...well we at least hope lol.
We figure she was an abandoned stray because she had kittens under my bedroom window and she acts very timidly if you make too much sudden movement or if she sees a box. Over the past 2 weeks though we have been interacting with her more and it didn't take long for her to stop growling and hissing at us. We can actually pick her up now and she will purr away on your lap while you pet her and she will come when you say "here kitty" or open the patio door and rub up against you until you bend down to pet her. She even leaves us with her kittens now while she goes and wonders around. When we first found her she would dart back to her hiding spot.
Yesterday my dad and I set up a kitten pen inside for the kittens since we figure she is either going to nudge them out to us or they are going to start wobbling out soon and we figure she is going to need some help. We have been letting her come inside now...yesterday she would only stay for a minute then run back out but we have started giving her wet food (seems to be her favorite) inside the patio door and letting her make the connection that this is where she will come for food from now on. We leave the door open when we know she is out there so she can come in. She came in for about 5 minutes today...it seems as if she is scouting out a place to move her kittens (yay!) because she was getting in behind the couches but also gingerly jumping up onto them. She even went to the patio door looked out and turned around to stay in. I called her a few times too and she came to me so I could pet her and reassure her it was ok to be in here.
We have named her Tuffie because she is pretty tough doing this. She looks fairly young herself (which is sad) she is so tiny. This is the first pet we have ever had so we have to Google a lot. We bought kitten food today and she is eating a lot of that. We keep it outside next to the patio door with water and we are thinking of bringing it inside the door tomorrow to see if she will come inside for it. We are going to get a litter box tomorrow too just in case she decides to move the kittens in and we are unsure if she would still want to be outside after.
Yes we do plan on getting her spayed in a few weeks. We are mainly concerned with giving her a comfortable home right now since we can only imagine what she has already been through. All of the kittens will be given to people we know who are responsible cat owners. One has already been claimed even though we don't know how many, what colours or genders (we think they may be 2 weeks old)
Anywho after all of this long winded talking (I am excited, can't you tell?) I was wondering if we are doing everything right. We are concerned with the weather changing, it is forecasted to be storming this weekend and we don't know how much shelter they have under the branches. It is also getting colder at night. I really want to go and pick up the kittens and move them inside but we have built this trust relationship already and we don't want to go back a few steps.
If you have any tips or suggestions anything is welcomed! And of course there will be photos once they come out!
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when you can also.
the weekends predicted storms stay away. However it they do arrive and prompt her to bring her babies inside all to the good. She will not abandon them I am sure. 
I gave her a gentle no and she stopped. If she moves in she will get a scratching post. 
His name is going to be Pumpkin or Peaches and most likely he will be my cat! The other is a little grey one with white paws. We hope they come out more tomorrow.