Signal's Baby Thoughts...
One night, mom woke up in the middle of the night...no big deal...she does that alot sometimes. I was laying on the couch on 'patrol' duty, making sure the house was safe. Suddenly, I hear mom scream...I got scared...i thought an intruder got in without me knowing!!! I ran into the bedroom and mom is jumping on the bed, waving something at Daddy. I thought 'Why would mom wave something at Daddy? That's how she plays with me?' Suddenly, Daddy looked at what she was waving at him and he got all happy. They start saying 'Yeah a baby...' and I hear all this 'baby this, baby that'. I was confused..."I'M the baby." so what's all this talk about a baby?
I got very pouty and went and sat on my couch. I didn't feel much like patrolling. 'A baby?' but I'm the baby...Mom came by to give me a hug and noticed I was sad. After that...she and dad didn't say the word baby much anymore. However, sometimes, Daddy would slip...and I would get all upset and confused.
Time passed on...and Mom she started getting fatter...and started moving slower. Sometimes, she seemed to be in pain, and i would get all worried and clingy. I always wanted to be laying next to her. What didn't help was she was away alot during the week because she was at school. So, on the weekends, I just wanted to be with my mom. But whenever I tried to climb on my, she would say "Watch the belly". She was all afraid I was gonna hurt something. I was confused cause mom always let me do climb on her...but now she was really protective of that belly. I thought maybe she didn't want me near her. I started getting pouty again...
Mom finally finished school in May and she was at the mall one night. She came back really late. But she got me a present!! It was a book!! A story to read to me. It was a Clifford book and it talked about how much the girl loved her dog Clifford. Mom read it to me and it made me happy. What started making me happier was that mom was home everyday now!! And even better yet, she was taking me on walks almost everyday! This was great!! Walks used to only be a treat. I started liking them so much, I started reminding mom when she needed to go for a walk.
Mom started getting bigger...and she was still protective of that belly. They started calling it 'Tori'. And mom said stuff like it's my sister, and we can share the baby...and hopefully I can protect it. I'm still a little confused cause I'M the baby...but I didn't feel too bad cause mom let lay next to her and petted me while I put my head on her belly. One day, he belly kept kicking me!! I couldn't believe it! I just shifted my head around and it stopped...but after that, I started thinking...'there's something in that belly.'
Finally, one day, I heard crying in the back bedroom. I was all concerned cause NOBODY is every in that room and mom doesn't always let me and Sable in there. It was someone crying!! I ran into there and tried to find it, but all I found was this box. Suddenly, I also saw this little person...the little person was crying! I didn't know how to comfort it, so I looked at mom cause she was in the room too with this person. She picked up the person and it started talking!!! Wow!! Occasionally, mom would take the person out to the living room, or carry it around. Always at night, it slept in the back room. Then a few weeks ago, it started sleeping in our bedroom...But I got news for you...I'm a smart dog, I realized this 'person' was actually a dolly. Just a toy...but I know it's not a toy I can play with. I caught mom and dad saying that they are trying to get me ready for Tori. However, mom is pretty confident I will be protective of Tori when Tori comes. I'm not very sure what a Tori is...but I just hope mom and dad will still love me when this Tori comes. Mom did remind me that after Sable, Sterling, Mystic, and all the other animals here came, she still loved me just the same, so maybe that means after this Tori is here, she'll still love me just the same...
me with my dad...hope he still holds me like this Mom says I'm gonna have to learn to share the bed with ANOTHER animal soon...
after the 'Tori' gets here...
Me trying to listen to what's going on inside mom's belly (mom's 32 weeks).