Maternity Photos :D

Our wonderful friend Sharon offered to take maternity pictures of us to remember our bump!! Sharon is so talented and we had so much fun!! She got SO MANY great shots it was hard to choose which ones to showcase, there are also adorable shots of Baby Kwiatek's name in the wooden Hebrew blocks we got at our baby shower... but you will all have to wait to see those until the bris :P Enjoy....

                                                  Sweater Mummu made for Oren as a baby

                                                                     BUMP!!

                                                        How we met... walking our dogs :D

                                                  Oren's baby blanket (made by Mummu)

                                           My, OH MY GOSH we are having a baby smile :D

           Thank you so much Sharon for capturing these sweet moments before our Lil' man comes!

Watermelon..... Yep! That feels about right!

So I am 37 weeks pregnant today.... and the size of a watermelon, YIKES! I have something the size of a watermelon moving, kicking, stretching and punching my insides!!! No wonder most of my days are now filled with lots of very uncomfortable feelings! Check out all that is happening below....

http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/37-weeks-pregnant.aspx

FULL TERM! Baby Boy Kwiatek is free to come at any time.... and I mean anytime...come on little man, Mommy is now anxious to evict you! :P Last Thursday at my scan his estimated weight was 6lbs 1oz, so he is right on track, and now that I am full term the Dr. gave the go ahead for anything I am willing to do to get this ball rolling! My body has already started to progress towards labor which is great... so lots of walking, I will set up an acupressure apt soon, and other things :) (but no castor oil thank you!). My Mom had all of us kiddos at 37 weeks, and my Dr. said there is a 50/50 chance that I will follow in her foot steps... so we shall see what this week may bring! :D I think the waiting part is what is killing me, I am SUCH a planner... and you can't really plan for this. It's a waiting game now! Tick tock, tick tock!

One cold night....

This last Saturday Oren and I were walking home from a nice dinner (also because I had a few rough pregnancy days) and he was cheering me up all day....sweet husband that he is :) Anyways, it was FREEZING outside and we came to an area which has a few large business buildings in a row... and all of the sudden we hear this small loud cry coming from somewhere. I kept looking around, knowing that cry sounded like it needed help! Finally, hunkered against the building shivering I see this tiny grey kitty ball crying out. Oren and I catch the kitty and I knew we had to take it somewhere safe, as how tiny she was and how cold it was going to get that night, there was no way she would survive! I wrapped her in my scarf against me for her to warm up, and as I looked down I see the sweetest little face EVER! I knew we were in trouble... I remember saying to Oren, "Oh no hunny, I want to keep her!!" Knowing very well we can't, A. Oren is allergic B. We have a baby on the way in 4 weeks (or less!) C. We are now living in an extended stay hotel until our house is finished D. we have 2 dogs already E. OK OK there are a LOT of reasons why, I get it! :P Now the easy part of finding a place for this sweet kitty, right.... WRONG! Every shelter we contacted said we can give her a warm place to stay for the night but due to her size (we estimated she was 6-8 weeks old) but in the morning she will have to be euthanized!! There was NO way we could do that to her! So Oren set out and got a carrier for her to sleep in and some food. She was so exhausted that she didn't want to eat at all, she just slept soundly most if the night. Around 4 AM she cried out (had eaten what had been in there) and I took her out to eat some more and she ate well again. Once her belly was full, she immediately started playing and being very sweet! I was hooked, what a sweet kitty!! The next day we looked into no kill shelters, which led to no where. They are all on a volunteer basis and had no room. We also posted an ad on Craigslist to find a family for her. We heard back from quite a few leads but one stuck out to us. He already had a cat and was looking for a companion for his cat to be with during the day while he was at work. He seemed like a nice guy and from our sneaky research on Facebook, he looked like he was being honest and a great fit! After all, we can't give her to just anyone! So that day was spent playing with her, holding and cuddling, watching her eat... Buddy LOVED her! He was so good with her and she was great with him too! Sparky, not so much!! He was JEALOUS in a way I have never seen before! We think because Sparky's "Spot" to be cozy and sleep is right on top of my belly, and this is how kitty slept on me and how I held her, he did not like it! He wined in a whine we had never heard before, and was so beside himself he would just shake! That evening we met the guy from craigslist and his girlfriend and of course the second they held her they fell in love, it was SO bitter sweet! We were so happy to have found a nice home for her but sad to see her go, even though we had her just a short time... she had captured our hearts!

First night we found her :)

                                                                     Sweet Lil' face!

                                                               Buddy love :D

                                                                Just hanging around!

Getting cozy with Buddy :)

We even got a couple pictures of kitty in her new home (they named her Elizabeth Noel) that evening...

                                                                      Hungry Kitty

So sleepy :)

Goodbye sweet Kitty! We will miss you and know you will be happy in your new home!