Man's Best Friend {Rocky's Birthday}

picking up Rocky to come home with us....

first nap....

How about a little walk down memory lane this Monday morning?

A little over 5 years ago, Billy made my puppy dreams come true 

when I said "I want that one!" and we agreed to make the 6 hour drive to Kentucky

to pick up the runt of the litter and our now sweet little boy, Rocky.

Billy had no idea how much he would come to love this little fur ball.

I knew and was obsessed just seeing pictures of him.

For the first few months of his life, my friends and family thought Rocky was unable to walk

because all you'd ever see is me holding him all the time. They'd say "why don't you let him down?" Well, because I just wanted to squeeze him all the time, geez. Back off. ;)

Rocky learned the command "give me a kiss", before he learned the words "sit" or "shake".

He still knows it better. That's just how it is.

It's absolutely crazy to me how much you can love a dog. 

Today is Rocky's 5th birthday and honestly, it's hard for us to imagine our life without him in it. He has been there when we got engaged, when we bought our first home, when we got married, and waits for us in the window everyday when we are about to get home from work.

We love Rocky so incredibly much and because his mommy loves to make 

extra big deals of birthdays-he is getting a week long celebration.

Call me a crazy dog mom all you want, but everyday this week I'm going to set out to

do something that Rocky loves. We often get mixed up in our everyday routines with our friends and family, but our dogs? They only have us. Everyday they wait for us to come home, to spend time with us, and they make us smile - no matter what.

I imagine lots of peanut butter in his bowl, extra kisses, bones galore, new pink toys to be chewed up, and a cute little cake tonight just for him.

*One last thing. Sometime last year I shared this story. 

Today I want to share it again in case some of you haven't read it yet {click on "this story" for link}. 
Dogs truly are a mans best friend, and that is exactly what Rocky is to us.

Happy birthday peanut. We love you

....and a long walk is coming your way soon!