Mia So This Many Weeks Old

Mia @ 6 weeks old.

Mia @ 631 weeks old.

As we’re gearing up for Mia’s Gotcha Day! 12 year anniversary happening in exactly two weeks, I thought it would be cute to attempt a recreation of one of her baby photos similar to what we did last year for her Gotcha Day!. And what perfect timing than to re-enact her 6-week old photo. We were fortunate that our breeder and friend allowed us to visit Mia every few weeks leading up to us getting to take her home. I believe it helped establish a strong bond between us well before she left her littermates and fur mamma. It made the transition all the more pleasant for us all. If you don’t know the story of how Mia and I met and became a couple, you can read about it here. Clearly we didn’t exactly nail it, but I love her back legs in both photos. She just wasn’t feeling exactly chill enough to relax on my not so comfortable leg and look at Kari while she snapped the photo. Well, we tried.

Mia So Ten

Today we celebrated Mia's 10th birthday. We have fun little traditions in which we do to honour our little coconut. First we allowed her to sleep in as long as she wanted then we surprised her with serving her breakfast in bed. Later we opened up gifts. She enjoys finding and pulling out her new "toys." This year we went a little easy on the gifts as she has an overflow of toys as it is. She received a squeaky piece of cake (to be used as a prop in her bday photoshoot), a cute pink Chewnel handbag (also to be used in a future, still in the planning stages, phtotshoot) and a new bubble gum pink leather two row spiked collar. I added some new bling, the other half of a Best Bitches heart charm. I have the other half on a necklace chain.

As part of our annual tradition, we also get all dressed up and have a fun photoshoot. The best photo will be the birthday greeting we will use to share with our friends on their special day until the next July 30th. This year's birthday photo theme was Marie Antoinette and "Let them Eat Cake!" That fabulous tiara can be purchased here. After we finished up the photoshoot, we chilled outside, poolside and enjoyed the summer sun. Later that evening we relaxed on sofa, her cooling pad and us next to her and watched an episode of Black Mirror. Gotta say is was a splendid day!