We've Got Puppies!

Bristol had her puppies Saturday night/Sunday morning. There are nine total and are a border collie x german shepherd mix.
-One looks like Bristol and one like Bear, the daddy.
-Five are mostly black with some white (bellies and/or paws and tips of tails).
-Two are white with a couple black spots and brown faces.

Bristol has been a great mommy taking care of them.
Here they are only hours old:





And three days old:


A few close ups:








These babies will be 6 weeks old on December 16th and ready for a forever home in time for Christmas. I will hate to see them go, but we can't keep them all, just one...which will be hard to decide.

I love weekends!

Last weekend we had Eli's birthday party. And, for the second year in a row he wanted the dragon cake. He also wanted it blue, but...the store didn't have blue! Boo! So, it ended up green again. This cake may look like it took a while but I had it finished in an hour. It's all about how you cut the two round cakes. Eli loved it yet again. :-)
Peyton loves Spongebob. She calls him "bob grants" (bob pants). Lol.
How cute is she!?! Here she is modeling her new Tinkerbell gown.
Here's Landon & Eli. Don't they look soooo happy. Lol. I have no idea why they look so sad. They had been giggling while they were painting the pages. (Apparently my SIL didn't use a flash either...)

She was totally in her own world...
Peyton, Landon and Bristol Talladega playing outside in the dirt. Peyton loved it. And if you look close you can see that Landon doesn't have a cast on his arm! He just has a brace-type thing on for the next two weeks. Hoping to finally get this broken arm healed. (At the 3 week mark, one of his lower arm bones wasn't healing straight enough, so we went in on a Monday morning and had it re-straightened. It has now been 2 months with a cast/brace.) His poor arm was so dry when the cast came off, so we are keeping a good lotion on it. He really needs a good exfoliation when the brace finally comes off.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
~April

Bristol Talladega is growing up!

Here she is when we first met her. This was two days before the severe tornado outbreak on April 27.

This is her July 4th.

She is around 10 months now, and has grown so much. She is very sweet and playful. Being a border collie, she instinctively chases our two boys and tries to herd them back into the yard. She is a mess, but we love her...especially our youngest who squeals with delight when she sees Bristol.
I promise to update with a more recent photo, once my new cell phone arrives. The old one "met the true death" yesterday at almost two years old. Lol. (Anyone catch the True Blood reference? Love that show)
~April