Ivy is one! Time has gone by SO fast! We had an Elmo themed birthday party for Ivy at our house on her Birthday and just invited family. It was raining, so he had it inside. Jenna colored some pictures of Elmo and taped them to the walls as decorations. We made Elmo masks with red paper plates at the party, and played pin the smile on Elmo. We also had Elmo cupcakes! Ivy loves Elmo! She had to have a couple rounds of breathing treatments during her first year. Once for Pneumonia, and once for RSV. She sat through the breathing treatments the most easily when we turned on Elmo videos for her to watch. Jenna loved Elmo when she was younger too. And still does actually. :) Our favorite Elmo video is 'Elmo's Ducks'. Ivy had fun opening presents, Jenna and the Utah cousins helped too. Ivy also loved her cupcake! She started out by picking pieces off of it, and then decided to pick up the whole thing and try to put it in her mouth. She also kept offering her guests part of her cupcake with her other hand. :)
Some things we love about 1 year old Ivy:
-She snickers a lot. When she is excited or happy about something, she will snicker, and she snickers in a lower tone than her regular voice, it's so cute. :)
-She loves to share. She often offers pieces of her food to us.
-She is very snuggly. When I take her to her room for nap time, turn off the light, turn on the fan, and put her binkie in her mouth, she will then lay her head and my shoulder and totally relax. I love it.
-She is still very smiley!
-When she gets really excited she tenses up her whole body, even her hands and feet and stretches out her toes.
-She is a great sleeper, both at night and during her naps during the day.
-She makes us all SOOOOO happy!
We sure love this girl!
Some pre-party pictures
Pin the smile on Elmo
Presents
The guests
Cupcakes
We got creative :)
About to blow out the candle (Mommy helped)
YUM!
