I CANNOT believe its been four years since Ivy was born! Oh how time flies! Here are a few things about Ivy, that you may, or may not know.
~Everyone (and I literally mean EVERYONE) loves Ivy. Complete strangers will go out of their way to talk to her and tell her how cute she is. I'm not exaggerating either. It happens everywhere we go.
~Ivy has the GREATEST laugh. She laughs loud and hard and it makes everyone else bust up too. It is one of the best things about her.
~Ivy is such a sweet little mother. She loves mugging on Malcolm, giving him kisses, rubbing his head, putting his paci back in his mouth. She talks to him in her cute little high voice and tries to get him to smile, she tries to keep him happy while I am busy with something else, and is a super helper.
~Ivy seems to finally be getting taller. For a while there I didn't think she was ever going to add any inches, but lately she is growing up and thinning out. (Which makes me a little sad, I wish she'd stay little with those adorable chubby cheeks forever).
~Ivy is such a girlie-girl. Its weird for me, since I was totally the opposite when I was a kid. She loves pink, princesses, clothes, shoes, and dolls. She always wants to pick out her own outfits, and enjoys wearing necklaces. She's so fashionable!
~Ivy brightens up our household. She gets along with everybody (but if she fights with someone, its usually Dex), and basically has the entire family wrapped around her finger. For example, if she wants to play the iPad and its all the way upstairs, she'll ask Corbin or Dexter to get it for her, and 90% of the time they will, no questions asked, no complaining. How do I get that kind of service!
~She's a little spoiled. I am first to admit that we spoil this girl. Its really hard not to. Not only is she our own personal miracle, but she is also the sweetest little girl on the planet. She has a great personality and is very easy going most of the time. She is so awesome and well-behaved and tooth-ache inducing sweet that we just have a really difficult time saying no to her! She hardly ever gets in trouble (it does happen, but she rarely behaves badly, I swear), and when she does she's so tender-hearted that she gets so sad, and that makes me feel bad. Ugh, I need to work on that I guess.
Anyway, here is our awesome 4 year old with her birthday stash!
For a few of the kids' birthdays they have asked me to crochet them a specific toy. Ivy asked me to make Jewel from Lalaloopsy. If you haven't heard of them, here is their website. They are semi-creepy dolls that have button eyes. Jewel is her favorite because she has a crown. Anywho, I worked crazy hard on this doll because I really wanted her to love it, and then we also bought her a Trinket (Jewel's little sister) doll to go with it. So here is the homemade Jewel on the left, and store bought Trinket on the right. I think they look great together!
Okay, I took a lot of pics of the doll for my World of Yarn website, so here are a few more.
