Mummycat Monday...

Ok, so for my finally Mummycat Monday before the kittens are due to arrive, I've caved into popular demand and let Mummy take a photo of my belly with just a week left to go until my kittens arrive! I hope you all enjoy this pose as much as I am currently doing... It sure takes the weight off of your belly resting this way up, as does finding a nicely placed pillow to rest your front half on while your big huge preggy belly rests on your Mummy's bed! I must say I hope that Marie's Mom's found out about these positions too... Her baby girl is due just 5 days after my kittens due date, so she too much be feeling the weight thing by now, though Mummy assurs me that she didn't feel the need to lay on her back on the stairs when she was expecting D'Boy! ;)

Mummycat Monday...

Well it's all white outside and I'm glad to be nice and warm indoors at present, with the yummy cooking smells wafting from the kitchen where Mummy's not only cooking a big batch of chilli up for the family, but some beef, heart and liver for me! :) It seems Mummy hit pay dirt at one of the local butchers and can get me lots of yummy meat there, as well as getting us some frozen from the big pet shop we have just 1.1miles from the house... Heck we even got a little roasty pork last night! :) So as you can see the food round here is really good and I'm making the most of it! ;)

Oh yes my belly is growing and with a little under 2 weeks left to go I can feel the ickle baby kittens having a little move around in there too! Last night I lay on Mummy's chest for ages letting her join in the fun of feeling my babies move, I even let Daddy have a gentle feel... It's a great feeling and I have to admit I'm now spending most of my time contemplating my belly and purring to it! :) By next week the kittens movements will be even stronger and I may well let Daddy video tape it again so you can all have a little look at them. Right now it's pretty subtle and you have to either look very closely or rest your hand softly on my belly and wait for about 10-15 mins to feel a bit of a wriggle going on inside... ;) At this rate they're going to be called names like; Wriggler, Fidget, Squirmer & Wiggler! Though I bet Mummy's got some much cooler names for them, 'cause I'm not sure a future big mancat would like to spend his life being called Mr. Wiggle Bottom! ;)

Anyway it's time for a little nap and maybe a paw massage... Mummy's put up the kittens bed for me, so I can make sure it's all organized to my liking before my due date. I gather Marie's Mommy is doing pretty much the same right now and we've been helping Mummy make the little Blurpy Girl some mega kyoot onesies (though without the pattented Tigmut'hep tail hole!) I'll get Mummy to photograph them once they're finished so you can all have a little look at them, I bet you'll be able to tell which is my purrsonal fave straight off! ;)

Update: It's snowing so much here that they've sent D'Boy home to help snuggle me...

Mummycat Monday...

Well it's now less than 3 weeks until my kittens are due and Mummy seems to think I'm well on track to have another 4 kittens from the size and weight I am at present. I do hope she's right as I rather liked having 4 all at once, where as my litter sister Mynx had 5 in the litter she had last summer and found it utterly exhausting and needed a LOT of help from her Mum & Dad to cope with them all to start with. Our big sister Noodle has had 5 once too and thought it was exceptionally hard going, where as 4 seems just purrfect to her... Anyway we'll see if Mummy's guess is right in only a little while now and I'm sure she'd help me out if I needed it! :)

I'll keep it brief today though as Mummy's exhausted as she and Daddy were at a funeral today and have done a lot of driving and the like. I gather this means that they'll be curling up in bed with Ramses and myself far earlier than normal, so even if I do have to cut my blogging short today because of it I shall certainly make the most of the fringe benefits! :)

Mummycat Monday...

Well my belly is growing and I've gained a whole 200g's since last Mummycat Monday, so things are going well here and I'm exceedingly content! :)

Yesterday Mummy cooked us a lovely roast chicken, which we shared with the family (after all we're very civilized and considerate cats), I must admit that my brother Ramses did scoff rather a lot of this, but I certainly got a good portion of it too! :) Today Mummy is making a pie full of shepherds I gather, I'm a little concerned about this as I'm pretty sure I've never eaten a shepherd before now - but I'm sure they'll be lovely and tender by the time Mummy's finished with them and hopefully I'll get to test a little of the meat along with my usual dinner... ;) I guess there must be good eating on a shepherd as she says the pie will be big enough to feed the family for 2 days!

Other than that the weekend bought us some much warmer weather than we've had for months, so we all got to go and play in the run for a little while. I hear it will rain today and maybe snow in places, so I guess it's back to the cold again... However it was so nice to have a break in the cold and to be able to have a good sniff of that squirrel at last! He's mighty daring you know and will even come along the fence behind the black bamboo while I'm in the run looking at him if there are peanuts on the bird table... Hopefully he'll eat so many of these that he won't be able to run soon and then I can catch him and play with him for a bit - he looks much more fun than Ramses catnip squirrel and I must say he smells much more interesting too! ;) Though if this plan fails one of Mummy's friends has promised to let us have any bunnies he has going spare when he goes hunting. It is a very long time since we all had fresh bunny... Look I wouldn't want to eat a cute pet one, just a wild one that's become a pest and has been culled - I mean why let good bunny go to waist?! It's just a shame there is no such sport as wild chicken hunting, as I believe my dear brother Ramses would be very keen on that! ;)

Happy Mew Year!!! - Breaking News!!!!

Well 2009 looks like being a good year for me! :) Mummy tends to think I'm pregnant and keeps inspecting my belly for signs that I'm "pinking up", 'cause I won't tell her if I am yet! ;) Though I think my milk cravings have been on the increase - well that's my excuse for getting caught drinking most of Dad's milk at bedtime yesterday... Well he shouldn't leave it where I can get to it! Other than stealing milk and helping Mummy read her new book that D'Boy got her for KissMouse it's called "The Devious Book for Cats". So far it's a very good read and highly informative too! :) I've also had fun visiting a few new kitty friends here and one woffie who's very cute and shares my name! :) So why not go visit my new friends Aoises, Beethoven, Crazy Meezer, Jeter Harris (who I've known of for ages, but don't know very well) and Princess Isis the Woffie! All of them have something in common with me, either having the same name, or a Birthday or Gotcha Day around this time of year, so I'm sure they'll be friends for ever now... Oh and my friend and second cousin Baillee has just joined our blogging community, so do drop by and make her feel welcome! Gosh it seems all her family are joining, so please say hello to George and Mo - who's almost a clone of Tigmut'hep to look at! :)

Ok, so I can't hide my purrty pinkness from Mummy any longer and that means my kittens are due on Valentines Day which is just so purrfect as I'm sure you'll all agree! Now off to scoff some celebratory tuna! :)

Tremendous Tattle Tail Tuesday!

Well as promised some weeks back following my interview with Yao-lin's pretty slave lady, I have at last completed my investigative report into where Marie, Cassey and Donny have been for the past few months!

To get to the bottom of all this I have been in secret correspondence with Marie for some weeks now and can confidently tell you that Marie now has good reason to suspect that her Mommy hasn't just been eating too many cream cakes!

In the beginning Marie suspected that her Mommy was just very sleepy and then she started to get a little more comfy to sit on too... This continued for a while and got Marie a little worried for a time as in the past her Mommy's been very ill indeed and only because Marie's Big Brave Daddy could help her Mommy, that she get better again! Even so she's got to watch her health closely for the rest of her life... So you see Marie, Donny and Cassey have all been taking turns to keep an eye in their Mommy now so she stays fit and healthy!

Anyway after weeks of worrying Marie, her Mommy came home with something called a sonogram picture, it seems she's in kitten and is now coming up for week 20!!!! :) It'd be so much easier if humans would just "pink up" you know... So when Marie finally told me this, I was able to reassure her that being in kitten made you very tired at times, as well as hungry, and that she needed to help look after her Mommy a lot now. She assured me that she is doing this, but said that it's taking all her spare time as well as Donny and Cassey's. Sadly this is making blogging impossible for now at least and quite possibly for quite some time to come... After all kittens need a lot of care and feeding, even if you only have one at a time and it's all pink and fur less! ;)

So it seems quite likely that Marie's Mommy will be having her big pink people kitten in early to mid February, in the meantime Marie will stay in touch privatly and keep me up to date with it all. :)

I was also wondering if some kitties would like to help me sort out a little package of goodies for the new people kitten once we know if it's a boy or girly one?! I'm not sure if it would like one of the toy mousies my kittens so enjoyed, and it'll be way too young for catnip, but I'm sure a few of us can come up with some good ideas if we ask our Mummies! :)

Tummy Tuesday...

Gosh it seems strange to be pawing what will probably be my last "Tummy Tuesday" for a while, if all goes as planned I'll have myself a litter of ickle baby kittens this time next week and it'll be "Milkbar Monday" or "Titty Tuesday" ;) *giggle*

The kittens are very active at present and my belly has been expanding yet further, much to the delight of my brother Ramses and our housemate Tigmut'hep! Honestly Mancats can be such a pain at times... *humph!* For a start I hear Ramses is planning on catching the Stork when he comes to deliver my kittens, he keeps on about how much meat is on a Stork and how many mancats a single Stork could feed... At least he's promised me a good big of Stork iffen he catches it! :)

Tigmut'hep on the other hand is just making fun of my size and ever increasing appetite! He keeps referring to me as Miss Piggy for a start, but it's what he's done to one of my photos that has me most cross with him... Never fear he's in for a good "bop" as soon as I've had a snooze and a little snack or two! :)

Other than that everything is great here and Mummy and Dad have my kittening box in there room with food, water and litter facilities on hand for me too! :) I made the most of sleeping with Mummy and Dad last night and snuggles against Mummy's feet all night, it was lovely and warm... :)

Two Weeks and Two Days!

Well it's not long to go now, 'til I have a lovely litter of ickle baby kittens to love and clean! As you can see I'm looking rather wonderful and still enjoying posing for lots of photos, as well as playing with my brother Ramses or that grump Tigmut'hep! ;)

I've not gained any more weight this week, but Mummy says my waistline is looking more bulgy! Honestly Mummy yours would too iffen you had a belly full of kittens, especially as they're starting to move a bit now... Just nice gentle reassuring movements, nothing scary like in that movie Alien! ;)

Mummy says I can now count the days until my kittens are here on my paw pads, since Tuesday I've counted off the two dewclaws and am now starting to count off the toe pads of my back left paw - I've been checking the paw every few hours to make sure I still have the same number of toe pads on it! ;) On Monday next week I will start counting off the toe pads on my back right paw... By this time next week I'll be able to start on my left front paw, once I've counted that one off daily and am on my right front paw the kittens could come any time! :) Mummy has warned me that they could be a few days late even so not to get myself worried iffen they like it in the warmth for an extra day or two... ;) Anyway it's not long now! :)

Oh and last night Mummy came home with some new scales for weighing the kittens on! :) She has to weigh them straight after they are born and then twice a day every day for the first few weeks to make sure they're thriving and drinking up all their milk like good ickle kittens should! Once they're a few weeks old, Mummy will only have to weigh them every 2-3 days just to make sure they continue to grow nicely... Next week on "Tummy Tuesday" I'll be going through her list of things she will or might need for the kitten birth with her and seeing if she's remembered it all! Oh yes I'm keeping a close eye on everything from warming pads to kitten feeding bottles... It's surprising how much preparation is needed to make sure everything goes smoothly for me and the kittens, but it does mean that unless it's a real emergency I shouldn't need to see my Vet man, Hubert or even Sally Vet at out emergency vets! :)

Now I fink it's time for a nap before I start asking for my lunch... ;) Oh yes and I'm seeing someone else one of my kittens might own on Saturday morning! :) Plus Mummy'll be going to a cat show this weekend and might come home with treats and toys for us all!

Tummy Tuesday!

Well look at what those lovely people at Zoolatry have made me, to make the start of my last 2 full weeks of pregnancy! :) I hope that stork is ready to work overtime, 'cause my belly's getting huge... ;) I've also noticed that my nipples are getting all big, in fact I've become rather fascinated with them and have been spending plenty of time grooming them - Dad keeps teasing me and saying I shouldn't start trying to drink my own milk or there'll be none left for my ickle baby kittens... Silly Dad, just cause I guzzled your tea the other day, you fink I want to drink all the milky stuff I can - well ok mostly you're right! ;) But the kittens will have plenty of milk and Mummy's got a supply of kitten formula in just in case...

Most days now I'm hungry enough to ask for a little extra meat at lunchtime as well as my bikkies and cat milk or yoghurt! The boys are helping me eat it all up iffen I don't get there fast, so Mummy has to stand guard until I've had my fill... Honestly you'd have thought that Tigmut'hep was the one having the ickle baby kittens from the amount he can shovel away! ;) Mummy says it's only 2.5 weeks now until the kittens are due and I may feel like finding a nice spot to have them in soon... I will have to read my pregnancy book with Mummy some more to see what I have to do next - it's a shame they don't have pregnancy classes for ladycats, though at lease I have Mummy as my birth coach! :) She'll be there to hold my paw and see to my every need and that of each and every ickle baby kitten I have - Mummy has pointed out that she may need a few extra hands for all the jobs I have lined up for her... ;)

Let me see, I want her to hold my paw, mop my brow, make sure each kitten stays warm while it's siblings are being born, weigh each kitten at birth and tell me iffen it's a boy or girl kitty - oh yes and put on an ID band so I can tell who is who right from the get go! :) I mean when they are first born all kittens look much the same, and Abys are often exactly the same colour too and have no distinguishing markings, plus they'll smell the same until they start developing their own special individual scent (please make sure none smell like Baby Mao!), so it's kind of essential that Mummy makes it easy to tell them apart! ;)

Tummy Tuesday Tea Party!!!!

Well hello everykitty! :) I'm so pleased that you're all here for my first Tea Party... Please make yourself comfortable on the sofa, chaise lounge or stool - there is also a large soft cushion in the corner and 2 large cat beds for those who prefer! :) Oh and there are plenty of throws for those ladycats who feel the cold easily...

Help yourself to some of the delicious tea; Twinings Breakfast Blend is my personal favourite at present! :) Though we have peach and redcurrent, lime and ginger, fennel, green and jasmine teas for those who prefer something a little more exotic... I believe my loyal Lady in Waiting, the lovely Miss Peach is coming over with a little of her excellent catnip tea in a bit and maybe a few others for you all to try! :)

There's plenty of nice nibbly food on the table, turkey terrine, poached prawns in a delightful fish broth, a vast array of kitty bikky, including some delightful organic varieties in very pleasing shapes! There is a catnip jelly with thick kitty milk for pudding too, so don't over indulge on the savouries... ;) I'm sorry to say we have to go without kitty paella as I was a little over excited in waking Mummy up and managed to stick one of my claws into her leg with all my weight behind it (while trying to rescue the mousie I took up for her to play with...) - the end result being that Mummy woke everyone in the house up screaming as a result of my claw... :( Apparently being woken up with a claw shoved into ones soft inner thigh is grossly inappropriate iffen you want that self same person to spend the morning cooking for you... ;) Well at least I've learnt that lesson before I have the kittens here, I guess I had better teach them this most valuable of lessons before letting them leave home?! ;)

Oh and before I forget any ladycat wishing to play for a bit can join my brother Ramses and our housemate Tigmut'hep with all the Mancats in the cat run! They are showing everyone our nearly completed kitty condo, so do take a quick look...

Tummy Tuesday!

It's amazing how fast these Tummy Tuesdays come around! My tummy is certainly growing with each week now and when Mummy weighed me on Sunday afternoon, I weighed in at 3.6Kg - that's nearly 1/2 Kg more than I normally weigh... Mummy tells me that this week and next are when the kittens grow the most, so it makes sense that I'm very hungry and have gained a lot of weight!

This time next week the kittens should each be about 6cm long, where as they were only 2.5cm long the other week! Mummy estimates that they're about the size of large walnuts about now... :) Though I'm still running around and playing like normal, including climbing the sides of the run!

I've noticed that I don't like some things I used to like eating, and want to eat a lot of other things that I normally wouldn't bother with - such as Ox liver that Mummy's started to cook for me a few times a week! :) It's delicious cut up small and mixed with my usual kitten food - personally I like it best with my chicken flavour pouches!

Mummy's being very good about remembering to give me my kitty tea every lunchtime (that's cat milk with a little added hot water, to make the whole thing slightly warm to drink), it tastes so nice and creamy and I'm happy to suck down a good portion of it. Though I still leave a few drips for my lovely brother Ramses to clean up for me - well it's so sad to see a Mancat cry! ;)

The other thing I've noticed is that I'm feeling the need for more fussing and attention than normal... As such I threw myself at Mummy and Dad as soon as the alarm went off this morning! In face I kept Mummy pinned down for a good long fussing and nearly made everyone late for breakfast... ;)

A Valentines for my kittens...

To all the kittens growing in my tummy
Be good and soon I'll be your Mummy! :)

Purrs of love,
Isis
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Wordless Wednesday

Tummy Tuesday!

Well it's that time of week again, yes Tummy Tuesday's here and it seems I've been gaining weight! Well, I guess with everything I've been stuffing in my face over the past few weeks, it shouldn't come as a shock - but I've never weighed more then 3.2Kg in my life before now! Yes folks I'm now up to 3.4Kg and Mummy's right if I look at myself carefully in the mirror I can see a bit of a curve where there wasn't one before! I do so hope that Napoleon doesn't mind the fuller figured girlycat! ;)

It's nearly the end of week 4 of my pregnancy and as such I'm close to half way through it! This seems amazing, especially as Mummy read me some more of my kitty pregnancy book to me yesterday and I've found out that the kittens will be about 2.5cms in length by now and soon have all their vital organs in place! :)

I gather that over the next 2 weeks the kittens will be needing a lot of fuel for growth, so Mummy bought me some yummy Ox Liver last night and cooked it up for me special! :) I'm allowed a little bit cut up in my evening meal from now on, as well as my afternoon yoghurt or yoghurt and egg if I'm extra hungry! Oh and I'm being good and taking all my pregnancy vitamins and minerals - maybe this is because Mummy got me some yummy vitamin and mineral paste I can lick! ;) It's just so tasty and is good for kittens too once they start to wean...

Sorry for being shy about having my belly photographed, but I'm being a little touchy about it right now... Mummy assures me that I'll get over this in time and says she'll try hard to get me in a nice relaxed mood for a photo session soon. I just hope she's packing treats! ;)

Tummy Tuesday!

Well this is the Tummy Tuesday that you'z all been waiting for, and I'z pleased to announce to each and everykitty that I'z "pinked up", which means I'z defiantly pregnant! :) Oh yes, I'z gotted my belly all full of kittens with a little help from Dan and they'z all about the size of hazelnuts about now...

This means that they're due on or about March 8th, so I'z got to do a lot of kitten percolating over the next 6 weeks to get them to the right size! ;) To this end I'z been busy stuffing my face with all sorts of yummy food, including doing a very good number on yoghurt pot cleaning last night... Well a queen's got to keep her strength up and I'z heard of a lot worse pregnancy cravings than for blueberry and strawberry yoghurt! ;) I'z now onto the Greek yoghurt, along with extra helpings of kitten food and all the bikky I can cram into my mouth...

Ok, so watching me eat at present wouldn't give you'z all the right impression of my breeding and general regal nature - but I'z just so darned hungry and I'z afraid that the bikky might get away from me iffen I'z don't put my feet in my bikky bowl! ;) So just shut your eyes and turn your head when I'z at my food bowl for now Napoleon and you'z better reconsider taking me for that candle light meal for two on Valentines Day as I'z likely to eat my dinner, your dinner and then start raiding the kitchen for scraps! ;) That all you can eat buffet is looking more and more like a good deal... :)

Oh well I'z off to put my paws up for a bit and let my breakfast go down... Maybe I'll let Mummy take a picture of my tummy iffen she can get me while I'z all full and sleepy... Until then, this is all I'll let Mummy get a shot of!

Is that Food I See?

Tummy Tuesday...

From now until I'z has d'kittens I'z going to post a Tummy Tuesday post here... Dat way you'z can hear what my tummy is up to and maybe even see pictures of it when it starts growing and looking interesting! ;) For now it's just a normal looking Aby girl tummy, and I'z cleaned all the furs carefully so it looks nice. I'z a little sleepy since I'z came home, but that's probably because I'z didn't get all that much sleep when I was away... *blush*giggle* I'z didn't eat much either so I'z losted a little bit of weight, so Mummy's making sure I eat my dinners like a good girl and making sure she remembers to put my lunchtime cat milk down for me! I'z just love my milk and iffen I'z act cute maybe I'z can get some eggy too... :)

I'z been helpin' Mummy look for all the kitten care stuff I'll need to make sure my ickle kittens are well looked after and safe at all times. I'z very picky about what's good enough for my little ones after all now that I'z a Queen my ickle ones will be Princes and Princesses... :) I'z got them some exploration toys for when they'z about 4-6 weeks old and can't wait to play with them and the new toys! But I'z gotta be patient and wait for dem to grow and that's reminded me I'z require a little milk and maybe another nap...