RATS!

Phew, what a wirlwind of a week.
Cody, Cait and Cean were home all week for Thanksgiving break. Wow- were we busy. While Chloe was in school, we cleaned up for company...(my mom came for the holiday) and we watched our friend's kids. Clay always said he wanted to have the house where all the kids wanted to hang out...well, this last week, that is exactly what we had!!
At one point on Tuesday, we had 9 children over!! What a blast we had. You should have seen the looks I got while doing some grocery shopping with the whole gang! That is one picture I wish I had!
Wednesday, the house was a little less crowded...we only had seven children that day!
On Wednesday, Chloe came home with some little friends. With Thanksgiving break from school, the little class room pets had to go home with someone...so why not my wonderful Chloe. She was SUPER excited to bring home Snickerdoodle and Squeekers!

They arrived with MUCH excitement and fanfare. The whole house, with the exception of daddy, was excited. We found, however that Squeekers was not very nice...while her cage mate, Snickerdoodle was a doll. Squeekers was so nasty infact that Chloe had to put a bandaid on a bite that she got!!
A few hours later...we knew why Squeekers was such a pain...she was in pain!
"MOOOOOMM- I hear from the girls room. "There is something in the cage...you need to come quick!"

YUP! We started with 2 GIRL rats. By the end of the evening, we had 9 rats!!! Ms. Meyers apparently bought one pregnant rat! The excitement in my house was contagious...much to my husband's dismay! It was very much like that scene in 101 Dalmations where the housemaid/nurse keeps coming out to the men who are anxiously awaiting news, with a higher and higher number of pups! I love how God reminds us how precious little giggles are. (and we had a lot of them that night!!)
By Thursday morning, Squeekers was back to her sweet self. She is quite a character, let me tell you. She has proven to be a very good mommy and a very fun playmate to all of us...well maybe not to Clay!
OK- confession time...I love these little guys...Squeekers is my favorite. She loves to play! We are having a blast with these little guys!
The pups are now almost 5 days old. They grow so fast. They still look like little naked mole rats, y'know...Rufus from Kim Possible?!!? They still have no hair and their eyes are closed...but they are growing quickly...and getting more and more mobile every day!!

They even try to wobble off your hand when you hold them...which Squeekers has been kind enough to let us do!!

With all of the excitement happening in our home, it makes me very curious as to what God has in store for us this week!! I can't wait to find out!!!