#FlashbackFriday ~ Gibson's Birthday ~ January 6, 2014 The gorgeous face that melted my heart. Today will always be a special day in my mind and in my heart as it is my beloved Gibson's birthday...what would have been his 17th. And those birthday parties? Oh, how much fun we had! Gibson's birthday was right after Christmas so birthday pics and ice cream cake for all FiveSibes to enjoy in front of the tree just seemed magical. Now looking back, or "flashing" back, I am so happy for those wonderful memories and making their birthdays so special. When I would pull out the bone-shaped cake pan to make their ice cream cakes, they knew it was a party! As soon as they heard me open the cabinet, all five would come running into the kitchen woooing with Gibbie doing his excited hip-hop dance! There was just so much joy spent with them. And Gibson was such a large character~both in size and in personality~you  just had to smile.    Cake Time! All join in! #Flashback ~ 2014 ...

  Oh, my silly Gibson! To know him was to absolutely fall in love with him. There was not a person this big almost 100-pound fluffy boy didn't like. And when he loved, he loved deeply! He fell hard for Harley and was inseparable from her his whole life. He was my heart dog and my spirit animal. Gibson was truly a lover, not a fighter. Having Canine Epilepsy and all  the issues that goes with the medications and the disease, he was a vet frequent flyer, and boy did he love those wonderful and caring vets and techs. On walks, he'd lead me right over to the veterinarian hospital's back door! He especially loved it when the caring techs came to our house to give him laser treatments for his hind end weakness (due to the epilepsy medications). And my boy was a sucker for a pretty gal! He would ply them with his infamous Gibbie kisses! And they sure returned his love! Gibson was also quite the jokester! Yes, dogs most definitley can have a sense of humor, and my boy Gib sure did...