In the midst of a painful, wounded time, I have a little ray of hope, perhaps. Or a few. Stay tuned, news soon.

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At 7:40 this morning we welcomed the first of these beautiful lil buddies. She and her sister are nursing hard, waiting for their other siblings to arrive.

Here’s some puppy squeaks. They are demanding.

The first girl is definitely reddish.

Meet Astro

More puppy squeaks. The second girl is verrrrrry demanding even while she is actively nursing. I love them both with all my heart already.

[demanding puppy whines]

Someone else is on the way

Another girl

Someone else following up

Here’s girl number 3

Next is a boy. Here’s some puppy butts.

Here’s a good momma

[puppy squeaks and very ASMR licking noises]

You can start to see their colors more as they dry off

We have another male, very long boi

Tired momma

Five lil perfections

I can’t tell if this is it. Will there be one more???

I need a puppy basket

Okay I think five is the final number. We'll tally up who won the guessing games soon. For folks who picked the same total, male, and female numbers we'll do a drawing for the grand prize. You can check out guesses at http://ataokennel.com/puppy-portal 

Know who's a good momma?

Ophelia is

Know who some noisy noisy nuggets are???

These puppies, that's who

Good babies

Good momma

[squeak squeak whine whine lick lick lick]