I have been pregnant since sometimes between late March and early April. My cats have become extremely nice and gentle to me since then. I haven't been scratched for a very long time. I am so happy! The kitties always ensure that they don't step on my hair and my other body parts. Even when they play with me, they make sure to not show their pointy claws. As for my last month of pregnancy (Dec. 2018), I essentially live in the bathroom. Nonstop pooping and peeing! The kitties will visit the toilet with me to check on me. I am so blessed to have these wonderful souls in my life. They make my painful pregnancy experience more pleasant! Kieran is still not here yet, but he's been kicking! I can't wait to introduce him to my baby cats.

Selena, our guest cat, constantly accompanies me to the bathroom.

Another picture of Selena checking on me in the bathroom.

Selena, Kedie, Jupee, and Jedie lined up to check on me in the bathroom.

Kedie kisses Kieran through my belly. He makes sure his paws are not pressuring the baby.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year! Our Canadian family is also here with us! They brought the Canadian white Christmas with them to New York! Our house is very festive at the moment, so busy with food and gifts! Kieran has finally dropped. He was supposed to be a Christmas baby, but I guess he will be a new year's baby! My 4 kitties are also having their Christmas feast. They got the best wet food from Fancy Feast and the best cat treats from Temptations! They are so spoiled!

I designed this little metal ornament for our new Xmas tree.

I designed this stocking for the three of us! Happy family!

Merry Christmas from us! Kieran makes me look chubby, but it's all good!

Presents for my kitties - best wet food ever! They also got these Temptations cat treats!

As I am writing this post, Jupiter wants to snuggle!

All I can say is that I have the best family in the world: the three of us and our four lovely kitties!

15th Week Ultrasound

The first time when we met baby Kieran was on his 15th week. He was still a baby alien and sleeping peacefully in my womb. Oh, we still didn't know his gender at this time! Before this ultrasound, I had no idea how old he was because I rarely had any reactions when I was pregnant with him besides the missing monthly period (sometimes my period could be irregular). Kieran is such a sweetheart who doesn't want to make mama sick.

Baby Kieran is sleeping peacefully in my cozy womb.

Gonna turn around to show mommy and daddy my face!

There he waves! Baby Kieran says hi!

21st Week Ultrasound

This was the most exciting ultrasound because we were going to find out his gender! He was so active! We caught him kicking my bladder and moving all over! Fortunately, he was nice enough to allow us to take some good 3D pictures of him.

That is the boy part and we call it the turtle!

Look, mama! I can sing! I will be a superstar!

Mama, I am tired now. I need a nap. Sing to you later!

Here is a kick to your bladder, mama! I need more space!

Kieran says he likes to kick mama! Here is the solid proof!

My son is the thinker. Bet he is thinking about my Danish cookies!

38th to 39th Ultrasound

Almost done there! Doctors were double-checking everything on the baby, so I got 2 ultrasound examinations in a row! The baby is currently in the right position, facing down and ready to greet the world! We also tried really hard to take some good 3D pictures of him, but he moved so much. Ah, what a wild one! The expected date based on the latest ultrasound result has been moved to the first day of 2019, which is exactly 1 week later than expected.

This was from the 1st ultrasound. Kieran is hiding his face with his fists!

This was from the 2nd ultrasound. We tried to take a good picture of his foot, but he moved too much!

My everyday morning boost is my iced coffee. I can't live without it and even the caf ladies know! To solve my caffeine cravings, Jimmy got me a Keurig to make iced coffee right from home.  

My boyfriend and I were traveling in West Texas for our memorial long weekend. When we arrived in San Angelo, roughly around midnight, we saw a dog walking in the middle of the traffic. My boyfriend stopped the car and this pup started circling around our car looking lost. I got off the car and tried to find if she belonged to anybody. She had no tag. She was so hungry and was looking for food in the garbage can in a nearby gas station. To stop her from eating garbage, we drove with her to Walmart to get her some water and food. The next day we took her to a local San Angelo vet to check on her microchip. Sadly, she had no microchip on her. Then I tried to locate the owner on helpmegethome.com (a local lost and found pet website), but no one replied to my post. Also not to mention how shameful it was, we were told by the local vet that this young dog already had several litters of puppies.

We stopped at Walmart to get Angela a collar, leash, food, and water in San Angelo, TX.

We are from New York. We had a plane to catch the next day. We were not sure where we could send her. I tried calling the shelters in the West Texas area,  Dallas, and Houston. The staff at the shelters said they don't have space for another dog. Well, guess what. This is really what happened: Texas Animal Shelter Overwhelmed. Also according to Val's Pals Rescue, one Houston area shelter alone can receive over 300 dogs in one weekend. That is ridiculous and shows how many irresponsible owners are out there.

Angela traveling with us in Monahans, TX

To save this pup from potential euthanasia, we decided to adopt her.  We took her to the vet again to give her all the vaccines and antibiotics she needed. We temporarily found her a boarding home in Houston. She had so much fun playing with other dogs. She doesn't have to eat garbage or drink muddy water anymore. She is now safe and being taken care of.

Angela playing with her Husky friend in Houston, TX

Eventually, she was sent back to us from Houston to Elmira. Angela is such as a sweetheart. She loved us so much and gave us a lot of kisses. She enjoyed our road trip from West Texas to New Mexico. She even put her paw on my lap when we were both sitting on the bench. She was also so protective.

Angela the pretty flower girl in Ithaca, NY

We were originally planning to move into a new house, but the owner of this house refused to move out. As a result, Angela still did not have a place to stay, so I had to send her to different sitters on Rover for 2 months. I also found out that I am pregnant and was not so well to take care of an active puppy like Angela. Luckily, Angela met her sitter, Emma, and they became best friends immediately. Some of the sitters on Rover said Angela was too hard to take care of, but Angela didn't seem to cause Emma too much trouble. They went running, hiking, and exploring together, and Emma even got Angela some hiking gears. After the adoption, Emma continues to send me pictures of Angela to keep me updated. I am so happy for Angela that she has finally found her forever home.

Angela with Emma, her adoptive mom and best friend

Here we have Jupiter and Jedie. They always sleep together nowadays. They are the cutest brothers ever. When they wake up, they groom each other as you can see from the previous post. These two sweethearts of mine are officially bonded. They both love playing with wires, and they know how to share their toys. Ah, they are the gems of my life.

Say goodbye to scooping! This litter robot will save tons of your time! I finally don't have to wash the litter box anymore and see the dirty sand gluing on to the litter box because of pee pee. Say goodbye to that horrific smell. Beleive me, it was a lot of work to take care of multiple kitties. With this little machine, taking care of them has just become easy!



My boyfriend introduced me to the litter robot on Amazon! Woohoo! I finally can take a break from scooping dirty poop! The set up is so easy. All you have to do is to plug it in!