Here are some more photos of the puppies, click it to go to the slide show.  They turned 1 week old this weekend.  A video is below as well.  They are healthy so far and gaining weight.  We had our first pup hit the 2 pound mark today.

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Nadia had her puppies on Friday April 9th starting at 5:30pm. They were all born healthy and pretty much uneventfully. She had 4 boys and 2 girls. I have posted lots of pictures, and there is a video of the delivery as well. The pups will be ready for visitors the at the age of 4 weeks.  The first image is a link to the whelping video.

[youtubehq Sn_w29MB1cU Nadia Whelping]

Now that the weather is getting nice again.  It is time for some weekend parties with the neighbors.  Here a couple photos from our first 2.  We celebrated Bryan’s birthday at the first one and then played some Settler’s of Catan with the Knights and Cities expansion.  It was super fun.  Enjoy the photos.

Nadia is 8 weeks pregnant and we just found out she has 6 puppies in her by x-ray.  She doesn’t look that big, but I guess they are in there.  Wednesday is the big day.  Wish her good luck and let’s hope all the pups are healthy.  I sneaked in a few pictures of Cinder because she has not been getting enough attention lately too.  See if you can count 6 and possibly 7 pups.

I an in Miami for a derm conference and wondering why people ever decided to live in Chicago.

We got a record amount of snow in the Chicago area.  12.9 inches.  It was really fun and even shoveling it wasn’t too bad.  Here is a photo of Ashlee’s car just about buried.  Another little known fact is that there was a 4.2 magnitude earthquake too.  Maybe the weight of all the snow triggered it.  The dogs and Hannah are loving the snow, but it is too deep for everyone except Cinder.

This is our first family portrait to include Mara.  It turned out really nice.  It reminds me of the Garth Brooks song “Two of a Kind Working on a Full House.”  Enjoy the music and the next time you hear it, we really will be.

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A few posed photos with me and Mara when she was 1 day old.