Tuesday, June 10, 2008

A birthday party!

(Sorry, faithful readers, that we've been a little slow updating our blog.)

Dharma celebrated her first birthday on May 26! It was such a momentous occasion that Derek actually stayed home from work that day to celebrate. (Oh, and it was also Memorial Day.) We're pretty sure Dharma didn't really understand that she was now a year old and got to start eating the big girl food (well, okay, maybe "big girl" is a bit of a stretch since she is less than 10 lbs., but she did get to start on the adult dog food).

To help celebrate, Emilie made Dharma a "pupcake" which consisted of a few treats in the bottom of a foil cupcake wrapper with some peanut butter Kong Stuff on top. Dharma really enjoyed it, but it was pretty rich so she would only take a few bites at a time.


We also got Dharma a small bag of presents, which she got to open herself.


Including a nice new plush bone...


...which she promptly "buried" in the couch for later enjoyment.


She also got a cute little frilly collar...


...which can also be worn as a tutu! (Dharma was really not too sure about the whole tutu idea -- I think she is asking Emilie "Do I have to?")


She got a lamb-skin teddy bear, which has become one of her favorite friends (and notice that she is still wearing the tutu).


And a bag of pumpkin cookies (from Bloomington's London Dog pet boutique)...


...which she promptly munched down on.


(Gee, do you think our dog is maybe just a little bit spoiled?!?!)

1 comment:

girl_in_greenwood said...

I love Dharma's long schnozzle! She is well-evolved for opening bags of presents, isn't she? Just like a Galapagos finch.