Our PiperGirlThe story of our first born

Happy 12th Birthday PiperGirl!!

Today we have 2 celebrations here at our home, and both are for our little PG3. You see, today is Piper’s 12th Birthday and it is also her 4 month Ampuversary!! We are so blessed to have been given this gift of being able to celebrate both these milestones for our little girl. We had a birthday party for her, invited some of her human friends and she had a great time! She had cake, ice cream, and received lots of treat presents (not treats she normally has, but we figured what the heck right!?). It was a perfect day for our perfect pup. At the party I recalled the day we got Piper. It was my 32nd Birthday and my hubby (who was just my fiance at the time) was being very elusive as to what he had gotten for me. All day long he asked strange questions, such as: What is your favorite animal at the zoo? How long did you take riding lessons? Did you ever ride a horse on the beach? What’s your favorite color? He told me we needed to drive to get to my present, and since we had lived in Florida at the time, I thought we were going to ride horses on the beach. But the longer we drove inland, I knew that wasn’t it. We were driving in a very rural area with lots of horse-crossing signs, so I assumed we were going riding somewhere. We arrived at our destination and were told to go to the back towards the barn, aha, we are going riding! On our way I saw a pen with the cutest, little, yellow labs. I asked the owner if I could pet them, he looked at me strangely and said, yes of course. As I was petting them and getting lots of sloppy puppy kisses the owner said to me “There are 7 females, pick the one you want.” I was confused, I looked at him, then at my husband who smiled at me at said Happy Birthday!! I started crying I was so happy.  I couldn’t decide which one I wanted, they were all so cute and frisky and playful. I narrowed it down to 2, the biggest and lightest colored ones. I set them down in the grass, moved about 6 ft. from them and just watched them. I patted my legs and said “come here” and my little Piper came barreling at me. She was the one!! As we drove back to our apt., Piper sat herself on my shoulders behind my neck, leaning against the window of the pickup’s cab licking my ears. We got home, had her do a pee-pee, and brought her inside. She ran around into every room in our apt., sniffing and checking things out. When she finished, she came back in the living room, stood in the middle of the room, looked at us, and then took the messiest poop ever!! 🙂 Ha ha ha – That’s our girl and she’s been putting smiles on our faces ever since!  So, in honor of Piper’s day, we want all you doggy mommies and daddies to give your little ones an extra treat and let them know it’s from Piper. Here are some pics of Piper’s special party, enjoy!!