Niave has grown and changed so much in the last year.
We have seen her gain a lot more self-control, she is a meltdown kid and although she still has a fair amount of meltdown moments (like when a sweet little Shetland pony wants to say hello!) she is slowly learning how to control her emotions a little better.
Niave is a climber, happiest when dangling from the highest branch or the tallest part of the jungle-gym. She loves to be outside. 
Water is her friend! From the smallest puddle to the biggest sea, she loves it all.
She also loves puzzles and building blocks and has hundreds of soft toy friends that she plays with all the time, Beaky (a little duck) is still her firm favourite but she sleeps with about 20 soft toys every night - there's hardly room for her!
And Memory Game! She is the undisputed queen, beats us all no contest!!
She loves books and DVD's and can recite whole parts of some of her favourites (not sure I should be publicly advertising that!!), she and Abigail have a line from the Bee Movie that they just love to repeat over and over and also from Niaves all time favourite Toy Story (1, 2 and 3!!!)
Her favourite books are the Ruby series about a little duck who looks just like Beaky and she loves the Little Bear series because it's about stuffed animals - her favourites!!
She's not a very girlie girl and is at the moment obsessed with cowgirls (because of Jessie - the yodelling cowgirl - from Toy Story of course!) but loves to wear dresses too.
She loves cars and dinosaurs, she seems to have past the fairy/princess phase already, 2nd children grow up much faster...
She is a strong willed child but has a great sense of humour. She really cracks us up with some of the things she comes out with.
Like most 5 year olds she likes to do things on her terms and digs her heels in when things don't go her way!
Anyway, today Niave is 5 and although it's a lot noisier since she arrived (like from the first second!!) we are very glad she is here.
Happy Birthday Niavie, may you have wonderful fifth year.
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