You're back!

I hope you came back to see more pictures of the babes, because Daddy took some really good ones today!

I'm really beginning to look forward to your visits. I mean, just between you and me... sitting around in a pen all day with nine little ones, well... I appreciate communicating with intelligent beings, and as much as I love the little darlings, let me just say that this is going to be a L-O-N-G four weeks!

Mom gets me out for short breaks, but the woman is paranoid that I will want to feed my babes just the very second I get out of there (is she crazy?!). So she soon puts me back in again. Drats.

There they all are, all nine of the little beauties! It seems impossible that all that was inside me such a short time ago!

Hmmm... it's kind of hard to tell where Mom's hand ends, and where the babes begin! They're exactly the same color! (Maybe Mom is a rat!)

There are some definite skin-pigment differences between the babes, and they are only 44 hours old! The two on the end of Mom's fingers, the one by her thumb, and the one near the heel of her hand are definitely darker than the other five!

Since Mom has no idea who my partner-in-crime was - teehee! - she is looking very forward to the next two weeks as their fur develops.

Awwww... Ain't that the absolute sweetest little thing you've ever seen?!?!

Tomorrow Dad is going to take "skinny rat" pictures of me! It's funny, today Mom said, "Hi, Fat Rat!" - then caught herself, and said, "Skinny Rat!" I like that much better!

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