We decided we really needed to give Rista Cat a bath. She smelled like her litter box and had a clump of stuff under her tail. I did not want her making a mess somewhere in the house. Her fur was also clumping up from the sticky sap of the new leaves on the trees outside. She was a very good kitty and didn't try to scratch once while she was in the water. Michael and I both put on long sleeves just in case, though.
Here's Rista right out of the tub before we had a chance to dry her off. We used several towels to dry her and then got out her brush and brushed her to keep her fur from getting tangled. The mess in the bathroom after the bath was over... Then of course, Rista has to give herself a bath afterward to make sure we got everything. All done! She's still rather damp in this picture, but she's definitely fluffing up again. We'll brush her again when she's completely dry to make sure her fur doesn't mat up.
A couple weeks ago, Michael and I turned our living room into a photo studio and took several maternity pictures. Michael found it interesting to be the photographer AND the subject. It took him a little while to fix them up some, but here they are.
The belly, while showing off our wedding rings as well. The two of us. I saw this pose on a website and thought it cute. It turned out nice. I saw something like this on a website too, and bought the shoes just so we could do a picture like this.
Last Friday I had an appointment and when the doctor measured my belly, he thought I was measuring a little small, 31 inches when I should be at 34. To make sure the baby was developing okay, he scheduled me for another ultrasound. That was today. I knew she was fine since she is always moving around, but it was nice to be able to see her again. And, since the Air Force is paying for it, why not? First thing the ultrasound tech said was she's "still a girl". Here is a picture of her face, looking straight on. The white horizontal line is her nose, the oval shape right above it is her eye. Our baby has hair! The fuzzy stuff the arrow is pointing to is her hair. The tech said that she is weighing around 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and her heart rate is 158. Here is a picture of me in my maternity uniform, taken on Friday, 33 weeks, 6days. As for the weather here; a week ago, we looked outside and saw this! Fresh snow! Today though, this is what the front yard looks like. All the snow is gone from our yard. It will start turning green soon!!!
I'm 32 weeks now, and I finally have an obvious baby belly. I bought a couple sun dresses to wear so my belly will show a bit more. This one is floor length and actually has bright flowers up to about mid-calf, but they didn't get in the picture. Me and a fat cat. Look at how much snow we still have, even though it's April! It's a very nice day, though. Notice the grill? Michael grilled some chicken for our Easter dinner. I should have taken a picture of Michael, but I didn't think about it at the time. This is what the temperature has been like for the past week or so. Our snow won't last too much longer. Come on Spring!
So I had Michael take some pictures about a week after my last post. He took them with his camera, though, which only downloads to his computer. Unfortunately, his computer crashed before we could transfer the pictures to my computer. Then we just never got around to taking more pictures. We just today finally took some pictures.
For comparison's sake, the first picture is when I am seven weeks pregnant, and the second is today, at 28 weeks. I'm in my third trimester!
All done! She's still rather damp in this picture, but she's definitely fluffing up again. We'll brush her again when she's completely dry to make sure her fur doesn't mat up.
