Comparison

The first picture was taken on January 29th and the puppies were 4 oz, they are now 12 oz in this picture taken last week. So they are eating well and very healthy

New Pics

We are going to wait and take pictures once they have had their eyes open for a bit longer. Here are some pics taken last week, you can see they've almost doubled in size but are still quite petite! Ella is still doing great as a mom, but she would much rather be off playing.

Eyes are finally open!

Sunday night the little girls finally opened their eyes. Their ears are still closed but soon they will be open too. They are starting to develop their little personalities as well. Will have pics up soon :)

The grow up fast!

The girls sure are growing! They are so healthy and Ella is such a good mommy! All three girls have doubled their weights are are almost into the 12 oz weight range. This week their eyes and ears should open up and then they start walking!

It's been so warm this week, it would be great if the puppies can all go play outside in a few weeks. Ella is getting bored with the whole nursing and sitting with the puppies all day. She's started coming out to visit and spend time with the family. As soon as one of those babies starts to cry she runs back to the whelping box and then just stares at them. It's the funniest thing! Once she has figured out that they are fine and no major drama has happened, she jumps in the box and curls up with them again.

Puppies Manicure

Oh my gosh, painting those puppies toenails was an interesting experience. Now when you look at the puppies, you can't even tell their nails are painted. I included the pictures of the puppies after I painted their nails, but ya you can't tell the color. So I took some additional pictures with each one on a different background.

You can also notice a trend, Sally Jo and Dusty Rose are always sleeping together. Kelly Mae will sometimes join her sisters in a cuddle fest, but if one of them goes out on her own it's always Kelly Mae.

The one with the blue background is Sally Jo (This one has the white markings that ends in a long skinny point) (3rd child)
Pink background is Dusty Rose (This one has the white markings that ends with a 2 points it use to be a square) (2nd child) (already has adopted parents)
and multy background is Kelly Mae ( This one has the white markings that ends with a point)(1st child)

Dew Claws removed

Kelly and Kim removed the dewclaws from the babies Friday night. It was a little more traumatic then Kim had thought it would be. Ella was a little distraught as well, but everyone has settled back into their normal routines. The girls also received their first manicure Friday night. Pictures to come....

Puppysitting :)

Yesterday was my day off and it was full of studying so I went down to hang out with Ella and her small clan. They really are so adorable! Kim came up with names for the girls and is going to remove the dew claws and paint their nails tonight. So look for updated pictures tomorrow with their new names. It's fun watching Ella learn the ropes of parenthood and she really is such a sweet mommy to the little girls. She does look quite exhausted, but all new mothers do!