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Blue Ivy Carter's Birthday: Beyonce And Jay-Z's Daughter Turns 1

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Happy Birthday, Blue Ivy!

2012's most-buzzed-about baby turns 1 year old today, and what a year it's been. Between Beyonce's Twitter record-breaking pregnancy announcement at the 2011 VMAs to those lurid prosthetic baby bump rumors, a motion to copyright the name "Blue Ivy" and instantly awwwed-after accessories (tiny gold Marc Jacobs flats y'all!), hip-hop's royal child has already made quite a splash in her first year of living.

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    Photos of the 1-month-old Blue Ivy, were posted by Jay-Z and Byonce on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP)

  • Blue Ivy Carter

    Photos of the 1-month-old Blue Ivy, were posted by Jay-Z and Byonce on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP)

  • Blue Ivy Carter

    Photos of the 1-month-old Blue Ivy, were posted by Jay-Z and Byonce on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP)

  • Blue Ivy Carter

    Photos of the 1-month-old Blue Ivy, were posted by Jay-Z and Byonce on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP)

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    Bey delighted everyone when she stepped out in New York with her newborn baby in March 2012. Those are tiny gold Marc Jacobs flats Blue's rocking, of course.

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    Bey keeps motherhood überfashionable by rocking a fur sling.

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    It's a Bey and baby sighting! The singer and her daughter were spotted in April in Brooklyn.

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    Of course Blue Ivy is Watch the Throne's biggest (and yet somehow, smallest) fan.

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    Jay-Z and Blue Ivy make their way from the Meurice hotel in Paris on June 4.

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    Getting used to the sweet life: Blue goes yachting in the Mediterranean Sea in September.

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    The mother and daughter were spotted at Bergdorf Goodman's in New York by a fan in October 2012.

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    Jay and Blue Ivy.

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    Bey shared these photos of a ten-month-old Blue Ivy in November.

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    Beyonce coos Blue Ivy while on a yacht in this photo she posted on her website, Beyonce | I Am, in December.

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Wheres the surrogate mother? She dont get to spend time with Baby Blu?
7 Jan 2013 4:19 PM
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Mythical people don't have visitation rights.
7 Jan 2013 4:23 PM
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Happy Birthday orphans and abused kids around the world...you are the ones we need to notice.
7 Jan 2013 10:19 AM
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yawn.....
and what have you done today to help them?
7 Jan 2013 10:33 AM
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I don't see the point in clicking on a story about a baby and then trashing her parents. If you don't want to hear about it don't click on the page! Hating on a 1 year old is just lame. And says a lot about the bitterness people carry around with them.
7 Jan 2013 12:38 PM
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I didn't see the point of them making a big on stage production about Beyonce being pregnant, they set themselves up for whatever comes to peoples minds. The comments posted are not about the baby. Beyonce was barely seen during her "pregnancy". Come on now Beyonce? She should have and would have been all over everywhere had she really carried and gave birth to a child. The plan wasn't well thought out. I will say that Kim is going to top her in pregnancy whooplah.
7 Jan 2013 1:17 PM
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Melanie Lovesu (melanielpc)
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I still don't think that's Bey's baby, it should have long blond hair.
7 Jan 2013 12:45 PM
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It's not, it's her husbands baby.
7 Jan 2013 1:07 PM
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Every 15 minutes a child died in this world and (huff will delete this post anyway) you got the nerve of placing a child(god bless her anyway)that on top of having everything her parents instead of waisting millions on her should give some money to those babies that as we speak died of hunger every 15 minutes.
8 Jan 2013 8:32 AM
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Cherly N. (yougogirl1948)
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@caranxa:

Have you ever considered that this couple IS giving money to charitable organizations/missions that ARE helping children who are suffering?

Happy birthday to this adorable and blessed little girl. She looks so cute!
8 Jan 2013 8:46 AM
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Marc R. (Rogo99)
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Happy Birthday to my friend Steve, who has done more to help humanity than this person or her parents have or ever will.
8 Jan 2013 1:03 PM
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Granted I don't know your friend Steve and best wishes and happy birthday to him! However Jay-z donates millions to charity and has set himself up as an example of what someone with motivation can do coming from nothing. The man is the American dream and to just dismiss that I think is wrong.
8 Jan 2013 1:06 PM
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Congrats to all three parents.
7 Jan 2013 11:19 AM
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All that money and they can't find a good hair product to control the frizz. Poor Baby Blue! Hey Bey, try "Mixed Chicks" !!
7 Jan 2013 1:20 PM
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It is unfortunate that your parents couldn't buy you a brain
7 Jan 2013 1:33 PM
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Amirah M. (MsEli34)
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Tee hee at those who chose to click on this story about a baby and gripe.

Blue has those cheeks you just want to pinch. Happy b-day, chica!
7 Jan 2013 12:13 PM
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You sound stupid. All babies have pinchable cheeks. As for me clicking on this site..I love getting people like you worked up. Don;t tell people what they can and cannot read, and I won't tell you where to go...you know the way..get to stepping'
7 Jan 2013 12:54 PM
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Alfred M. (AlfredMDJD)
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It's been a year already?? Guess I haven't paid much attention to baby Blue
7 Jan 2013 10:33 AM
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Well, dagnabbit! Get on the stick, man! Getchyerself on down to FAO's and pony up the big clams for some expensive 1%er toy bauble for the li'l loin-droppin' and prove how much it means to you.

And...uh..tell 'em it's from all of us...har!
7 Jan 2013 11:16 AM
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