Happy Mother's Day!! Kittens for sale!!

Our kitten had 4 kittens today of all days...On mother's day...
She had them in my sewing room/extra closet and I had just cleaned out all of my winter boots so she had about a 9 inch square space to give birth.
Here is our yellow lab "Coupe" watching vigil over the new babies. As you can see I didn't clean out all my shoes yesterday (I may have a bit of a shoe fetish) but in my defense...well I have no defense. It turns out to be a good barrier to keep the kittens in the closet however...(does that make my mess any more excusable)?