Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Daughter, the FiveSibes' Other Mom, on this Very Special Flashback Friday!

 
"Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you..."
 
Today is a very special day for 25 years ago the most beautiful, amazing girl was born and has filled my life with so much love and joy each and every day since - my wonderful daughter and very best friend! 

So for this edition of Flashback Friday, I'd like to dedicate it to my Birthday girl and her furbabies of yesterday and today!
Pictured above in an ode to my family's first dog that touched my daughter's life when she was just a little girl - her then best friend, (now a furangel), puppy Chelsey, who came home with us after we adopted her from our local SPCA. She spent the next 13 years always playing and watching over my daughter...and going on the swing set with her! Devoted love.


Above my daughter is with her first baby, Harley, our first Siberian Husky on the day that, unbeknownst to us at the time, would be the kick-off of the beginning of the FiveSibes...the day baby Harley joined our family!  True love.

Flash forward seven years and flashback seven months, and the photo below is of my daughter sharing a tender moment with her other Sibe girl, Chloe, after Chloe underwent emergency bilateral cruciate imbrication surgery on both of her hind legs last summer. Such love. 

 
 
"I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say ‘I love you’." 
 ~William Shakespeare
 
 
Happy Birthday, Lovey! You are the best daughter and friend any mother could ever wish for! And a wonderful co-mom to our furkids! I love you!
 
 
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Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2013 at 7:32 AM

    happy birthday to your precious daughter from the foxbrotherfamily.
    you seem to have made a very special child!
    she us beautiful,loving and sooo talented!(as i told you,i love her bracelets)
    we wish that all her wishes for this new year will be forfilled!

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  2. Two French BulldogsJanuary 11, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Aaahhhh Happy Birthday
    Benny & Lily

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  3. Gin and BaileyJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    Have a special Happy Birthday from Bailey & Gin!

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  4. ScooterJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    Wow, happy happy barkday to the special peep today! Gosh, she went stright from adorable to beautiful as she grew up. Lovely pix of her sweet self.
    Grr and Woof,
    Sarge, COP

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  5. UnknownJanuary 11, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    Happy Birthday!!! What a lucky girl to have loved, and been loved by, so many dogs. What a special day for you, indeed.

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  6. RubyJanuary 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM

    Oh, that is the sweetest post ever!! She sure is a purty humoon! I bets being her Moms just gets better everyday.
    Happy, Happy Burthday!!
    Kisses,
    Ruby

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  7. Boss Mare EventingJanuary 12, 2013 at 9:19 PM

    Happy Birthday to your daughter!! xx

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