16 weeks and not a dull moment yet!

So, I thought I'd share an atypical day in the life of this preggo woman. My husband and I are house sitting for his parents this week and it's been loads of fun.

My camera documentation began when I took this photo to demonstrate how I was barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

You can clearly see both my feet and my baby bump. I was cooking up a batch of hamburger and hot dog buns and I took a trip into the laundry room to relieve the freezer of some hot dogs. Then I saw this:

Yup. It's three cats all trying to kill a giant rat. The scene was hilarious. Before I continue, let's introduce the players, and go ahead and make your bets on who killed the rats.

Bynx-The "Momma" cat (the white and black one), an experienced hunter, but getting a little old
Gisko-Bynx's daughter, a mighty huntress who often brings back catches and leaves them on the doorstep
Little Bit-The playful and fearless Bobtail who has made a kill or two
Pepper-The cross-eyed grey Balinese who sleeps all day
The yet officially unnamed puppy-who is about as big as the rat (part terrier, part Australian shepherd)
Lick-The giant tongue who lays around and is scared of bugs (part lab, part pit bull)
David-The husband who was playing Skyrim when all this started
Jenny-The preggo woman
Minja-The unborn baby to whom the blog title refers.

Made your guesses yet? The rat does die at the end...and one of these characters finishes it off.

I saw the cats chasing the rat as it hid behind the litter box. The sight was hilarious, so I called David in to watch. We watched and laughed as Pepper stared down the rat, cross-eyed, while Little Bit did most of the leg work. Bynx corralled the rat, but didn't make any moves in its direction.

Finally, Little Bit caught the rat and flung it around, hissing and growling as it bit back after she bit it. Soon she'd had enough and let go. The rat ran into the bathroom, then into our room and behind one of David's speakers. The cats had apparently had enough of this bigger-than-usual foe, so they stood back and watched instead of pouncing as it ran around.

Then David grabbed an empty trash can and tore off part of the pizza box from last night's dinner and spanked the rat until it walked into the trash can and he took it outside. But not before I snapped a picture!

This is a 13-gallon trash can and the rat was as long as the bottom was wide, easily.

So, David dumped it outside.

And....

Lick killed it. The otherwise useless tongue that is afraid of butterflies finished off the injured rat. And we grilled it. Just kidding on the grill bit. We did grill some magnificent hamburgers and chicken, though.

These are the delicious homemade hamburger and hot dog buns. Now we have to buy some hot dogs, since apparently there weren't any in the freezer after all. Maybe I can make some rat hot dogs. Nah, too much real meat. :)