Happy Happy First Birthday Baby Girl!

In honor of Ivy's first birthday, which was 2 days ago, I am going to list 101 things I love about my one year old!

1. Her smile
2. Her machine gun laugh
3. When she stands on her head while she is nursing. (I really hope to get a picture of this sometime)
4. Her growls
5. The way she loves to play with balls
6. Even her glass shattering high pitched screams
7. Her open mouthed kisses
8. That she will kiss her "babies"
9. The words she occasionally says: mama, dada, dog, baby, cracker, cup, and quack
10. Her adventurous streak. i.e. climbing everything...even though it scares me often
11. How well she now plays with Zayden
12. Her little curls in the back of her hair.
13. Her mole on her forehead
14. Those dimples
15. Her giggles
16. That she laughs when she hears someone else laugh
17. Her nonsense babbling
18. The way she walks all around
19. Her toes
20. Her love for shoes
21. Her love for being outside
22. That she loves the water
23. How she splashes in the water
24. The way she wants to be so independent at meal time
25. How she sits in my lap when I read to her
26. How she gets jealous of her brother, and will scream if I am holding him, and then try to push him aside.
27. How she plays well alone.
28. The way she "runs" to me when she notices that I have walked into the room
29. Her little butt
30. Her squishy belly
31. How she loves to be carrying something around
32. How excited she gets when going down a slide.
33. How happy she is to be swinging at the park.
34. Her love for her brother
35. Her screaming contests with her brother....sometimes
36. The way she dances when she hears music
37. Her lack of interest in the television
38. The way she claps.
39. That she has been 100% breastfed without any formula supplemented
40. Her curiosity
41. Her sense of awe
42. That she wants me to hold her when she is hurt, upset or scared
43. How she snuggles up to me before I put her to bed.
44. She is a good nurser
45. Her cheeks
46. Her happy disposition
47. Her "no fear" attitude
48. The way she chases Z
49. The way she runs back and forth between Brian and I when we are playing
50. Even her little fits
51. When she holds my hand/finger
52. The way she feels in my arms
53. The way she smells after bath
54. How cute she is wrapped up in a towel after bath
55. Watching her run around the house all happy to be naked
56. Her unique grayish eyes
57. How she is so good about taking things in stride
58. How she does really well in her carseat on trips.
59. That she loves to eat and eat and eat!
60. That she eats many veggies and fruit
61. That she does not have a dairy allergy.
62. How I can let her pick off of my plate without worries.
63. Her little whimpers.
64. Her little nose!
65. The way she flips pages in a book
66. How she loves to take walks
67. How she loves to push large objects around.
68. The way she will find a shoe and then it's match and walk around the house.
69. Watching her get mesmerized looking at herself in a mirror.
70. The way she squats for so long with so much ease.
71. Her ability to want to try anything
72. Her love for music
73. When she waves hi/bye occasionally.
74. How she will look for certain things when named.
75. How she is starting to show me things.
76. Her eyelashes
77. Her lips
78. All her little teeth
79. Her unconditional love for ME.
80. Her pouty frowns
81. When she blows raspberries on me and we both laugh
82. Her cute clothes
83. Her feet
84. Her little fingers
85. How she drinks so well from a sippy cup or straw
86. Her squealy laugh
87. How she naps pretty well
88. That she goes to bed pretty easily
89. That after nursing in the middle of the night she goes back to sleep easily.
90. How when she hears the bath water, she comes "running"
91. How she bounces on her zebra
92. The way she tries to jump
93. The way she climbs up on Z's timeout chair and rocks when I turn my back, and then laughs when I catch her.
94. The way she always goes and visits Z when he is in timeout.
95. Her chin
96. The way she loves to constantly open and close doors.
97. Watching her figure out something new
98. The way she can fall down hard, and get right back up smiling like nothing happened
99. The way she rubs her eyes when she is tired.
100. The joy she brings me E-V-E-R-Y day!!
101. She is MINE!!

And here are some pics of the birthday girl:

Her cake:
Her outfit:

Her checking out the cake and taking just little tastes:

Zayden and her playing in her favorite present, while she makes him laugh

And Z making her laugh: