On Sunday morning Lorelai woke well before dawn and discovered her birthday surprise:

Lorelai has wanted her own pet for a while now. I had been adamant that we would not be adding any pets to the family tree - that made the surprise so much sweeter - she had no idea!

A few more snapshots of her 10th birthday:

Gifts galore.




A silly string attack on an unsuspecting sister:

And last but not least - cake!

One decade!