PUPPIES!

Yup...finally getting around to posting about our puppy adventure.

My apologizes in advance...there were 6 of them,

they grow a lot....which means lots of pictures!

So the search began by looking for ONE puppy.

We came home with...SIX!

Long story, because seriously, who does that?

Well...we were at the SPCA, looking around,

feeling sad for all the dogs and puppies without homes.

Its really depressing going there.

Well, we came across a kennel that had 6 puppies in it.

When we inquired,we found out

the puppies weren't old enough to be adopted,

they were only 6-7 weeks old.

Also, the SPCA is so full, they are really limited on space.

Well, these puppies needed to be fostered for 2 weeks,

or else they would have to be put down...

Well come on, look how cute they were!

Not to mention...they were very sleepy when we saw them.

So Alex and I talked it over,

and decided how hard could 2 weeks be?

Little did we know...

What an experience!

Words can't describe what it was like.

We both feel it was definitely worth it though!

So here are tons of pictures of our fun puppies!

In the end, we ended up adopting 2 to keep,

and they have a blast together.

It was a hard decision because we really fell in love

with most of them!

So watch them grow in these pictures...its been fun!

So this is all the puppies when we first

brought them home...very smelly I must say...

so first thing we did was bathe them all!

Also...the SPCA says they are probably a shepherd mix...

Wendy came over lots, as did all the family

to enjoy cuddle time and play time with the pups.

This is me with "Cracker"...

the lovely name Alex picked out...

As you can see...it looks like they had never eaten in their life!

Feeding time was, and still is...NUTS!

This is Bella...so cute!!!

There's cute little Cracker again...

This is all of them drinking...

which was also funny.

If one got up to drink water, no matter what,

the rest of them all the need to gather round as well.

( they were all found together....

as you can see, there must have been many different daddies,

or something...)

These 2 weeks we got probably the least amount of sleep

we've ever had...It was about 5:30 AM in this picture

if I recall it right.

They loved running around and making noise,

and then when we would come out because we couldn't

sleep...they would all love to cuddle up on us.

This is Han...like Han Solo from Star Wars...

he loved playing the most...

even if he was by himself.

(Obviously Alex named him too)

This is Snickers...

probably the prettiest of them all,

great colors of fur...but she was also

the noisest...yapping at night.

One reason we didn't choose her.

Bella again...

Can't get enough of that puppy face! She was always

so adoreable looking!

Little Cracker again...

This is BOO... all black, with a little white chin and nose.

Probably our favorite from day 1...

loves to cuddle, play, and is pretty chill.

My favorite thing about having all 6 puppies was when

they would all just pile on to cuddle....

Boo and Cracker little buddies....

He still puts his arm on him like that.

They were so tiny!!!...Boo was about 4 lbs...one of the smallest.

Seriously a precious face, right?!

They all just loved being all over eachother all the time...

Snickers again...

One of my favorite pictures...

Bella, Jenna, Cracker, Snickers, and Boo...

All squished together again...

Han...always photogenic...

Bella and Jenna...

They would seriously cuddle all together on and

where ever they could...

One time...we weren't sure if they were eating enough,

because they devoured it in minutes....and looked starved,

wanting more! So we fed them a bit more...

which ended up being too much!

They looked like they could barely curl up they were so full!

Snickers again...

Cracker when he was a little fluff ball!

Han...

Snickers...

Jenna...

Shows you how tiny they were...so fun!

Also a favorite picture....

Sweet little Boo again...

he has this real cute curl to his tail too,

in the above pic you can see it behind cracker...

So after 2 weeks,

we ended up having Bella, Boo and Cracker

for one more week

until we could officially decide.

We thought keeping 2 would be nice

3 being too much to handle,

but still easier than 6...

So we chose Cracker and Boo,

they were both well behaved and played really good together.

We are very happy with our decision!

Alex said we had to keep those names....

having known that I don't think I would have

agreed to calling them those names in the first place...

but oh well, it's fun I suppose...

I wish the pictures showed more the gradual change...

but it's been nuts to see how fast they have grown these past

few weeks and months....

Cracker must be part dalmation because each week

these spots are becoming more and more dominant.

He is no longer that little white fluff ball!

He is so adoreable now too though.

So now they are about 17-18 weeks old....

and I will have to continue to post more recent pictures of them.

They are so fun to have around!

I am glad we kept two...and highly suggest that to others.

They run around together a lot and love playing with eachother.

It has been quite an adventure so far!