Like any good project manager, I made meticulous plans around the decision and timing to breed Zoey.  The project I’m running at work was scheduled to be complete on June 15th – the same date Zoey was due to have pups.  Perfect timing.  Nothing would be left to do at work but take bows and accept praise for a job well done while I devoted my considerable amount of newly acquired free time to new puppies.  Buuuut… (you know where this is going)  The project ran over – and not by a little.  So much for best-laid plans.

I’m back in the office this week trying to transform chaos into order.  And while everyone is running with their hair on fire, I have a secret weapon that keeps a smile on my face.  I have a webcam – and it has a live feed of 9 beautiful little squeakers and their mama.  I can almost smell the puppies.

Yesterday, several of them got up on their wobbly hind legs and took a few all-four-feet-on-the-ground steps. When I got home I discovered that a couple of them had opened their eyes too.  I was star-struck as I gazed at them.

I doubt they felt the same way staring back at my giant face as I gushed over their accomplishments.  I plan to capture some video this weekend and post it to the website.