We've adopted again!!!!!!!!!

I've got your attention now, don't I? Hee hee! Well, more on the adoption news in a bit. First up is Meema's birthday surprise! Today is my wonderful mother's 39th birthday! Yes, you read that right, she is 39! (Again!) The girls surprised her with some hand-painted flower pots and a dvd collection of some of her favorite movies...Ma and Pa Kettle! Here she is with the girls, her presents, cards and cake!


She thinks about her wish before blowing out the candles...

And out they go! I hope she gets her wish!

And here's her cake...a yummy cinnamon cheesecake! Meema, we sure hope you enjoyed your birthday, today! We love you very, very much!!!

And now....what I know some of you've been waiting for...our adoption news! Yesterday, we officially adopted a new puppy! He was born 2 weeks ago, on September 6th. (We should have him home by the middle of November!) He is a toy poodle that I've named Mr. Darcy. (Anyone who REALLY knows me will not be surprised to learn I've named him after my most favorite movie character from my most favorite movie EVER!!!) Chances are we will call him something else for short, but his official name is Mr. Darcy! Here, Luci holds him! Isn't he the teeniest, cutest little thing?!

And though this picture is slightly out of focus, Drew shows us his sweet little face close-up! His eyes are still closed as yet, but the breeders tell me that they started noticing yesterday that one of his eyes is slowly but surely opening up!

Here's Mr. Darcy curled up with his larger brother.

SOOO stinkin' cute!!!!!

This is Mr. Darcy's mom, Jersey.

The breeders gave me this picture tonight. It shows the whole litter on their birthday! I believe Mr. Darcy is the top puppy closest to the mom. The two smallest puppies in this picture never made it past a couple of days. They think the mom may have rolled on top of them, poor little things! They took a picture of the runt next to a cigarette lighter to show just how small he was! He was literally not much longer than the lighter!

The girls are SOO excited to get the puppy home! Ever since our visit last night and tonight, Drew has talked of nothing else! It's going to be a LONG 6 more weeks waiting for this little guy to come home!! We'll go back for a visit in a couple of weeks. He ought to be alert and frisky by then...and probably pretty fluffy! I can't wait to see him at that age!

Today's Quotes:

Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs. ~unknown

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~Mme. de Staël

A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. ~John Holmes