Ba-doop-a-doop [bah-DOOP-uh-DOOP]: n. - The sound of tiny kittens as they tromp down the hallway. The daily chronicles of foster cats in Northern Virgina. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-5825815-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @badoopadoop)http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyp9sGmn31qcc4f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Well, as you may have guessed, we have stopped fostering cats. The reason is that little girl on the right here, our new daughter Veronica! Merry and Pippin are still superstars around here, but we just don’t think we’ll be able to keep up the Monday and Purrsday posts regularly.</p> <p>We may still post updates on our old fosters cats if we get any, but that’d be more for the purposes of having all that info collected in one place than for visitors. For all intents and purposes, this blog is over. </p> <p>Thanks for following, we had a great time with our kitties over the years and maybe when Ronnie is a bit older (well, a lot older) we can take fostering up again.</p> <p>-Nick and Crystal</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/16032016389http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/16032016389Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:03:02 -0500MerryVeronica<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyp14xt5b1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyp14xt5b1qcc4f2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyp14xt5b1qcc4f2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>From the people who adopted Ash<em>: </em></p> <p><em>I’m so sorry we forgot to give you updates about Ash. It just completely went out of my head. We haven’t really settled on a name for him. We call him a bunch of names, as he basically comes a-running whenever we open our mouths. (Andy Dwyer like the character from Parks and Rec is our current favorite. But sometimes we call him Crash Bandicoot like the videogame or just Floppy.) Anyway, he’s doing great. Incredibly cuddly. Pretty good friends with Monty, and beats up on him quite well. </em></p> <p><em>Thought I’d send some pictures. They’re all from my iphone so they’re not the best. There’s also a video of them playing but I think it might be too big to attach, because it won’t let me. We keep their carriers next to each other on the steps that lead to nowhere (we live in an English basement, so it’s closed off from the rest of the house). And they’ve taken to napping in them at the same time. I think Jess might have more pictures that are better. And I’ll see what I can do about editing the video so it will fit in an email.</em></p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/16022570743http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/16022570743Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:29:27 -0500Ash<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqeivwez01qcc4f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>On Merry Monday Merry sleeps where he wants.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13777267049http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13777267049Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:54:31 -0500Merry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvkut6Rlsh1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flashback Friday featuring Ozzy’s floof.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13632203057http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13632203057Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0500Ozzy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvj2ra2pr51qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Every morning, especially on Pippin Purrsdays, Pip needs to remind me that these shelves belong to him.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13589019341http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13589019341Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:57:10 -0500Pippin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvelixJ73n1qcc4f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Late Night Merry Monday</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13486215340http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13486215340Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:54:33 -0500Merry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv751spBrT1qcc4f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I almost missed A Very Thanksgiving Pippin Purrsday!!!</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13283201369http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13283201369Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:15:28 -0500Pippin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv0ovkrqb61qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Merry Monday Oh My Look How Little He Was Edition!</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13112826054http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13112826054Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0500Merry<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/badoopadoop/13092199739/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_13092199739" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sunday night bonus video! I caught Merry and Pip being sweet with each other, such good brothers.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13092199739http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/13092199739Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:01:54 -0500MerryPippin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luv1vuE1LA1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Connor and Murphy on Flashback Friday!</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12967856286http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12967856286Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:35:53 -0500ConnorMurphy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lut6j90bBG1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No time for photos on Pippin Purrsday, only time for noms!</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12925011051http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12925011051Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:21:09 -0500Pippin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunua7QYX31qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Merry Monday!</p> <p>He’s the one with the giant floofy belly.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12793966064http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12793966064Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:08:30 -0500Merry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luia777mkh1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flashback Friday, Jerry and Jordan!</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12645852053http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12645852053Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:06:43 -0500JerryJordan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugobhzQfz1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You guys.</p> <p>It’s Pippin Purrsday.</p> <p>Another old one this week.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12608088345http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12608088345Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:16:00 -0500Pippin<p>So, Ash’s foster parents and foster brother Monty liked him sooo much that they decided fostering wasn’t quite enough, they want to hold on to him forever!  No word yet on if they’ll change his name, but I’m sure they’ll give us an update with new photos soon.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12472375933http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12472375933Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:18:43 -0500Ash<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu9qqyyVsg1qcc4f2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Merry Monday sleepin on Dad.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12466134477http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12466134477Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:26:05 -0500Merry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu3734w8ij1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pippin Purrsday, Back When He Could Fly Edition</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12283098189http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12283098189Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:35:28 -0400Pippin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyj1z8cAO1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyj1z8cAO1qcc4f2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyj1z8cAO1qcc4f2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>New shoes for daddy means Merry Monday is spent hanging out in a bag.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12180997927http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12180997927Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:05:55 -0400Merry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltvwt4ZAjs1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>We just wanted to shoot you an update on Ash. He’s settling in nicely! He was a little unsure of Monty at first but they chased each other around all evening tonight and Ash even brushed up against him a few times. This is a picture of him watching Hocus Pocus with us. He’s doing great! On another note, we haven’t caught him using the litter box yet, but there hasn’t been any soft stools that we’ve noticed, and he’s eating regularly. </em></p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12116725446http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12116725446Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:10:16 -0400Ash<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltr43hQ7AD1qcc4f2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leslie and Jess, Ash’s new foster mommies.</p> <p>And Merry <a href="http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/1137183440/i-was-trying-to-catch-booboo-in-the-act-unrolling">once again</a> photobombing like a champ.</p>http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12038293474http://badoopadoop.tumblr.com/post/12038293474Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:04:05 -0400AshMerry