01.31.10

They have names

Posted in News at 01:28 by nikki

So here are the little angels. Photos taken today and they are starting their 6th day of life (the photos were taken late this evening). I guess you can say they are 5 days old…I never know exactly how to count that.

Well actually I’m feeling horrible right now, have to lay down at least until the next feeding. I have such bad shoulders and back from crouching over the puppies on the floor, shouldn’t be on the computer. Getting dizzy so I’ll just add the photos and not write too much.

The one thing I will say though is that the puppy’s second names are the names of some of our best handball players that were playing while they were being born. Iceland is going to be competing for the bronze medal I believe tomorrow or Monday and so we are very proud of our team, it’s the same team that won the silver at the Olympics and got the medal of honour from the president in Iceland. We love our handball. Hehe  Well, usually I don’t watch it only if it’s something like this and then I think it’s so exciting! The girls each got half of the name of our best goalie (Björgvin) because when used on their own split up then they are girl’s names.

First born girl: Töfra Tásla Björg (Tásla is a word used by children for toe…she has her daddy’s dewclaws! Björg is a girl’s name and means rescue but it is also the first part of the man’s name Björgvin) Born: 14:25  / 245 grams

Second born also a girl: Töfra Tígla Vina (Tígla is a word for diamonds (in cards) or rhombus, Vina is a girl’s name but also means friend and is the second part of the man’s name Björgvin) Born: 17:15 / 310 grams

Third puppy is a huge boy: Töfra Tryggur Aron (Tryggur means faithful) Born: 17:20 / 335 grams

He’s had a cut on his paw that is healing (you can see a little dark spot on his foot). I think the vet might have accidentally cut him with the scissors when she cut his cord. I have been wondering about how it happened and that’s all I can think of because it was a clean shallow cut almost like a scrape. He is extremely strong and eats like an ox!

Fourth puppy another boy: Töfra Tumi Arnór (Tumi Þumall is the Icelandic name for Tom Thumb) Born: 17:30 / 185 grams

Fifth puppy a boy: Töfra Tinni Alexander (of course because of his “Tinni spot”) Born: 18:25 / 263 grams

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