puppy. She had settled down nicely and just kept doing her job. She had 8 puppies already when I took her outside to go to the washroom. It was 9:00 by now so I needed a flashlight just in case. Low and behold, she pees one out on the lawn. I quickly pick the little guy up and rush inside with him. He sticks out in the group too because he is sooo light! At 10:30 the last puppy came out. In total we have 10 puppies - 7 boys and 3 girls. Two of the puppies (male and female) have curlier coats, and the rest are very fleecey.

I ended up staying the night at my mom's house and came home this morning with the puppies. Jake went home last night to stay with the other doggies.