Welcome from another newbie. I got my pup 2 weeks ago, she was a 5 hour drive from me, but the breeder was great. She sent email updates along with photos updates, and I went to visit when she was 3 weeks old. Very cool and exciting. I have done the same thing, sent an email update - just to keep them in the loop.
Do take lots of photos because they grow so much and sooo very quickly - to be honest lots of my photos are a tad blurry because Emmy doesn't sit still for longer than half a second, and then for the rest of the time running around like an idiot - generally with one of kids socks in her mouth ... LOL