Peeps—someday—when we look back on our lives, it will be the precious moments we savor; so perfect, so rare, so tender—grab your teddy bear! This is one of those moments!
Rattle somehow makes everything else not good enough anymore, Stefan H.
Today’s the Day. Tell Someone You Loff Them.
February 15, 2012 By
Yay, ratties!!
Ratties are the best aren’t they!
The very best!
That is soooo sweeeeet! thanks!
HE’S HOLDING THE TEDDY’S HAND!!! *melt*
So sweet I almost started to cry.
I know. That second picture is one of the most precious things I have ever seen.
I’ve seen the first photo somewhere before…YES! I found it!
http://cuteoverload.com/2009/02/23/rat-with-doll/
But I don’t mind the repeat I still love him!
I remembered it, too, and it was just as cute this time around! I love love LOVE these photos.
Yeah, but that second pic of the rattie sleeping with his teddy bear is just over the top cute.
Wow that teddy bears are so tiny, very nice details.
I loff the little ratty and his teddy.
THAT IS INSANELY CRAZY!!!!
(but in a good way. Of course.).
Izzit a Steiff original???
*faints ded away*
Oh my goodness, you just made me cry!! Today is the one-year anniversary of a good friend’s death. I never did get to tell him how much he meant to me. Thanks for unintentionally touching my life. Now pick up the phone and call a friend!
also also it’s an International Coffees Moment.
(I hope this is the correct url/ link????)
My social studies teacher was talking about propaganda and showed me an ad that is SCARY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTBnsqxZ3k&feature=related
I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but I need to share the terror.
Worse, in some ways, than the Nazi propaganda about Jews, pre WWII, Z.R. I saw some in the Holocaust Exhibition in the Imperial War Museum. They were German schoolchildren’s books. The Aryans were pictured as gleaming and groomed, whereas the Jewish people were pictured as sinister, black and shadowed. I’m not Jewish, but I still have nightmares about it.
as well you should, as well we all should. my friends with those tattoos are aging and dying, someone has to remember
OOOH!! I just had a flash to the Worms on Men in Black!
That second picture is so incredibly sweet: The tiny paw holding the teddy, the ratty tucked into the oh so soft blankie, the little ratty fingers peeking out from under the chin. I could go on and on…
I don’t even know what to say. Those are so sweet! And the whiskers!!! omg.
Good lord, this is so sweet my eyes are watering.
Pyrit! So good. It makes me wanna call my mom!
Just to clarify, my mom is neither a teddy nor a rat.
I was wondering… : )
ditto : )
Please tell me the ratty in the first photo is named Igor.
AAWWWWW Everyone deserves a teddy…
Turns into jello juice.
i had a pink teddy, all upgebeaten, i gave it to my kitty, along with an issue of ‘the new yorker’ she particularly loved. it was her birthday she loved it.
Head tiltin cute.
OH. EM. GEE. SOOOOO sweet!!!!
Rats…sweet beyond ordinary sweetness. My rat didn’t have a teddy bear–poor deprived baby–but I made him a rat-sized sleeping bag which he adored. Rats are love.
did he sleep inside it? wooooo, that is so wonderful!
I think I need to get a teddy bear for my little mouse, Rosalina, now.
I’m tempted to get a mouse for my teddy bear….
Mary, you made me laugh. And I’m so tired I didn’t think I could.
I’m going to have to get a teddy bear for my flying squirrel
squeeee! such a shame my ham, Caramel is a tuff lil grrl. she don’t do teddy bears ;(
she needs a grrrl pith helmet or a boonie. i love a tuff ham..
Where do people get these insanely small teddy bears?? I like to imagine a company that specializes in rat-sized everything.
Whaddaa ya try-na do, get us all killed?!
You get your manufacturers-o-rat-sized-wares company, and then the world will explode in a massive rainbow-colored explosion of confetti, streamers, and tiny party hats. Best just let that dream go, Wiven. Let it go, man (or woman).
mmmeeeeee. hat, meeeeeeee hat..
small demanding rat voice………
That’s the nicest mousie in the whoooole wide world.
This is the cutest cute overload post I have ever seen.
WHERE CAN I GET MY RAT A TINY TEDDY BEAR?!?!
hallmark store, keychain section
I cannot unfurl my hands nor unclench my booty. I am in a state of heightened squeeee! Please move to the next picture, my curled toes are cramping up!
fer the luv of everything, do something to hep this woman’s booty. now MY booty is contracting in worry of hers…
we are all a tribe,l guess…
I’ve seen both of these pics before (and both have been floating around the interwebs for years), but I never, ever tire of them. So cute!
If only I could get any of my mischief to be so cooperative for the camera.
I want a nap with my kitty, a kitty-sized teddy bear, and some hot cocoa.
LOVE this little guy (gal?)…reminds me of my Rattly that just crossed over Rainbow Bridge ::sniff::
what type of Ratty is this? I think I want one….Rattly was a wild rescue so I don’t know much about the bred types….
It’s a dumbo rat with what appear to be “husky” markings. I haven’t seen very many husky rats here in the states, but the photographer is from Holland, I believe, so maybe they’re more common over there. Or maybe they’re just not common in my area.
If you decide to get one, make sure you get at least two (same sex or spayed/neutered, obv.) and don’t buy from pet stores. Find a rescue or responsible breeder.
Oh, for the luvva Mike, STOP! “Stop what?”??? Oh, come ON, you know what I mean! Just STOP!
O.M.G. Truly, truly ded of teh cute.
These are so great. They make my heart happy. I have a tiny teddy bear myself, but no rat to love it.
Looks like someone practiced newborn photography poses on rats…
Love it! Way cuter with rats!
These are adorable!!
aiihh … a RAT … the qte … kills … me *dies*
I have neither the rat nor the teddy. I am all verklempt. *sobbing silently*
*gives Rachael this:
http://heartbeat.my/eblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bear.jpg
Thank you! That helps. At least the sobbing has stopped.
I have the first picture posted up on my wall in cute in my office at work, but I haven’t seen that second picture before! It’s even squeeier than the first!
The photographer is Ellen van Deelen: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=545092
She even has a book published with these photographs: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/898396
* on my wall OF cute….
She also has a bunch of stuff on RedBubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/ellen
I love her work!
Seriously this is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!!!!
OK, OK … the first pix bowled me over with its amazing cuteness … but then the second!
Ai, the second one!
Waaaay too cute for my constitution to handle.
I guess I’m just going to have to call in cute to work, and stay transfixed in front of my computer all day …
[I would stay in bed -- if only I had such an absolutely adorable snoozing bedmate!]
Like everyone else, I’m just loving these pics! We currently have a hammie but after seeing this (and hearing many wonderful things about rats) I would love to have a rat next time around!
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so sweet… the second pic especially!!!!!!!
I had to go to the hospital today, and I was scared out of my wits thinking what’s wrong with me. What I actually thought was “I want my teddy bear!”
Turns out I was fine. I also got a cute, kids’ band-aid and Simpsons-stickers.
I’m 28.
I bought a lamb stuffed animal for Easter for my daughter who is 11. I love it so much and sooo incredibly soft, she’s going to have to pry it from my embrace.
I’m 45.
Ahem.
I’m sorry.
I don’t understand the points you two are trying to make.
Are you suggesting that I shouldn’t covet funny band-aids and soft stuffed animals at my advanced age??????
Stuff and nonsense!
Now run along and play …
Oh, my — I’ve been told my comment “is awaiting moderation.”
Hmmm.
Well, I guess that’s OK — I’ve always believed everything should be done in moderation.
Including moderation.
People, in case I depart this life overnight, I want you all to know how much I love and appreciate you. I’ve had a wicked toothache since Monday and am beginning to think it won’t just go away by itself. I’ll call the dentist tomorrow if I make it.
Isn’t it funny how I spend many hundreds of dollars on dental care for my cats, while my own teeth rot in my head….
Skippymom! Take care of your teeth! You need them to smile at photos of adorable rats with teddy bears, no?
AWWW!! This makes me want to like Rats…
I have barely survived sloths, talking porcupines, box-addicted cats and on and on but that first pic nearly stopped my heart.
“See my teddy? He’s mine.”
I am a puddle of goo that can type.