What a weekend...

Our weekend pretty much began on Thursday when Hulda (Acousticat's FridayImInLove) gave us a grand surprise and gave birth to five kittens! We thought that she was not even pregnant as there was no outward signs (no pink nipples, no boobs, nothing...). Only thing we seen from her was her gaining some weight but that we put on her very good appetite and the never empty bowls of kitten chow. She did not even make a nest, but at early morning just went under a blanket on the bed and gave birth for the first two kittens.
In total there were five kittens, but unfortunately the last siamese/balinese was not viable for living as her chest cavity was open (deformation during development).
In the end we had four lively little kittens (OLH f 03, OLH d ?, OSH d 03 24 and SIA/BAL n).

On Friday son of Forcas Via Nocturna, moved to live with us. He is the same age as Hulda's babies and his mother wasn't too interested of nursing him after c-section, so the kitten count went back to five.

On Saturday we headed up to a cat show here in Warsaw. What a nice day to meet old and new friends. We also met daughter of Blackrock (Berta Egregius - OSH q 25) who was attending her first show and gained EX 1.
The rest of the results are as follows:

NW15 SC Blackrock Via Nocturna, JW (OSH n 03 25) PH, NOM
NW15 Lilith, DSM (HCS n 09) 1, NOM, BIS
IP Forneus Via Nocturna (OSH c 24) EX 1, CAGPIB, NOM
Jailhouse Rock Via Nocturna (OSH a 03), EX 1, CAC, NOM, BIS

Congratulations for owner of Elwis (Jailhouse Rock) and owner of Julek (Forneus) for great results!

Sunday morning began quite surprising. We were not expecting Anneli (Gehennas Via Nocturna - SIA g) to give birth yet for a week, but looks like the ultrasound was wrong and she began labor just before we were supposed to leave for the show. So I did stay behind at home to be the midwife and by 11am we were done having four kittens in the nest. One OSH f and three siamese babies.
Anneli did excellent job for her first ever litter and now we'll wait to see how the kittens are going to develop.

At the show the following results were gained:
NW15 SC Blackrock Via Nocturna, JW (OSH n 03 25) PH, NOM
NW15 Lilith, DSM (HCS n 09) 1, NOM, BIS
IP Forneus Via Nocturna (OSH c 24) EX 1, CAGPIB, NOM, BIS
Jailhouse Rock Via Nocturna (OSH a 03), EX 1, CAC, NOM
Itzpapalotl Via Nocturna (OSH c 22), EX 1, CAC

Again, huge congratulations for the owners of Elwis and Julek. It is so nice that you are bringing the boys to the shows :)
Unfortunately Blackrock did not attend to the BIS-ring. During the rewarding of Best Breeder (ps. Via Nocturna was the best breeder for category 4) he freaked out with so much people and rewards being pretty much pushed to his face, so he jumped on top of Marcins head (yes, there was a lot of blood) and ran under the foldable chairs at the wall. After the show Marcin managed to get him out and our poor boy was so stressed. Now he is going to stay for a while at home to be a daddy for our O-litter (from Gehennas).