The Mark Adams Holiday Classic

Each year, Cary High School hosts a holiday wrestling tournament. In years past, Cary News has sponsored it and thus it was the Cary News Holiday Classic. This year, the school decided to re-name the tournament in memory of Mike's brother, Mark, who was killed in Iraq. Mark wrestled at Cary High all 4 years of high school and after serving 4 years as a Marine, he helped coach the Wrestling team while attending college.

Mike's family was proud and honored to be able to attend the 1st annual Mark Adams Holiday Classic. They also assisted in the hospitality room and with the awards ceremony. Here are a few pictures of the event.

Hard Night

On Saturday night, we got home and discovered that one puppy had died. We are not sure what happened to her. It was a hard night but we were thankful that the other puppies were doing well. They all seem to be healthy and feeding well.

Polly is still doing well but we are beginning to tell that she craves as much attention as ever right now. She will sometimes get out of the pool that we keep the puppies in and come over to sit near or on us. After a little loving...and a few squeaks from the pups...she quickly returns to them.

Dinner Time and Snuggles

Polly and puppies are all still doing well. We are heading to the vet tomorrow (Saturday) to get their tails docked and due claws removed. They are so fun to watch as they scoot around and walk over each other, especially when they want to eat! They will push another pup out of their way to get something to eat. At least one will snuggle with Polly during group dinner time and will wait for the others to finish before going over. We're going to try to keep watch to see if it is the same one each time that snuggles or just random ones that don't feel like fighting at that time.

Here are some Day One videos and pictures

Polly is doing great and is a great Mom. She has stayed close by to her puppies all day and gets a nap in when she can. It still amazes me that she knows exactly what to do to take care of the pups. The puppies all seem to be healthy and active. They are all about the same size...no runts here!

They are figuring out the feeding process and doing a great job of knocking others out of the way to get to the "nibblet." Sleeping, eating, and squeaking seem to be the highlights of their day. Their eyes will not open for a week or two so they just scoot around to where they think they want to go.

We're proud to announce...

Polly has puppies!!

I (Miriam) had to go into work for a little while on Wednesday and received a call from Mike that "Polly was acting funny" but that he had to leave for an appointment. So, as soon as I finished my conference call, I hurried home. When I drove up, Polly met me at the door barking. It was like she was saying, "Hurry up, come see!!

I walked in and found that she already had 2 puppies on her own before I had gotten home! They were so small and making little noises. Shortly after that, #3 arrived. The next 5 puppies arrived about 20-30 minutes apart with a couple only 10 or so minutes apart. So, 8 puppies! I emailed the news and cleaned up her area and put down fresh towels and sheets. I was sitting with her and just watching the puppies and to our surprise - out came another one - #9!! She came about 2 hours after #8. So, the final count is 9 - 3 boys and 6 girls.

Mike was able to finally see them when he got home around 6:30 and could not believe it! We have just been watching them and touching them. I slept in the living room nearby last night and would wake up at the little noises that the puppies made. They just walk and flip over each other and lay all over each other.

I'll try to post pictures of them every few days.

It's Christmas Time...in Creedmoor

Polly says, "Merry Christmas!"

One of my favorite ornaments on our tree...WAR EAGLE!

We hope YOU had a Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We enjoyed a LOT of food on the fine china and crystal.
(Here's one of the food tables. We forgot to take many pictures at lunch - guess we were too busy eating!)

Then, Mike and Phillip threw the football while the ladies looked at the "Black Friday" sale papers.

Then, football and NAPTIME