Photos don't do her justice...

Rini's getting her beauty sleep

The photos of Rini's belly really don't do her justice. She is as big as a house! Every day she gets bigger and bigger.

I was looking at photos of Chippy's pregnancy and Chippy was bigger at this stage, but she's a much bigger dog overall. Rini is so petite that any extra weight shows on her.

She's still very active and dashing around the yard playing with Viola and Henry, so it's not slowing her down any, but she is taking a lot of naps. We're taking her for daily walks to keep her in shape so when she's in labor she'll have the stamina to make it through the whole ordeal, especially if she has lots of puppies like her mother, Juliet, whose last litter was 12 live puppies. Yowzer!!

Rini's brother Cobalt

Photo by Holly
Ricker Curran

This is Rini's brother Cobalt, photo taken at the Timbreblue Reunion on Saturday. Isn't he lovely!!

Cobalt is owned by Stephanie and Jamie Odom of Florida, and he's very intelligent and sweet just like his sister. He was one of three blue "triplets" born in the Gemstone litter by Juliet and Blue. The other "triplet" is Rainey, who is owned by Carrie Jubb and Chris Elledge of Virginia. We were able to reunite the triplets at the Timbreblue Reunion this weekend!!