The day we stormed the Chihuahua
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 03:44AM 
This day in history ...
French revolutionaries storm the Bastille (1789)
The Sedition Act becomes federal law (1798)
Lord Byron returns to England after a two-year trip (1811)
The Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, is fought in the American Civil War (1864)
Outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death (1881)
Future United States President Gerald R. Ford is born (1913)
Richard Speck brutally murders eight nurses in Chicago (1966)
Hank Aaron hits 500th homer (1968)
A revolutionary new technology is christened "MP3" (1995)
Javier Guillermo the Chihuahua is born in Zanesville, Ohio (1999)
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Yes ... many important dates in history coincide with Javier's arrival. At our house, being confirmed Francophiles, we prefer to emphasize that Bastille Day happened to fall on Javier's birthday ... albeit two hundred and ten years before his birth.
A mere trifle, that.
Javier was about as patient as one would expect an eleven-year-old Chihuahua to be for his birthday photo shoot. Erica and I really put him through his paces.
I think when it was over he wanted to sign up with Napoleon's army in order to get some rest.
But only under one condition: that he is required to go nowhere near the Arc de Triomphe.
All will be forgiven when he gets to eat some of the baguette.
Click on the screen below to see the video! It'll take you to Picasa (thanks again for the guidance in that arena, cherished reader Sue O.).
Don't be afraid! Click and enjoy.
Javier thanks you.
Remember to watch in full-screen mode! It's more fun that way.
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Reader Comments (8)
Happy Birthday to Javier! He did great on his photo shoot!
Haha, that was hilarious. And sweet. That boy has a TONGUE! Long live Javier! Javier rules! Did he tell you to eat cake? Bastille Day has nothing on his birthday.
In a case of curious coincidence, CJane's blog today was about France, the link is on my sidebar.
Mari, I think he did great too! Secretly I believe he revels in all the attention.
Sue, we crack up when -- quite by accident -- we get a shot of that tongue all the way out. Where does he PUT it all in that little mouth? LOLOL he's a noodle. I'll check out CJane's blog!
Happy Birthday, dear Javier. Very nice movie! The French music was perfect!
Well HAPPY CHIWAWA birthday! LOL OK, so I have to scroll up to spell it. ha ha! But seriously... wonderful puppy days!
Penelope our Beagle would never had sat still for similar pictures with a hat on, ha. I liked them all, but the ones of her snuggled into her blanket were so sweet.
!!!! That was soooo cute! I loved the ones at the beginning with the hat on and the little suitcase and the Eiffel Tower in the background. And he looked like he was really in France on the Champs Elysees!
Margaret, I hope Edith Piaf wouldn't mind her beautiful song accompanying such nonsense!
Katherine ... I have to think twice -- or three times -- every time I spell Chihuahua too!
Debbie ... Javier does love his down time! Penelope might take to modeling; you never know.
Audrey ... He did, didn't he? Just hangin' out on the Place Charles de Gaulle in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe! He had fleurs de lis on his hat. He was stylin' like the French.