Ok, so I’ve already mentioned people thinking we are nuts because of how much we love our pugs. Well, include my entire family in on that because everybody in my family LOVES the pugs. BIG TIME. So much so, that it’s completely normal that when July 13th rolls around, nobody flinches when they get invited to a party celebrating Whisper and Stamp’s birthday party. I also thought it would be something super fun for Miles to do, which it totally was.

Now, I haven’t done a birthday party for the pugs in years, but this year I wanted an excuse to get the family over before the baby comes and of course, order myself a big ‘ol fancy cake, large enough for left overs. And that’s exactly what I did! They turned 9 this year and I suppose a party for their 10th birthday next summer would be more appropriate, but I think next year I’ll be busy throwing a party for a one year old! (Crazy thought!)

I snapped some super fast photos of the festivities to share, with a little iphone action to get things started with the cake:

I had a last minute call on Monday into Halls Takes the Cake for just a simple cake. Yes, I had to tell them this was for a dog’s party and she said they get that order all the time. Or at least she was kind and told me that. Oh and yea, this is “just a simple cake.” As I was telling John how over the top the cake was he goes, “Oh, you know you love it.” Yea, he’s right. I thought it was very sweet they added the dog bones without me even asking. They even decorated the side with them. Miles was intrigued. Oh and yes, it was YUMMY.

Miles had a lot of fun picking out the plates for the party, blowing out the candles and of course helping the pugs open their gifts. The party consisted of my family that is here in town, Andy’s family and my parents, plus my niece.

Whisper is the smooshiest thing ever. Sometimes we call her the invertebrate pug. She’s so squishy, she sometimes feels positively boneless. She shows her age the most, with her grey face and slower pace. It breaks our hearts, but we just tell ourselves that she’s just more mellow, not getting older.

The pugs seriously open gifts. We honestly wouldn’t throw a party like this if the dogs didn’t play along. We say that Stamp has the Benjamin Button disease. She just gets more and more playful the older she gets. We LOVE that, of course.

Whisper definitely was wore out by the end of the day. Stamp? Well she played in the pool for hours while we all chatted and long after our guests had left. I had my camera put away, so no pics of her playing in the pool, but it was fun showing the family her new interest in swimming, after all of these years of her seemingly hating water.

It’s great to have a family quirky enough to go along with a pug birthday party and of course it’s so awesome to have two pugs as great as Whisper & Stamp.