One Week Old!!

Can you believe that we are a week old already???....Our eyes should open in the next week, we can't wait to see our mom Roxy and those crazy people who keep picking us up and interupting our puppy dreams.

Our friend Mojo's mom gave us this great basket and cookie....hope our humans save it for us. We are all so warm when we pile on top of each other....don't we look cozy?

Our mom is doing such a great job of taking care of us, anytime we want to eat, she's there for us which means we are all growing and growing and growing....our tummies are full and round. Our coats are also getting wavy.... our male human named Ta says we are very good looking!!

Can't wait to see all of you!

Lest anyone forget who it started with....

Roxy and my sweet boy Rumba are the ones responsible for these great puppies. I am so proud of Roxy. She is such a good little mother. She takes the care of her puppies really seriously. She will barely take a potty break....she keeps an eagle eye on Rumba making sure he doesn't get too close to the puppies...She'll let me pick up a puppy, but then promptly asks for it back.

And Rumba...as you can see he loves to cuddle up next to his Dad. He was the doggie that started my love affair with the Havanese and to this day brings me great joy!.....enjoy the pics of their babies below.

My Girl, My Girl, Talkin' bout my Girls!

Ok, let's introduce you all to the puppies at a closer view:

From the top:

Princess Leia - she was the last #7, born at 4:45 am, weighing in at 7.5 oz, she's a Black Parti, such great markings!

Queen Amidala - she was #6, born at 3:42 am, weighing in at 7 oz, she is Chocolate with white markings and little white toe tips - will look just like her mama - stunning

Galaxy - she was #5, born at 3:06 am, weighing in at 7.4 oz, she is Black with white markings, a sweetie to say the least...being the first girl, it was finally clear to me that the first four were boys....need I say more?

Let's hear it for the boys!!

Let's hear it for the boys!! From the top we have:

Hans Solo - was fourth, born at 2:37 am and weighed in at 8.3 oz - Black with white markings

Yoda - was third, born at 2:11 am and weighed in at 6.4 oz - Black with white markings

Chewbacca - was second, born at 1:55 am and weighed in at 8.2 oz - Chocolate with white markings

Darth Vader - was first, born at 1:21 am and weighed in at a whooping 8.7 oz - Pure Black - he's a beauty!....He opened the way for Roxy to deliver the others easily.

What did the vet know?....and then there were 7!!

So after the first 6, I really thought we were done. So much in fact that I put Roxy in the sink to wash her off, get her comfortable....she ran back to her nest and starting digging and burrowing...Ta told me it was because the bath had made her cold, so I took her to the bathroom to blow dry her. She seemed super anxious and I thought that was just because she wanted to get back to the puppies.

Finally when I put her down she ran for the nest and circled a few times and Princess Leia was born! A beautiful white female with the cutest black markings...officially her color is called Parti Black, or she may be considered Extreme Piebald which just means that she's mostly white with a few black markings. Isn't she a beauty? The middle picture is one of the girls...Queen Amidala, Galaxy and Princess Leia.

All the puppies are wonderful, they all seem healthy...we'll watch their weight gain over the next few days. As soon as Roxy will let me...I'll get individual pictures of the puppies and post......for now, we are just making sure that mom and babies are warm, fed and getting rest.

The vet did say possibly 6......

So when I went to the vet to have Roxy X-Rayed, the vet said definitely 5, possibly six....the third picture is what we entitled "First Feeding".....we thought 5, we are done....4 black, 1 chocolate....if you look at the picture, you can see the chocolate one first, he was puppy #2 and we are calling him Chewbacca (need to check spelling)....next to him is Vader, puppy #1, then next to him is #3, the smallest of the litter, his name is Yoda. Next to him is #4, Han Solo and next to Han is #5, a little girl we are calling Galaxy....we thought we were done.

Not quite....just when we least expected it, Roxy gave us #6, a beautiful chocolate female. Queen Amidala. Ok Ok Ok...for those that are having issues with the names from Star Wars...lighten up...most litters are named around themes....I could have gone for an Irish them seeing that St. Paddy's is around the bend, but for as long as I've had Rumba, I've always thought that he looked like an Ewok....and then when I got Roxy, she looks like a Wookie....so...I'm going Star Wars for my babies.

Darth Vader is born!!

Roxy finally went into labor....after about 24 hours of her showing real signs of discomfort, at about 11:00 Monday night, she started panting heavily, kept going outside to potty...and she shed her mucus plug, we knew that finally the night was upon us....we just had no idea how long it would all take.

At about midnight, we could see her contractions and she started to push....it took her an hour, but she got through it and Darth Vader was born! He's all black, not a hint of white anywhere and he was an enourmous 8.7 ounces, the biggest of all the puppies.

I'm a bit apprehensive about naming him Darth Vader because people might think he's the evil puppy...but my niece Rachel and I think he was the big one turning sommersaults in Roxy's belly (a little bit evil), and in the end....Vader did the right thing.....stay tuned, name may be subject to change......