Happy 5th Birthday Ralphie

Ralphie on his birthday - he is protecting his toy

The Munton's are going to end the year with a BIRTHDAY! I have said it before - we LOVE December birthdays :)

Ralphie woke up today with us singing Happy Birthday to him. He ate a quick breakfast and then got his toy. It was a orange duck that I thought would last an hour at least. Nope...Ralphie found the weak spot with in thirty minutes. However he did love on it for the first 10 minutes. I think he understood today was his day!

I can not believe we have had him for 5 years. I still remember the day we picked him up. My dad was becoming Catholic and the service was in Mobile, Al. On the way there Owen and I stopped in Diberville which is on the coast. I had no idea how we would pick. Ralphie had alot of siblings. One was already adopted by the owners and the rest of them came up to us and gave us lovies - except Ralphie. I thought well maybe that is the dog we need b/c he doesn't seem too needy and didn't bark a lot. *SIDE NOTE - In reality he loves attention and gets too excited when people are at the house and let's not forget the barking - our Ralphie likes to bark. * After we decided he was ours we told the owners we would pick him up that afternoon on our way back from Mobile. The lady still had her Christmas decorations up and this was in February. She loved those puppies and they were consuming her time. When we arrived hours later to pick Ralphie up - her Christmas decorations were down and the house was cleaned :) It was funny.

Here are pictures of our Ralphie Dog!!

Ralphie is the whitest one in the middle. This was 5 years ago today on his birthday

Here is Ralphie on the day we picked him to adopt

We took Ralphie to the Munton's on his first day. Nate and Wil were there and they could not get enough of him. Poor Ralphie was so tired. He slept really good his first night home.

Happy, Happy Birthday to our sweet Ralphie. We love that you are the protector dog with Andrew and Sam. We call him Safety Officer Ralphie. He is the best with our boys and gives Owen and me happy memories. We got so lucky with Ralphie!