Some Enchanted Evening

She will find her true love...

Thatcher waits quietly on a bench in the back yard.

She spots Sawyer and gives him one of her looks.

He comes over, joins her on the bench. She scoots a little closer. All's right with the world.

Baby's Day Out

The puppies went outside for the first time today. Here's our report:

The girl's on top of the world!

The boy goes on a hero's journey...

Here's our Junior Explorer on his way back...

Meanwhile Thatcher and her little girl enjoy a sweet mother-daughter chat....

Too much fun wears me out!

Quick break for a picnic on the lawn...

We can hardly wait to see what tomorrow brings!

One week of puppy love! Day by day...

Here is our new litter of puppies, born 8/28/2011. See how much they change and grow day by day.

This guy is the biggest of the bunch. He weighed 8 ounces at birth. And just keeps growing!

Sleepy male, Day 3.

I love the way they seek each other out and snuggle.

Just before I snapped this, the boy had his arm around the girl. Swoon!

Puppies snuggling, Day 4.

Something about the quality of light in this photo captures the heaven-sent aura that surrounds them. 

The puppies went to the vet today for their dew claw removal and received a clean bill of health!

Puppies snuggling,  Day 5. They totally love each other!

This is the happiest I've seen Thatcher since we got her. Naturally affectionate, she has really become enamored with her puppies.

Thatcher is a beautiful mother! Day 6.

Curled up in an empty dish that is just the right size for the two of them. How fitting that our male and female formed their own living yin/yang symbol.

Yin/Yang,  Day 7.

Sawyer Meets His One True Love

Sawyer and Thatcher wait together at the front door.

When we brought home beautiful Thatcher (as in Becky), she was very shy in her new environment, and a little hesitant to interact with anyone. We hoped Sawyer (as in Tom) would take a shining to his new girlfriend, which he quickly did. She, however, true her namesake, was more reserved and hesitant to express her affection for him; she waited for him to make the first move. He did, by dropping his favorite toy at her feet and waiting patiently, gesturing for her to pick it up. (swoon!) The pair has been inseparable ever since. They sing at the piano together, play fetch and bring back the rope together, one on each end, eat together, and usually sleep together too. They wait for each other first thing in the morning before they go outside, and love to run out the front door together, shoulders touching, as they bound across the front lawn.