Getting ready for the big day

Alles staat klaar voor de komst van de puppy's. De puppybak is klaar: er ligt een antislip in, kleine speeltjes (nog niet voor de eerste dagen natuurlijk, maar ze liggen er al in)! En de puppydoeken en -flesjes liggen ook al klaar! Laat maar komen, Mona!

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Everything's ready for the big day! The litterbox is completely ready with toys, babybottles, etc.!

Bring it on, Mona!

4 days...

Nog 4 dagen en dan weten we hoeveel puppy's er in Mona's - nu toch wel héél dikke - buik zitten!

Ze geraakt bijna niet meer recht, doet zelfs geen moeite om recht te staan als ze eten krijgt...

Maar in de zon liggen dat gaat nog wel, da's nog altijd het leukste dat er is!

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4 days until D-day! Then we will finaly know how many puppies there are in Mona's belly! She doesn't get up easily anymore, she even doesn't bother to get up to eat anymore...

But she still loves to just lay in the sun! Heaven!

Mona shares food

When she decided to eat this morning, Mona took a bit of food in her mouth and took it into the livingroom. I thought she was just gonna eat that little bit of food there, but she dropped it in front of her litterbox, that's already standing there. Then she ate the rest of her food, went back to the litterbox, found out the food was still lying there (kind of a miracle with another dog and a cat in the same room, but those guys are scared of her, so maybe not such a miracle after all... ;) ) and then she looked around a bit and ate the food she dropped...

Strange, isn't it?

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Deze morgen wilde Mona aanvankelijk niet eten. Toen ze besloot dat toch te gaan doen, nam ze wat brokken in haar mond en ging naar de living. Ik dacht dat ze het gewoon daar ging opeten, maar ze liet het op de grond vallen voor de puppybak, die daar al klaar staat. Daarna kwam ze terug en at de rest van haar eten op. Als alles op was, ging ze terug naar de living en daar lag het beetje eten dat ze daar had gelegd nog. (Klein wonder met een kat en een andere hond in hetzelfde huis, maar als je weet dat die dan weer bang zijn voor haar, dan misschien toch niet zo'n wonder... ;) ) Ze keek wat rond en at dan dat beetje eten toch zelf op...

Gek, hé!?

Mona's feeling fat...

Mona's easily irritated now because she cannot move the way she wants to. She only starts to eat when you give it to her when she's already standing up otherwise she waits until there's something she HAS to stand up for and then she starts to eat...

She snores sooooo loud we have to put our tv louder at night... She always snored a little bit, but now she's really pushing it!!!

Sometimes she seeks comfort, so she lays her head really close to Viggo's or she comes to us to cuddle a little bit.

This afternoon I took this pictures when she pushed her bottom against Viggo. Really cute, because he looked at her like 'If this makes you feel a little bit more comfortable, than it's okay!' (He's getting tired of her snoring too...)

And it did indeed make her feel more comfortable because she only snored a little bit! And Viggo and Mona slept the whole afternoon, almost in silence... ;)

Mona's belly

Some people asked me to place some pictures of pregnant Mona. So, here they are! Hope you can see it on the pictures. (If you click on the pictures you can enlarge them.)

The boys are affraid of Mona!!!

As we give all animals something to eat, first Viggo, than Mona and than Shaggy. Viggo is a slow eater, he's a slowfood, Italian boy that really enjoys his food. Shaggy, as being the smallest, eats the slowest. Mona normally also enjoys her food, but now she's pregnant, she eats really fast than goes of to Viggo's food, tries to steel it, but that doesn't always work! If that doesn't work out she goes of to Shaggy's food. So now our boys are affraid of the pregnant foodsteeling lady of the house!

Mona The Cookie Monster

So I came home today, the whole kitchen floor was messy. Mona took all the dirt out of the bin (with a little help from her friends of course) ... She does that every ones in a while, but now she's pregnant she does it more often. Yesterday evening she did it twice, but then we were right there so we could still stop her in time. But now... I forgot to put something on top of the bin.

What will become of those poor little puppies she's carrying??? What will they think about their mom?

Aaaah, she's obviously very hungry and all she want to do is take care of her unborn kids, so I can't be mad at her! How can you be mad at a pregnant lady who looks so cute with her fat belly! ;)

Mona Vreetmachine

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Ik kom thuis van school, de hele keukenvloer vol vuil. Wat was hier gebeurd? Mona had de vuilbak leeggehaald, met de hulp van haar vriendjes natuurlijk. Ze heeft dat wel eens eerder gedaan, maar nu ze zwanger is doet ze 't vaker. Gisterenavond heeft ze 't twee keer geprobeerd, maar dan waren we vlakbij dus konden we haar nog tegenhouden. Maar nu was ik dus vergeten om iets op de vuilbak te leggen zodat ze er niet aankon...

Wat moet er van haar puppy's worden? Wat zullen die wel niet van hun mama denken?

Ach, Mona heeft duidelijk altijd honger en eigenlijk wil ze gewoon graag goed voor haar ongeboren kindjes zorgen, dus kan ik eigenlijk niet boos op haar zijn. Wie kan er nu boos zijn op een zwangere dame met een schattige dikke buik? ;)

Progesterontest

We did another progesterontest yesterday and everything is going well. Mona gained about 3,5 kg (7,7 pounds) in a week!! So we can say that her pregnancy is evolving the way it should! :)

The parents to be

This is the daddy to be!

This is the mum to be!

Mona's expecting puppies

Mona (Top Shelf's Make Mine A Double) has been bred to Joy (Joy to the World For Shadow's Eternity) on Feb 14th and 15th. Yesterday we made an ultrasound and we found out Mona is carrying at least 4 babies. Her due date is somewhere around April 16th.