Brain dead — can’t think of an overarching topic sentence, so I’ll put bullet points.

1) I got a new cat.  Her name’s Ed (short for Edradour, an Scottish whiskey, because part of her markings’ whiskey colored).  She’s a stray, who was crying outside one day, when it got rainy and cold.  JG brought her in when she was visiting, a couple of weeks ago, and Ed’s stayed.  She’s about four months old, very playful, and very lovey.  Here’s a pix of her, lounging on Daniel’s activity mat:

2) Daniel is three months old now, and he’s started to smile and laugh. Here’s a brief video of Daniel in his bouncer chair, smiling and laughing as the Hubby talked to him on Christmas Eve:

3) Christmas was spent at my folks’ place again.  Christmas not-Midnight Mass (it was at 8:45pm, Christmas Eve); happily, Daniel slept through the entire Mass.  Here’s a pix of my parents, my nephew, and Daniel, coming home after Mass:

 

4) After Mass, movie-watching at my parents’ home (a bootleg copy of I Am Legend, courtesy of my not-bro’-in-law); Christmas Day sports-watching (the Lakers and Suns game), and then more movie watching (Shaolin Soccer and Rush Hour 3).  Christmas food eating, and gift opening — kind of late in the day since we were waiting for my uncle (he’s a priest) to arrive after his Christmas Mass duties were done.  Here’s a pix of Daniel getting a fancy-shmancy activity mat, which my sister Wen gave and the Hubby opened while Daniel watched:

I hope everybody’s Christmas was happy, peaceful, and safe.  May all have a happy New Year as well.