Pregnant!!

So we took Missy in for her appointment today. Our vet, Emily, who is awesome (even though she did go to OSU), felt around for a minute and said there is at least one puppy in there, maybe two. The first time (that we know of) that they did 'it' was Halloween, so we are about 32 days into the pregnancy. Around 45 days is when the puppies would show up on an x-ray, so we are going to take her back in around then so that we will know just how many puppies to expect. The gestation period for dogs is only around 63 days and they say smaller dogs usually have shorter pregnancies. SO, we may be having New Years babies. We are excited but a little nervous too. I have been reading up on it online though, and it seems pretty straight forward. They say to start taking her temperature twice a day, and then when there is a drop in temperature of a degree or two, then she'll go into labor in the next 24 hours. So a heads up will be nice. Missy isn't the only one having all the fun, though. We are making an appointment for Petree to get fixed, probably in the next couple weeks as well. Missy will get fixed, too, probably about 2 months after she's had the puppies and they're weaned. Thank goodness we have their health plans!