My best birthday gift

5 years ago today I got  Mr. "Cupcake"  aka Jake as my first birthday gift from Geoff.  Little did we know how much joy this scraggly, doped up (we got him just after his surgery), smelly (they never gave him a bath, and we had to wait 2 weeks to give him one!) one year old pup (the vets guessed his age) would give us!

In 5 years Jake has moved with us 4 times (2 times was across the country).  Lived in 4 different states (he's very pleased to be back living in his home state of Virginia).


Every year since we've had him...he gets his own special cake and new toys for his "birthday" aka the day we got him!

Normally my dog is never on the counter, but Charlotte would no let him partake on the kitchen floor.  Even up there he felt a little bit of panic and put it all in his mouth.  You'd think we never fed him! 

Couldn't forget about Charlotte

Jake and his new toys...poor guy only got 2 seconds with them before Charlotte stole them.

That's one good looking 6 (we think?) year old pup!