Puppies!!

WARNING: I wrote a novel. You don't have to read! :)

So, Mia went into heat the middle of March, and we tried really hard to prevent any funny business. Mia was in a diaper most days to make life easier for everyone. There was one slip-up and an OOPS occurred. We crossed our fingers that nothing would come of it. The end of April I remembered that Mia should be showing by now if she was indeed pregnant. So I googled the warning signs and checked her out. She didn't look pregnant to me, so we all sighed big sigh and felt relieved. Well, a week later, I get home from work, and Ryan tells me Mia can't jump on the bed and her tummy looks big. I check her out and sure enough, her tummy is pooching out. Wow, what a difference a week makes. Just over 3 weeks later, Mia is one proud Momma!

We thought we would have puppies by Sunday. Mia was restless Friday night and lost her appetite. By Saturday she had all the warning signs of delivering but the final one, the green discharge. I was crossing my fingers and praying the puppies would come by Monday, because Tuesday morning I was heading to California with my doTERRA partner to teach an essential oils class. Well, the weekend came and went with no puppies. Monday night, I was praying that the puppies would now wait till Wednesday afternoon to come. At least I got half my request.

I was kind of excited to have my first night away from my kids, have the best night sleep in such a long time, and no kids waking me up at 5 AM. Good thing my roommate for the night wears ear plugs to bed! Well, little did I know that at 1 AM Ryan would text me that Mia is in labor. YIKES! She was contracting, the green discharge came, and even pushing done by Mia. But then no puppies and by 2 AM, Mia is quiet and going to sleep. I finally get off the phone at 2:45 and try to sleep but I was so worried. So was Ryan. He didn't get any sleep. I check in at 3:45 and still nothing. Ryan demands I go to sleep, so I do. I get probably an hour of sleep and call Ryan again at 5 AM and still nothing. I am starting to freak out because I am worried something is wrong with the puppies. I tell Ryan he needs to call this lady in our ward for some help, but with it being 5 he didn't want to. He again demands I go to sleep, so I do and get another 2 hours of sleep. Just as Ryan was about to fall asleep, Bryce wakes up at 5:45. So he goes out in the family room and lays on the couch with Bryce watching cartoons. Around 7:30 Ryan awakes to some whimpering so he checks on Mia and there is one puppy out of Mia, all cleaned up, and another one about to make its debut. So Ryan calls me and I am so excited that all puppies and Mommy are OK. So by 9:45, all 5 puppies were born and Ryan was ready for a nap.

Mia is such a great Mommy. She knew exactly what to do and still takes such perfect care of the little cuties. We are all loving these sweet little ones, but don't worry, we are not keeping any, because I can barely take care of my 3 kids and 2 dogs. We are not adding another dog to our craziness. I guess we need to find some names now!

So far I have been able to catch 3 different puppies chilling in Mia's favorite position! Click on the pictures to see the puppies better. The last picture has all 5 puppies in it with Mia.