Warning: the following entry includes pictures that some viewers may find too cute to tolerate. Viewer discretion is advized.

My mom just sent me these pictures of the Christmas Puppies. Get ready for some extreme cuteness:

First we have the proud mother, Belle, in the maternity ward (the padded cardboard box we put together for her). She's so beautiful, I'm sure the puppies will be beautiful just like her. Well, you can see for yourselves...

One,

two,

three times the puppies!

It's hard to tell since there's nothing for comparison, but Mom says they're about 6" long now. Their eyes are still closed, or course, since they're only about a week old. In another week or so their eyes should be open and the puppies will be even bigger and start to become chewers of socks and messers of the kitchen floor. But for right now they're just sweet as sugar.

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