Miss Independent

Ivey loves the outdoors as long as she doesn't have to touch the grass. She is always pointing at the door wanting to go outside. She loves to walk behind anything she can push - a chair, a toy, the vaccuum. She is becoming quite independent. She seems to be getting frustrated that she can't walk yet. She stands up from a sitting position on the floor and then falls down hard on her bottom and screams in frustration and trys again. 

I walked into the kitchen after hearing silverware clanging to find this - she opened the dishwasher herself

She has decided it's fun to pull things out of her dirty clothes hamper and drag them around the house

I'm ready to go outside now

Not sure why she thought this was a good place to sit

I love to "vaccuum"





Making a mess

Busy, Busy Ivey

Ivey is one busy little girl! Some of her favorite activities include climbing the stairs, climbing under the tables and chairs, rolling around on Mommy and Daddy's bed, splashing in the bathtub, dancing to music, brushing her teeth and of course she still loves to eat. More than once she has helped herself to a snack she's found within her reach. She has also become quite the pointer and points at everything she's interested in including the lights, ceiling fans, light switches, preferred snack, etc. She loves to go places and enjoys all the attention she gets. She likes to laugh and will laugh when she hears other people laughing including complete strangers. She is still laid back and easy going most of the time, but she does have her moments when she wants what she wants. 

One week she greeted me like this every morning.

 

Loving my new Ivey sized chair!

Ivey is One!

Ivey celebrated her first birthday on January 26th! Joe and I celebrated with a quick ski trip to Whistler while Gramma & Grandad stayed in Charlotte with Ivey. We took the red eye back and were home before she awoke on her birthday. We celebrated with cupcakes and 1 candle. Ivey devoured her cupcake and got very upset when I took away a chunk of icing she had in her hand. Gramma and Grandad left for their trip to Florida and we had a real party when they came back a few weeks after her official birthday. Ivey was quite fond of her big birthday cake - she keeps pointing to the leftover cake in the kitchen hoping we'll give her another piece!