New puppies!

I will post some pictures very soon, but I wanted to officially announce the arrival of four very cute little puppies to our home. Lucy gave birth Wednesday morning to three girls and a boy (sound familiar?). Two are black and tan and two are brown. The father is a long hair brown daschund, and they tell us we won't know whether any of them are going to be long hairs for several weeks. Allison and Annie made me promise to come get them out of school when the delivery started, so Holly did a little home schooling with the kids on Wednesday. It made for quite a biology lesson.

Holly said Annie had a puzzled look on her face towards the end of the day, and then she asked "Mom, if puppies come out of the dog's bottom, where do babies come out?" Holly explained that babies come out of a mommies "bottom". Annie was silent for a few seconds and then asked "Did we come out of your bottom?" Like I said, it was quite a biology lesson. The miracle of life is an amazing thing to see.

We have one of the puppies who is a runt and having a hard time getting enough to eat, so we are having to supplement with a little bottle of puppy formula. Holly is putting all of her experience at her dad's vet clinic to good use. I'll try to post some pictures soon.