Warm fuzzies, and pet humiliation, for your viewing pleasure:
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From commentor Richard R:
If by “babies” you mean cats and dogs, here’s Ingo.
From commentor Abo Gato:
A photo of the JRTs and their new pet, our “accidental” grandson.
From commentor Yelli:
In case you meant human babies instead of the typical Balloon Juice “doggie” babies…here is my addition! This is Harlan and it is his 6 month birthday today!
… and a link from LittleBritDifferent, at Critters by Britty:
Cueball is sad because he didn’t get any presents to open on Christmas Morning, he forgets however that the reason he does not have any presents to open is because he stole them all out of the shopping bags while I was getting more things from the car.
FYWP only lets me put four ‘images’ per post, so y’all will have to wait until later for more. I’m going out for Chinese with the Spousal Unit now, which is an important part of our Christmas traditions…
Mark
oh man, that first cat looks like mine growing up. She lived to be 23!
Yutsano
Teh cute, it is too much.
I guess we’re not necessarily overlooking suzanne’s new addition, because, well, she got her own post, plus the four link limit (FYWP) means hard editorial choices.
Mark S.
What kind of dog is Cueball?
John Cole
Oh, Cueball. You’re such a hot mess.
asiangrrlMN
Aw, loads of cuteness. Can’t wait to see the rest. Merry merry, y’all.
@Yutsano: YOU! Did you have your Chinese today?
TaMara (BHF)
Oh, the whole post is full of win and glad I popped over to see what was going on here. Hope everyone if full of good food and got lots of good stuff under their tree. Merry Christmas (or holiday/deity of your choice) to everyone at BJ.
Keith G
Thanks Anne. I need the diversion.
My guy is coming down with his two (adopted) sons, genetic brothers 5 & 6 yrs. This will our first extended time together as a family. I ‘m working on all sorts of details – getting my place converted to kid friendly.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I had egg rolls does that count? :)
It keeps getting pushed back and it’s starting to annoy me. I’m about ready to wash my hands of the whole affair. At least I’m coming back around next weekend where I can maybe school these folks in proper tradition and stuff.
WyldPirate
Awesome pics. Awesome pets. Awesome babies.
This is rare for me to comment on this as I’m an old crank bachelor, too.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: No. It’s not good enough. You are letting your people down. ABL’s mom made soup dumplings for them. SOUP DUMPLINGS, I tell ya! Harrumph.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Matzoh balls? NOM!! Especially if you make them with chicken fat. Something my grandmother never taught me. Then again she died when I was 16.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: No! Soup dumplings–Chinese style. With meat in ’em and all that good stuff.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: So what you’re really saying is that we all should head off to ABL’s mom’s house and let her cook for us. jeffreyw is a reasonable alternative here as well.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Yes. And, yes. YES, YES, YES!
SiubhanDuinne
@asiangrrlMN: You understudying for Molly Bloom?
;-)
asiangrrlMN
@SiubhanDuinne: NO, NO, NO! (I had to Google it, and I found the appropriate excerpt). I just really love soup dumplings.
Steeplejack
@Mark S.:
Clearly a Churchill terrier.
Mark S.
Geez, Birdman of the Nuggets seems to have gotten a few new tattoos during the offseason.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Bu-wahahahahhahaha! How you be? Enjoying the silence?
@Mark S.: Holy crap. Wow. Very, uh, BRIGHT.
General Stuck
Hang in there cueball, the human silly season is almost over.
Jay C
@Anne Laurie:
You poor dear! Having to go out for Chinese food on Christmas!!
What a shame! Now if you lived in Manhattan, like we do, you could have had the Chinese food delivered! And spent your time socializing with the family, like we did – fortified by our traditional “Jewish Christmas” gifts: this year’s offerings featuring Basil Hayden’s bourbon, and some 18-year-old Glenmorangie malt (thanks, Cousin Ed!).
A nice relaxing holiday before the predicted blizzard hits…..
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Glad to be home and off work. My sort-of cold metastasized into a full-blown cold, so I spent most of the day sleeping, sneezing and coughing. Got up for a while and had something to eat, and now I’m nodding over Doctor Who and the Cowboys-Cardinals game. Maybe back to bed pretty soon. But it’s a good night for it–cold and with snow coming.
Hope you had a good Christmas Day.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: As you are well aware by now, I am quite adept at the orgasmic ideas. :)
@Steeplejack: Jewish penicillin. Naow. I’ll even get valdiva to run you down a batch. Of course you’ll have to brave the inevitable guilt trip because of her risking her neck to drive in the snow and such. She’s away with Mr. Library of Congress at the moment however.
Steeplejack
@Yutsano:
Might shamble up to the store tomorrow and get some chicken noodle soup. Muir Glen is pretty good for store-bought. Problem today was that even the thought of preparing food seemed kind of sickening, so I stuck to the basics.
JCT
@asiangrrlMN: LOL at Yutsano and matzoh balls.
I just got back from Joe’s Shanghai in Queens where I had … soup dumplings as well! It was a madhouse.
And poor Cueball looks like he haz a major sad.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Aw, I’m sorry to hear that the brat at the store gave you a nasty cold. I hope you feel better very soon.
@Yutsano: Yeah, you are rather good at that. I hope the Dawg appreciates it.
@JCT: I haz a jelus of you, too. Whyfore am I the only one not to have soup dumplings today?
asiangrrlMN
@efgoldman: Wah! Now I want Yorkshire Pudding in addition to soup dumplings!
Jay C
@efgoldman:
Like I said on ObWings (Yeah, PFFFFT Gary F.!!) : Mother Nature can be a bitch……
Your family seems really SOL this weekend for travel plans: leave sooner and hit the heart of a blizzard: or leave later and hit the messy aftermath: man, ain’t modern life wonderful?….
ADD: Wow – English Catholic matzohballs: why does that seem to just work?? Mmmmm…
asiangrrlMN
@efgoldman: I’ve never had Yorkshire Pudding, either, but it sounds so yummy.
Yutsano
@efgoldman:
This is indeed one of the mysteries of the universe. She says yes but I haven’t seen much evidence of it actually happening.
CircleSquared
@Steeplejack: I was hoping I wasn’t the only one not having the commercially marketed Christmas Joy and Cheer today. This was the Worst.Christmas.Ever and I am so grateful for all the folks on this thread who shared something funny or sweet or just honest, not just today, but everyday. God bless you, every one.
JMC in the ATL
My original plan was to cook for some “Christmas orphans” here in Austin. I ended up serving BBQ, sides, pie, and booze to a coupl le of buddies who didn’t have any other plans.
Hard to argue with low-rent last-minute Tex-mas.
asiangrrlMN
@efgoldman: Oh. Mah. Gawd. Sounds sooooo good. WANT! But, alas, I do not cook, so Yutsy, when I head your way, you make for me.
Sleep: Yes, I do. Just not when everyone else sleeps, apparently.
Yutsy, oh hush, you. Like you’re one to talk about sleep.
@CircleSquared: Sorry that your Christmas sucked. Mine was good because I didn’t do anything for it. I hope your tomorrow is better.
@JMC in the ATL: I read that as ‘cook some Christmas orphans’, and I was askeered. Glad to know that’s not the case.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: It is, fortunately, a very simple recipe demonstrated to me by that great culinarian Alton Brown, so it’s not complicated to do. The real trick is making sure you leave enough animal fat (beef or mutton are ideal. although mutton would send FH #1 into conniptions I’m afeared) in the pan to allow it to not stick. Otherwise mix it up, pour it in, et voila.
Angry Black Lady
@asiangrrlMN: Yeah, my house was the place to be this season! I even helped her roll the dough. And of course I was instrumental in the eating department. Imma go eat some more mesquite chocolate cookies. fa la la la la!
Yutsano
@Angry Black Lady: I haz a jelous. Only because I’m in the hotel room and all the baked goodness is out at the ranch. And I’m just too damn tired to go back out there tonight.
Angry Black Lady
@JCT: I think the Jews should rename Christmas and call it the Great Wall of Soup Dumplings.
We can workshop the name.
Angry Black Lady
@Yutsano: I’ll send some to your hotel room via FedEx!
Yutsano
@Angry Black Lady: Might as well ship em off to my condo since I’m heading home tomorrow. I definitely appreciate the offer. Although work next week will feel weird. I’ll be paid for the whole week to do basically…nothing. Yay ebil gubmint work!
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Sounds like my kind of work! And, I no can haz either of the delicacy. I’m going strict on my no-diary/no-wheat thing now. It really makes a difference. Sigh.
JPL
This post made me smile.
JCT
@Angry Black Lady: Well, trust me ABL, when we walked into that tiny Queens restaurant we were greeted by a Great Wall of Humanity! Stuffed to the gills with hungry people.
Even my perpetually starving 16-yr-old contemplated bagging it, but those damn things are so good!
Yelli
Coming out of de-lurker mode to comment.. “That’s my boy!” I always want to comment but as an expat in Europe with 2 small boys, I always seem to miss my opportunity but you can find me occasionally at the very tail end of threads… :)
Shadow's Mom
I’ll just say, Ahhhhhh, to every one of these babies? They are just too adorable, every last one of them.