2 Weeks Old

The puppies turned 2 weeks old yesterday and so far they have been so much fun to have!

 This was Peeka just 2 days before she had her puppies. She looked giant. Still can't believe there were only 6 in there.

The week the puppies were born I had taken the kids to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point and we walked through the Light of the World exhibit. Which is AMAZING btw. Anyways, when Kasen saw the sculptures of the story of Lazarus, I showed him which one was Jesus and that Lazarus was wrapped up cause he had been dead, but Jesus brought him back to life. In the car on the way home Kasen heard me on the phone telling someone that 2 of the puppies had died. Kasen then told me that Jesus can make our puppies alive again.

It was a touching teaching moment for sure. I got to teach Kasen that although we could pray to Heavenly Father and ask him for that miracle to happen and that Jesus does have the power to bring life back, that all things still are going to eventually die and it's part of God's plan. Sometimes our prayers aren't answered the way we want, but there is still hope because we know that they are still heard and God will comfort us and we will all live again after this life because Christ was resurrected and overcame death for all of us!

Happy ending.

In these pictures the puppies are 2 days old and had just lost their umbilical cords.

 At 4 days old I took them to have their dew claws removed at the vet and then when they were a week old a couple from Oregon came by to see them and ended up putting a deposit down on Boo!

I guess Peeka started getting bored downstairs about that time and started tearing our insulation out of the walls. So we set up her crate downstairs she stays in there with the puppies now instead of her whelping box.

 I took more pictures on day 9, once their noses all started turning black.

I've had fun doing a few time lapse videos of them scooting around and nursing too.

 Spark (green collar) is by far getting the biggest and fattest of all of them!
Their eyes are starting to open just a little bit too, almost half way open.

 I love sneaking down and seeing all the cute ways they snuggle together in a dog pile. And then Peeka hears me and stands up so fast that her nursing puppies are still hanging off of her, holding on for dear life.

 I also have a new routine every night. In addition to eating my homemade chocolate ice cream cone, I pick a new puppy each night to come snuggle me while Kyle and I watch Netflix and chill. I would say that we snuggle, but usually I sit right in front of the fireplace (since it's still freezing rain every other day) and Kyle just isn't a fan of that kind of heat. Right now it's Vampire Diaries.

Kasen and Tai are the cutest with them too! Tai rubs her face on the puppies and ever since I told her to just pet them with 2 fingers she's started announcing to me that she's petting Peeka with 5 fingers!

In the video of Kasen and Tai first seeing the puppies the morning after they were born you can hear Tai running out yelling, "SOOOOOO LITTLE!" 

They are so stinkin fun