HAPPY HOWL-O-WEEN

We thought you might know

just how we are all related

to each other.

Before we ever had 

any Scotties,

we had our 

Angel JavaBean.

As you can see,

he was quite hip

and loved

"that old time rock and roll".

Our Scottie clan started with 

our Angel Lilly

Lilly was a 

Christmas gift

from our sweet Dad

to our Mom.

That went over so well,

the next year

she got another 

Scottie for Christmas.

That's when we got

our charming Piper.

A few months later,

Lilly's breeder called Mom

to tell her that she (the breeder)

was critically ill.

She thought the best place

for one of her adult Scotties

would be in our home.

That's when our 

fairy princess,

Carrleigh,

came to live with us.

Before long

Carrleigh and Piper

had a litter of nine puppies

and the next year,

they had a litter of eight puppies.

Now Carrleigh is retired

and lives 

with our human sissy 

in California.

We loved one of the puppies

so much that he stayed

here at 

Rocky Creek Farm

with us for a while.

He was the 

handsome red king

and his name was 

Ruairi.

Ruairi lived with us

for about 18 months

but now he lives with

a sweet family

in Washington State.

In the meantime,

Piper and Lilly

had a couple of litters

of precious buglets.  

We were so taken 

with the beauty

of one of their buglets,

we decided to keep her.

That is where 

we got our 

gorgeous Celti

who is the mother

of the litter of buglets

that we have now.

In addition to 

Piper and Celti,

we also have

the buglets true uncle -

AM CH Victorian Autumn Rhapsody

but we call him,

Argyle.

He is the Scottie

on the right.

His "sister" angel, Colleen

is on the left.

And last but not least

is our farm dog Ivy.

She was a little cutie

at one time 

but now she's a grown dog

who lives outside.

Happy Howl-O-Ween

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and 

The Sweet Buglets

ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO

Mom has been working 

on Halloween costumes

for the buglets.

This morning,

she could wait no longer

to try them on

and share the photos.

 Miss Snazzi Jazzi

all ready for a luau -

Mai Tai, anyone?

Rabbie is happy 

that he is going to a family

that enjoys sports.

 Winston is just about 

the cutest 

Beanie Baby

we've ever seen.

And Pearl, 

our little pumpkin.

Isn't she sweet?

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and 

The Sweet Buglets

DO, DO, DO, LOOKIN' OUT OUR FRONT DOOR

Yesterday,

we were in the house,

just minding our own business.

Celti was watching over 

The Sweet Buglets

while Mom was 

changing their bed.

 Celti had to 

check out the bed

and make sure it was

juuuuust right.

 Then the buglets

went in.

It's always a race

to see who can be

the first one to piddle

on a clean bed.

But while we were doing this,

Dad was outside.

And look what he saw

right outside our front door!!

Turkeys - about 50 of them.

And they wouldn't let us out

to go chase them.

XOXO

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy 

and

The Sweet Buglets

THE RAINS CAME DOWN....

Yesterday,

it was business as usual.

Some puppies sleeping

and 

one puppy trying 

to get everypuppy woke up.

 Then we heard Mom gasp

and looked up

over the puppy bed.

We saw drip, drip, drip.

When you live 

in a dilapidated old farmhouse,

sometimes you have to deal

with a leaky roof.

 By the time Mom

got the puppy box moved,

 Everyone was awake

and 

ready to rumble!!

 So our puppy box

is in the middle of the floor

this morning.

Thankfully, we didn't suffer

any leaks in the night.

Momma Celti

slept right by the baby's bed

so she could be alerted 

to any problems

at a moments notice.

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and 

The Sweet Buglets

PS - time to go for a walk

in the rain.

We don't think we'll be singing!!

WHERE'S MY PUPPY-WUPPY?

When the puppies 

are about three weeks old,

they get to hear our Mom's puppy yell

for the first time.

"Where's my puppy-wuppy?"

 And then they get

their first try 

at eating puppy gruel.

Celti jumped in to 

show them how it's done.

  

 This morning,

they responded a little bit

when they heard the call.

 But they like the food

that Celti supplies best!!

Our memorial stone

has arrived for our sweet buglets,

Lilly and Bailey.

And our sweet sissy/daughter

sent us a miniature Scottie

from Carroll Hill Farms

as a remembrance.

She also sent us a mug

with her photograph on it!!

Our Mom says,

"The best part of waking up

is Becky on your cup".

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and

The Sweet Buglets

THREE WEEK PAWTRAITS

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and

The Sweet Buglets

SOMETIMES MOMS GET A BIT LAZY

I guess you can blame

our lack of posting yesterday

on birthday celebrations

or 

MOM'S LAZINESS!!

 But what a difference

two days makes.

These puppies are

really entertaining us

by running around

and starting

to play puppy games.  

 Even when Celti

gets in the box,

not all of them

are nursing

at the same time.

 And here they are,

sleeping,

girls together.

Boys together.

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and

The Sweet Buglets

TIMES - THEY ARE A CHANGIN'

Even though

there are only four puppies

in this litter,

sometimes

they are really hard

to tell apart.

Basically we have 

two sets of twins -

maternal twins.

And since they've started 

toddling around some,

their nail polish

is starting to 

wear off easily.

So last night,

Mom decided

it was time for collars!!

Instead of her usual

one color for boys

and a different color for girls,

she switched it up a bit.  

 Now Jazzi has a red collar

and

Pearl has a green collar.

 Rabbie has a green collar

and

Winston has a red collar.

Last night Mom

heard a puppy crying

and she thought 

one had got

out of the whelping box.

When she looked,

there were three

out of the whelping box

and the one that was left in

was the one that was crying.

So today,

they have new quarters -

they have moved

into the puppy box

and are in our living room.

 With their new collars,

you should be able to 

tell them apart.  

The girls are the light ones

and the boys are more cinnamon.

You should hear them chattering

as they explore!!

We put down heavy plastic,

a layer of baby powder,

newspaper,

a layer of baby powder,

a folded flat sheet,

a layer of baby powder

and another sheet on top.

We like to keep our puppies

smelling sweet!!

And on to other things...

Today is Celti's third birthday!!

And we also want to wish a

Happy Birthday

to all of her clan!!

Happy Birthday

Penny, MacAdoo, Gavan and Finlay!!

We hope you 

have a spectacular day!!

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and

The Sweet Buglets

GETTING BIGGER THAN A BREAD PAN

You've probably noticed

that we put 

the sweet buglets

in a bread pan

to weigh them.

We can't have 

one of them

rolling off the scales.

Mom generally 

starts them off

in a medium size pan.

But she's going to have

to change it up!! 

 Look at Pearl.

Filling up that pan

and rising out of it!!

But Mom wakes

them up at the worst time -

right at nap time.

This afternoon

when she got them up

all they wanted to do

was snuggle up

and go back to sleep!!

By Monday,

we predict 

that they will all

weigh over 2 pounds each!!

XOXO,

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy 

and 

The Sweet Buglets

WHAT A DIFFERENCE TEN DAYS MAKES

Remember when Mom

put the sweet buglets

in her ole dirty shoe 

and photographed them.

That was ten days ago.

She did it again today.

Look how much they've grown!!

and their eyes have opened!!

 Jazzi

 Rabbie

(mom had to wake him up)

 Winston

Pearl

We bet in ten more days

they won't even

fit in that ole shoe!!

XOXO

Piper, Celti, Argie, Ivy

and 

The Sweet Buglets