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Hello again!

I know it's been a while since my last entry, but things around here have taken a new twist! I can't remember if I posted that Gigi was aborting her litter about three weeks prior to her due date, but we were terribly disappointed when she started to spot blood. I took her to the vet and she had a terrible UTI,  but her blood work showed nothing else unusual. The vet could not feel ANY pups and said he was afraid she was aborting the entire litter and he would be extremely surprised if she carried any to term.

WELL...The Thursday (Sept 4th) that was her due date, I was on the sofa with her, and she had been acting awfull maternal. I just figured she was carrying on with a false pregnancy due to the loss of the pups, when I noticed that she looked really full on her right side. I palpated her and thought that either she really needed to go outside, or there was a pup or two in there. My suspicions were confirmed when the lump kicked me back! I was so shocked that I couldn't believe myself, so I asked my daughter and mother to come take a grope. They both got a kick too, so we started to prepare for the arrival of ??? pups.

Friday afternoon, Gigi got really restless, and around 7:00 pm CST the first signs of labor began. Needless to say, labor for this "litter" was long and hard!!! I am proud to announce that at 11:41 CST, our "BOUNCING BABY BOY"  was finally born!!! Weighing in at 12 ounces ~ one BIG BOY!~ I am proud to say that at one week, "Connor" is doing well as is his very tired and much thinner mother Gigi!!! Seeing as how he has all the food supply, he has managed to put on quite a bit of weight over the first week, and will be weighed again soon if I have to take him to the post office!

I will be posting a video montage of photos of his birth and continuing to post pictures as he grows and continues to change over the next weeks, so keep watching! This is one pup to look for this coming March!!!

L.