A girl was surprised with an adorable puppy as a birthday gift that she thought belonged to friends of the family.<br /><br />In the video, the family friends are seen stopping by when they see the girl’s family eating dinner.<br /><br />The family friends have a puppy with them called Winston.<br /><br />The girl immediately gets up at the sight of the puppy.<br /><br />One of the family friend asks the girl if she would like to hold the puppy.<br /><br />As the girl holds the puppy, her mother says, “Hey, Tatum, look at me. Happy birthday.”<br /><br />It takes a moment to sink in, but the girl realizes that the puppy is a birthday gift for her.<br /><br />She immediately cries in joy when she realizes the puppy she’s holding is for her.<br /><br />“It’s been three years since my daughter first asked for a puppy,” the mother said. “Every single time she walks by a little puppy, she says, ‘Look, Mom, it’s Winston!’”<br /><br />Winston is what her daughter would call all puppies as they walked by.<br /><br />“One week before her actual birthday, my good friend and her son helped us create the big surprise,” the mother explained. “They posed as new dog owners of a sweet little poochon (poodle and bichon frise) puppy who they 'named' Winston.”<br /><br />“We were eating dinner out and they came strolling by ‘unexpectedly’ while we ate, and here is what happened.”