The birthday girl

We celebrated Sadie's 13th birthday on Friday. We don't know Sadie's exact birthday. In fact, we don't even really know how old she is. When we picked her out (well, when she picked me out) on 6/30/02, her "write-up" said was seven months old. But when we officially got her papers, her age was listed at nine months. I considered that she had been at the Human Society for about two weeks, added a couple of weeks, and decided Halloween was just as good of a day as any for a birthday. Because she continued to destroy things in October and November of 2012, I figured she probably was closer to seven months when we got her.

This year Sadie had (dog) ice cream on her birthday. I started buying that about a month ago, when we found out that Sadie was sick. Sadie loves her ice cream. Here she is enjoying it while I serenade her with a poor rendition of "Happy Birthday."

We also like to make sure Sadie feels special in general. Here she is with a birthday pin and a birthday sash.

 She does not look happy, but I know it is just because she is not feeling great. The dog most of the time does not mind when we put things on her.

Sadie, we sure do love you!