Less than 20 days and I'm a mommy!!!!

My little belly is starting to show (Gosh I hope I don't get stretch marks) Mom ordered all my stuff that I will need, we have my new whelping bed set up, and I'm going thru my list of names!! I'm not sure how many I have, I can tell mom and dad are a little worried because they say that I'm a big girl, so that could mean like 5-6 puppies, which I always wanted a big family, but I don't want to be called the octo-mom dog or anything. I will be going to the vet to have them check me out next week so I will know though...if it is like 6 or something I could get a tv deal or something "Roo and Bells plus 6" Has a snappy ring to it. LuLu says she is going to start working on the networks once we find out how many I am having. I think I will go with the classic names like "Scooby" and Spot, maybe throw a Coco or FiFi in there if they are girls. * Sigh, I'm just so excited I can barely stand it, well, excited, and always hungry. LOL I don't know why mom is giving me pills to make me mean...well..they don't make me mean, but I know Lulu must take them daily...they are called "bitch pills". Mom says they are prenatal vitamins to go along with my special food and stuff to make sure everyone is getting enough nutrients, but why would they call them 'bitch pills' wouldn't sweet pregnant dog pills to help keep them healthy make more sense to you? I might have to ask Lulu about marketing some stuff with that...although she will steal the idea, claim it as her own, make a million off it, and then still steal my chew bone with a smile. I may be floppy Bells, but I know how that one works. Chow for now!! (no, it's time for breakfast, so it is really chow NOW!!!)

Love, Bella

FOLLOW UP FROM BLUE THE ONLY SANE ONE HERE

To everyone......Please forgive Lulu's 'rant' about Martha Stewarts dogs Francesca and Starkey. We (well, everyone else in the household other than Lu) thinks it is awesome that they are blogging. She is having a bad hair day or something, and has been on a rampage since she got up this morning.....Although I have no idea why, she snuck in and slept with mom all night, and stole everyone else's scooby snacks too this morning. Anyways, we don't want to start a war with anyone, or tick anyone off, we are really fond of Martha's magazine (Bella and I have personally tried several of her recipes for entertaining, Tres Magnifique!~ And Hank of course consults with his Martha Stewart decorating books all the time..although probably not a good thing that I told you that..you didn't hear it from me, or he will pinch my nub when I least expect it)

So Martha, Francesca, and Starkey, feel free to ask if you guys need anything! We (other than Lu) will be thrilled to help!!

Sincerely,

Ellie Blue Kirkland.....AKA...Blue

Oh HECK NO!!

That is it! I was reading MSN this morning, and I think I may call my lawyer, well, mom's lawyer, and well, without poseable thumbs, mom will actually have to call, but anyways...Martha Stewart is a COPY CAT!!!! (or maybe dog in this case) This whole dogs blogging thing was something I started last year, and now, *scoff, cal you believe it, her two french bulldogs are NOW BLOGING AND TAKING ALL MY PRESS!!!!!!!! Francesca and skippy, or stewie, or snappy (I don't remember what the boy dogs name is) I swear, teach a dog french and they will take credit for everything!! I was going to send her an email telling her that I Lulabelle LaRue was the brains behind the whole idea, but mom says never mess with someones dog who spent time in prison and can make a mean cream brule! (aka...Martha Stewart) I don't know, I just don't get it...I suppose everyone with a nub, four legs, and a computer is going to be blogging now....Just so that all my fans out there who have stuck with me over the years, and will worship me for the goddess that I am realize, Martha's dogs are copying me! Dad says I never actually INVENTED blogging or anything, and well, it is a free country I guess, so well, I just feel like everyone is trying to emulate me now. Mom says imitation is the best flattery, but personally I think that swavorsky crystal collars and the occasional pedicure are much more flattering! Well...I have ranted enough, all this stress is going to cause wrinkles....Cooper!!! Cooper!!!!! Get me my eye gel please, I need to hydrate!! Blue!! Back away from that water dish!!!

~ LuLu the great

Hank, get some therapy would ya?

I swear, you would think that dog was the center of the universe....between him and Lulu it is a wonder that mom and dad ever got any other dogs, in the first place. And for the record, Coconut Splash DOES make us smell really good...Pine air fresheners are for the CAR, not my NUB HANK!!! If you didn't always get CAR SICK like a SISSY you would know this!! I on the other hand get to go EVERYWHERE with mom because I am just a good navigator!! SO THERE!!!!! NEENER NEENER NEENER!!!!

It was bath night, our mom and dad promised they were going to stay home all weekend with us (MOVIES, POPCORN, SNUGGLING IN BED ALL WEEKEND...now THAT's what I'm TALKIN ABOUT!!) So we got our baths and stuff tonight. It isn't as bad as Hank makes it out to be, mom has NEVER hurt us trimming our nails, and she got Hank this nail filer thing so that as she said "It won't be as stressful on him" Can you believe this crap? Anyways, ears are clean, breath smells pretty good...well...it smells like turkey, I have to agree with this while turkey toothpaste thing, but hey, mom at least is trying to make it interesting...I tried to get her to get the beef flavored stuff at the pet store, but she thought the turkey would be better. (I have no idea how her and dad can stand to brush their teeth as much as they do...and their toothpaste must be grass flavored or something, it is this sparkly green stuff in the tube-YUCK!)

I have been working on this stink for about 2 weeks now, I almost had it with the right mix of backyard dirt, stinky socks, and something smeared on the garage floor I rolled in, I was going to call it "Eau De Coop" but now, after my bath, I am Coconut Splash Coop...which isn't bad. Mom washed all our beds and stuff too, *sigh, I might have to go find a pile of something in the yard when she isn't looking, I don't know how long I can stand to smell this good....plus, when I am aromatic, LuLu and Hank don't like to stand to close, and let's be honest, that's ALWAYS a good thing. You can't get too close to them anyways, their ego's are almost too big for the room!

I'll let you guys know what movies we watch...I always wanted to be like a movie reviewer....Coopers Corner, Coopers best flicks, COOPFLIX! I smell a marketing opportunity!!! Oh, no wait, CeCe just hasn't had her bath yet..WHEW!!! Either way, I will let you know how they are, and whether I would recommend them.....4 bones is worth seeing, 3 bones is ok, 2 bones if there are no law and order re runs on , and 1 bone is worth burying in the back yard under the magnolia tree never to be found again.

^ Chow for now!!! Cooper

QUICK!!! What's the number for 911!!!

Yeah...some Friday evening we had here at the old dog house!!! IT was BATH NIGHT!!! Oh my gawd! This is abuse and humiliation of the worst kind, I tell you if I had pose able thumbs, I would be calling my local representative RIGHT NOW to have this sort of thing outlawed! *DEEP BREATH**** Ok, for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, we have a Bath Day, or a Bath night depending on the weather. This means that once a month (sometimes more depending on how dirty some of these little grunge muffins get) We all have our ears cleaned, our teeth brushed, our nails trimmed, and of course, our baths and flea stuff put on. It all sounds good and well, I myself prefer not to sit in the dirt or get dirty at all, and of course DO NOT participate in such activities as throw Roo in the dirt, and flip over Lu or the Blue in the flower bed, but the other "Ratties" around here do. (I told you I was the only civilized one in the place) Roo, Cooper, Lulu, CeCe and Bella are the mindless little lemmings, they will go right in, get their stuff done, get their baths, and just be happy, Blue, well, she has a small ounce of brains, she at least makes some sort of consorted effort to evade mom. I on the other hand find it rather humiliating! Mom did get this pedicure thing that files my nails, which is helpful, those nail clippers are just barbaric! And what FOOL came up with turkey flavored doggie toothpaste? We have these electric toothbrushes, and although they give me that rock star smile, frothy turkey toothpaste would be an atrocity to be seen if anyone ever snapped a picture. Lulu has threatened on occasion to snap one with the cell phone, and of course post it at the local dog park or pet smart, but she knows better than to mess with the doodle, its the quiet ones you have to look out for. Anyways, mom give us our 'beauty treatments' and we survive....it doesn't hurt, except for my ego a bit. We have our special shampoos, I keep trying to explain to her that I need something for body, because if she uses that normal deodorizing stuff, it just makes me friz around my muzzle. I asked for some cologne also, I suggested a Drakar Noir...nice sleek black bottle, kind of like me...classy but pungent, but instead the girls got very berry, and I shouldn't even admit this, but she got the boys Coconut SPLASH!!! Do I LOOK like I would want to smell like a fruit drink!!??? Martini maybe, beach beverage, I think not!! Roo likes it, Cece and Bells say it makes us smell good. Cooper likes it too, but jesus, you could take one of those cardboard pine air freshener things and tie it to his nub and he would think it was great...Oh, why couldn't they have decided to breed Min Pins instead of these barbarians!!!

They say these ears look like a bunnies?

Here we are!!! Can you BELIEVE it is almost Easter!! We would love some rabbits to play with, but mom got us some stuffed little squeaky rabbits instead. We all voted, and thought the real ones would be more fun, like interactive or something, but then Blue and CeCe went nutso and took the squeaker out of a few of our toys (they do things like this...chew first, think later) and needless to say, the real bunny thing got vetoed rather quickly by our humans.

I've been a busy little stud muffin (more muffin that stud as mom says, I do muffin top a bit on my collar, but that is just because my SHOULDERS ARE MASSIVE MAN!! You should see me flexing, I'd make AHHHNOLD the terminator green with envy!) Anyways, me and Lu had 3 cute little rug rats, me and CeCe managed 5 (glad she got to deliver them and not me! There was a Nascar race that day I had money riding on) and now, with my ever so studly self, I've got some twerp's coming along with Bella. At some point Blue will give into my charms, but right now she just keep biting my back legs and ears, and yanking my collar when I'm not looking....I think she LIKES me!!! HUBBA HUBBA!!! The mom is talking about getting a new 'STUD' for CeCe, since she says she has " A specific plan for our breeding program involving the colors, and body shape of the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier" My answer to all that whooey is ROO IS HERE BABY~!!! BRING ON THE GIRLS ~! NO ONE CAN GET ENOUGH OF THE ROO ROO!!!. I'm the only stud they need around here....*Scoff* who are they kidding? There's enough RooRoo to go around, although it might be nice to have someone step in, after all, 4 girls, only one me! Hank and Cooper have been tutored, so they can't do anything, which, they aren't as cool as me, so I suppose it is a good thing they can't have the kids round here.
Well, it's time for my protein shake, gotta keep the muscle tone going, so many girls, so little time!