The cuddle pups had their first bath last night. Now that I am feeding them puppy cereal, they are getting crusty! Those guys dive head first into the food dish and wear more than they eat.
So, I took advantage of having company last night and had all the little kids help me bathe the babies. It was good to have lots of little hands to hold bundled up pups until they were dry and warm. I think that helped make the first bath experience a good one for these guys.
The house was full for my birthday dinner! It was a beautiful night and we grilled, then ate outdoors. I baked a carrot cake and it tasted way tooooo good after two weeks of mostly liquid and soft foods since my snore-er snipping. (Which seems to have cured the snoring, by the way!!)
And look at what my husband gave me for my birthday, this ruffly dream from Anthropologie! Its so pretty, I might just keep it hanging on the door to enjoy instead of hanging it away in the closet.
The dress is a comfy tee shirt type material with chiffony ruffles. I hope its not too young for me. But I intend to be one of those grandmothers who wear and do what they want and not worry about looking silly. You should have seen my birthday extravaganza dance that I made up with Sugarwings! We twirled and spun around the yard and threw in a few Ginger Rogers moves. Of course, you have to know that I am a klutz and I probably looked more like Gilda Radner than Ginger Rogers.
We celebrated a day early because my husband had to go out of town today. But I get Sugarwings after school and we will be having some friends over and then doing some gardening together.
Until I pick her up, I'm getting some work done. I have a ton of photos taken of things to list in the Boutique (like this great, old buckle).
But honestly, the sunshine is calling my name and its really hard to concentrate on getting much listed…
Heck, I've just convinced myself to go and plant my vegetables instead of working! It didn't take much convincing. That sunshine is just too much. I think I'll take the puppies out to the garden patch with me and see how they like playing in the dirt.
They have no idea what adventures are waiting for them!
Thank you for all the kind birthday wishes! I'm off to the garden with a basket of veggies to plant and some puppies to play with. Add Sugarwings into the mix this afternoon and that is shaping up to be quite a special day!
Happy birthday…The dress is soooo pretty
I adore the three colors the most on the one pup. So fun. Happy Birthday to you and I say wear what you want and enjoy life. Don’t worry about what people might say, they’re opinion doesn’t matter anyway. Enjoy your day and scream while you curtsy!!!
What a sweet bath picture! I love when puppies come out of the sink (tub?) soaking wet and you bundle them all up with big fluffy towels they could get lost in! Gorgeous birthday dress!! Hey… where is the picture of you showing it off! 🙂 (On you, I mean) Have a wonderful afternoon!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Karla! With wishes for a great year of health and happiness. I love your dress! Be sure to take your picture in it! It has a vintage look about it so it should be just perfect for someone who loves vintage things so much. I’d leave it out, too. It looks like it fits right into your decor. The puppies are sooooo adorable and growing like little weeds. Have a slendid day and enjoy every last minute!
Birthday hugs and kisses!
Sandy
Karla, happy birthday! I love that dress, it caught my attention right away. And no, it is not too young…never! It is glorious and looks almost as pretty displayed on your door as it most certainly will on you! Sounds like your birthday festivities with Sugarwings are just the best! Love the little pups. ~ Angela
Happy Birthday! That dress is gorgeous and I want to come steal it! LOL! You will look great in it!
Happy Birthday! What a wonderful celebration!
Happy Birthday dear Karla. I love the dress and of course the pictures of the puppies. They are so sweet and growing so fast.
Hugs Karen
What a gorgeous dress, I bet you look great in it! Sounds like you had a great birthday.
I don’t know how my computer got the bug, but day by day I am trying to get it back to where it was. Lost all my email contacts… aggrevating!
Hope to see you this weekend.
Happy Birthday Karla!! Your birthday gift from Anthropologie is darling. I love that store and was just in there yesterday. Regarding the pups, I can’t believe how fast those sweet little guys are growing! I love seeing their pics every time you post. Enjoy your special day and I wish you many more happy and healthy years!!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Happy Beautiful Birthday to you!!!! I had my Bday recently too. Yours couldn’t be any more perfect, I think – sounds like you were blissed out.
The precious puppies!! So makes me want to hold their sweet little warm bodies and pet their silky hair – I can see you’re enjoying every second of this special and short time with the little babies….
Cynthia K. (Beauty and Blessings)
Happy Birthday! I love Anthropologie and the dress. I think a grandmother should make her grandchildren want to borrow her clothes! I am married to a Taurus and the mother of a Taurus. They sure work well with Capricorns! Enjoy every minute of your day.
Best,
Bonnie
Happy Birthday, Karla! It sounds like you had a wonderful day. The dress is really too pretty to hang in the closet! It’s such a joy to see the cute puppies. Thank you for sharing those sweet pictures!
Hugs,
Julia
Happy Birthday, Karla! Your new dress is gorgeous! I hope we see a pic of you in it!
HEY SWEET PEEP~ Of course you can ROCK that incredible dress! You always look beautiful in a paint stained t-shirt and jeans! Love your photo’s~
Birthday Hugs,
Carol
Happy Birthday Karla!!! Love your birthday dress…your hubby made a great choice…it couldn’t be prettier!
And puppy bathtime looks like so much fun…they’re adorable!
Karla amor, have a wonderful birthday! I hope you enjoy the sunshine on your face…remember to look into the sky…feel the warmth and just SMILE and do a lil dance…It’s your birthday…your entitled! Besos, Rose
Happy, happy birthday wishes full of glittery love xoxox Clarice
Happy Birthday Karla! And what a thoughtful husband you have! I think that dress would look very nice on you! Ever hear the poem about “when I am older I will wear purple and a red hat” if not you should look it up.. it’s great! Not that we should all adopt some of the practices mentioned.. but definitely enjoy our lives and our selves and do what we feel like.
Hope your gardening went well!
Karla, I’m so glad your birthday was wonderful. And the dress is perfect. Take those pups out in the garden and there will likely be another bath shortly!
Brenda
Wear the dress and be beautiful. You are as old as you feel and in that dress i think you’ll feel great.
Happy Birthday sweet Karla. I sure do miss doing swaps with you.
Love ya, Mahala
Happy Birthday, Karla! Oh, how I LOVE your attitude!!!
Wear what you wanna wear, be who you wanna be!
I heard there are two different types of people:
one set get old. The give up and just get old.
the other set look at their later years as their second adolescence~don’t care what people think, do what they want, HAVE FUN… etc. THOSE are the FUN people! YOU’RE one of THOSE people!!
Blessings to you!!
Myrna
Happy Birthday!!!
Love the dress,its so pretty!
The pups are getting so cute!!
Diane
Happy Birthday Karla,
The dress is hip and stylish! I don’t see grannie in it at all! I find it is easier to wear what we like and just remember the knee length rule. Too many dress rules…they
are meant to be broken. LOL!
Have a wonderful day!!!
Mine is coming soon enough….
Love the puppy pics…sweet balls of love~
Happy Birthday Karla..dress is smashing..you are just right to wear the dress…aww what a sweet bath..have fun in the garden…
happy birthday, Karla! your dress is beautiful and it will look gorgeous on you!!
hubby has good taste!! Sounds like you had a real birthday bash and btw you are never to young for frilly.;p
that would be “too old” gah!
Happy Birthday Karla!
That dress is sooooooooo beautiful! Your husband did a fantastic job with that wonderful gift.
I loved seeing pictures of the little furbabies. They grow so quick, don’t they? I love the smell of puppy breath…too cute!
I made my wee peat pot and it turned out so cute. I love it.
LuLu~*xoxo
Karla, Happy Birthday, I think your Dress is just perfect and I don’t think it is to young for you at all!! You are a very young grandmother like myself… Sounds like your loved ones showered you with kindness, well deserved. Enjoy your special day. Hugs, Diane
Hi Karla,
Happy Birthday! I’m one of those grandmothers that wear and do what they want to do too so wear that dress with pride! I think its dreamy and hope you will post a picture with you wearing it. Your puppies are adorable! I showed them to my granddaughter and she insisted on me printing a picture of them – she carried that picture around all day!
They look so sweet all cuddled up together – I can almost smell their puppy breath from here. 🙂
Hugs,
Dee Ann
Happy, happy birthday Karla! Sounds like you had a fabulous party. Your new dress is very beautiful – I’m sure you will look wonderful in it. I agree, do keep it out because it is too pretty to hang out of sight in a closet. p.s. those little pups are too darn cute!
Karla, it sounds like you had a wonderful birthday…i would have liked to see the video of you and sugarwings dancing…i feel kind of cheated that i didn’t get to see that…LOVE LOVE LOVE your new dress…you are gorgeous Karla, no WAY is that dress too young for you…you wear it and proudly strut your stuff girl!!!
Happy, happy birthday Karla! That dress is to die for — what a great gifter your husband is! And the puppies are even cuter without their crust! Such a wonderful day!
Happyy Birthday, Sweet Karla! I LOVE the dress, hoped it was yours when I saw it. (We get so many things for others, or projects..) The pups are wonderful. The feral mama cat and her fella that I feed in the courtyard of the nursing home have had one sweet little kitten, her eyes just opened today. I go out and handle her once every day, Mama doesn’t like it much but I want the kitten to be adoptable. Mama’s sister, Lillie, is the sweetest thing, she is the one I took to my daughter in Baltimore. But Mama was never tame enough to get her a home. I am such a sucker for a furry baby. Sigh! Your friend, Bobbi
WOW your husband has great taste, did he pick that dress out. It is gorgeous!! Happy Birthday my friend. Hope it was wonderful. Looks like you had a good plan. Puppies are getting sweeter and sweeter.
Hugs
Ginger
Happy Happy Birthday! The puppies are darling!
Happy Birthday! What a beautiful dress and for the record… there is no such thing as “too young”… that is all a frame of mind so dance like no one is watching and enjoy your new dress.
Your puppies are fabulous!
Happy Birthday Karla! And may you have many many more to celebrate.
I’m with the others that commented that there is no such thing as being “too young”! Wear what you like!! *smiles*
The puppies are ADORABLE!
Happy Birthday Karla! The puppies are looking darling and so is that special dress from Anthro….I love that store! Although I would have to wear that dress as a shirt because everything there is NOT made for a 5’10” gal!
No pups yet…it was 63 days today – I know it’s going to be soon though because all she wants to do is lay down with me! I’ll keep you posted….
Cheers
Rochelle
Those pups sure are cute!!! I think that dress will make you ROCK being a grandmother!!!!
Happy Happy Birthday!!!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Karla!
I LOVE the dress and don’t think it looks too young. I’m 58 and I would wear it. ITA about leaving it hanging. It’s too perfect to keep hidden.
I love the puppy with the touch of white!
~elaine~
Happy Birthday, Karla! LOVE the dress! And the puppies are getting cuter everyday!
Hello Karla, Happy Birthday to you!!
Sweet puppy pics and what a lovely gift from your Husband.
He has great taste!!!
Birthday Hugs,
Janis
HAPPY HAPPY BDAY, Sweet KARLA!! Love the dress your hubby got for you ~ and yes, it looks very pretty just hanging on the door!
Big TX Hugs,
Stephanie
Angelic Accents
Happy birthday!!!!! Hope you had and have a great time. The puppys are so cute. I look at mine and think of him that quiet!!! 🙂
Happy Birthday…your dress is lovely…yhe nice thing about getting a little age to us is …we can wear what we want…&usually say what we want……have a good day…Lorraine..the puppies are adorable!!!
What a sweet day. The puppy bath is priceless – what cuties! And what a treasure your husband is to even know what Anthropologie is, let alone pick out that beautiful dress!
Sweet, sweet puppies! We have baby bunnies at our house and let me tell you, they’re not cute! They will be once they get some fur I guess.
Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! xoxo
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappy Birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Hope you are doing something fun every day for your birthday week. ;->