The Male Pups

I thought I'd focus this entry on the male puppies, and next time the females. Here are some pictures of the males. There are five, two are perfectly black and the other three have some combination of white on their paws, chests, and/or chins. There is a picture of the puppies with our cat Kiki and her kittens. We are getting the puppies used to the cats early on. Kiki purred and purred while this little puppy slept next to her, and she put her arm gently over it.
All the puppies are growing and thriving. They are so perfectly present and enjoying of each moment, as they nurse and sleep together. They are still just sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, and on and on . . . Their naps are of a longer duration now then they were just a week ago. Now mama Lucy can leave the house to chew on a bone or lounge in the sun. She spends more time out of the whelping box during the day when the puppies are sleeping, and then she returns to nurse and clean each one, oftentimes napping with them.