We're Expecting....a Puppy!

Calm down, people, Timmy and I do know how to prevent Baby #5.  I have been ready to get another dog for about 6 months now (Sable will be a hard act to follow, believe me), but I was waiting until Tim said something about getting one.  Once he did, I knew we were ready to start looking.  Tim went hunting with his friend Joe and Joe's black lab Piper and Tim was so impressed by how Piper went after the ducks.  He came home and couldn't stop talking about getting a lab.  So we did some research and found a wonderful kennel right down the road in Caroline County:  Cresthill Kennels.

The place is amazing.  They treat the dogs like family!  Skylights, heated radiant flooring, the works.  When Tim and I drove out there to meet the dogs, there was a litter of yellow labs going home that day.  Emily was so happy to play with eight puppies at once!  We met Sitka, a beautiful chocolate lab who was very pregnant.  She had Sable's same block head, which is such a familiar characteristic of labs.  So meet the parents below:

Sitka Spruce

Mick

Sitka's litter was born March 5 (Sable's birthday was March 4, so I took this as a sign), and she had ELEVEN!  Yes, that was one big litter!  Carrie was visiting the following weekend for her baby shower, so we all drove out to see the 5 day old puppies.

Carrie has been considering adding another dog to her household, so we decided to get litter mates!  We are both getting chocolate females from this litter, and we are so excited!  The puppies are ready to go home April 27th, so look for a post in a couple of weeks showing our new family pet!