New Additions

The new additions to the family -

We recently received a gift from our girl pitbull, three new babies. Two girls, thoughtfully named Roo and Paris, and a boy named Gizmo.

They are not even a day old in this photo but as of today they are 5 days old and so cute!

I spend most of my time thinking about them, or thinking about getting home to them. Marley, the mom, doesn't seem to mind me holding them once and a while. But when others get involved she tends to be mighty possessive. She is a very good momma, except for the occasional sitting on them, then they squeal and she doesn't seem to care. I wonder if that is normal. There have been many a time, when I have had to run over because she won't get off them, and I feel like I have to save them, because they are screaming. Not sure why she does this, but I really don't mind. 

Roo and Gizmo seem to be the hungriest of the bunch. I think Gizmo outweighs the girls, by quite a bit.

The other night I had them all on me, and Marley joined me on the couch, and took a nap. She would have stayed longer but Vanessa decided to come take Paris, and Marley got upset. I don't have the heart to tell her that Marley isn't too keen on sharing with her, so I kindly said it was time to put them back in their bed.

How we came to the names we gave them is, Marley, the momma, tends to bounce around the house when she isn't preggers and I always thought she should have been named Kangaroo, so that is how I came to name the brown girl Roo. Vanessa dreams of going to Paris, so that is how she came to name the brindle girl Paris. And well, the boy got his name because of the movie Gremlins  so of course we call him Gizmo. 

Marley did and amazing job having them. I was worried about her for a while, thinking maybe she wasn't going to have them natural or that she might need help, because things weren't going according to my timeline. But on the 2nd of January, she was very clingy and wanted to be next to me, pretty much all day, so I knew something was up. Vanessa had a stomach ache late that night, early morning and came to tell me that the babies were on their way. Unfortunately, one of the little ones didn't make it. He was a brown and white male, and we refer to him as "little one". 

I will be posting more pics as they get older. They are truly a gift. 

Have a blessed day.