Kaiah's 3rd Birthday!!

Kaiah has been such a blessing in our life, ever since the day she chose us to be her family at a run down kill-shelter in West Virginia.

That day, after spending a few minutes with Kaiah and the rest of her litter, we left the shelter to get some lunch and think about whether we would take one home. We talked about the one puppy that was sticking out in our memory.. the chubby one. That chubby one was our Kaiah. After lunch, we walked back up to the kennel that the puppies were in and saw all of the puppies piled on top of each other, sleeping in their little dog house. All of them except for one. Kaiah saw us and ran up to the gate, the exact same way that she now runs up to us every day when we come home from work.

At that moment, we knew that she was meant for us and we were meant for her.

I can't even believe it! Our girl is now 3!! Since Kaiah is a shelter puppy, we don't know when her actual birthday is (we've tried really hard to get her to tell us) so we usually celebrate it for the entire month of May. Kaiah's favorite thing in the world is having her whole family together, and on Mother's day weekend that is what she got. Derek and I got together with both of our parents and brothers to celebrate our engagement, and Kaiah was a very happy girl. She didn't even mind sharing the attention with us. She got plenty of love and treats, and even her own birthday cupcake!

Three years ago, we named Kaiah for that pretty face of hers. Her name stems from the Native American word which means, "Rare Beauty". We know now that we chose the perfect name for our little bear, because she is not only beautiful inside and out, but she makes our lives more beautiful each and every day.