My sweet little birthday boy is 12 years old today!! My furever friend since he was a lil pup!! 😍 He’s my best friend, always by my side. He loves me more than anyone else ever has. He waits for me all day long when I’m at work. He follows me everywhere.

When I go upstairs, just for a second, to get something, my boy is right there running up with me, and then running back down. He trips me, walking under my feet. He sits on the step with me in the mornings when I’m putting my shoes on. He cries (and sometimes lifts his leg and pees on me or my coat or shoes 😆) when I’m leaving the house. He grabs my socks and runs away with them, thinking it will keep me home 😍

We’re inseparable (along with our pom pom). I cannot bear the mere thought of not having him by my side. It literally makes my heart race and my chest ache. I would take decades off my own life if I could and add them to his.

I have other dogs who are equally loved, but my chihuahua and pomeranian are always with me. I joke that they are leeches on my ass. 😆

He has been sleeping on my chest or next to me for the last 12 years (along with our lil pom pom!). 💕🐾 He’s one of those dogs who will stay in whatever position you put them. If I lay him on his back, he stays there. If I sit him up on my lap, he stays like that. I love that.

My greatest love, my life, my world. As a Chihuahua, one of the longest living dog breeds, he still has a lot more years to live (every now and again, I look up the lifespan of a Chihuahua,  just to remind & reassure myself that they can live extra long. Even when they are seniors, they can still live many more years). 🥰

He has a sister who is also 12 years old today, but she won’t let me get her picture. She keeps turning away. She has anxiety and gets worked up easily. I’ll try to get a picture of her later.

My babies are getting special treats, toys, and bones on their big day!! 🎉🎂

My little boy here still plays like when he was a puppy! He shows no signs of being a senior dog.

His name is Wood. (I named him Woody after the doll in the movie “Toy Story,” and he’s often called Wood.) But he prefers to be called Baby, and that’s what I usually call him.

❤️❤️❤️

Xoxo Kim