Janice 1st Birthday Bash (PART 2): Compilation from 6 mths - 12mths old

Janice 1st Birthday Bash (PART 1): The cake, the door gifts and the arrival of guest

THE CAKE

Baby Minnie themed 3 tier birthday cake for the little princess

I took leave on the eve of Janice's birthday to bake the cakes for the Minnie mouse theme party. Yiyi came over to my place that night and we started decorating. It took us 4 hours to complete the 2 tier decoration. The white cake with polka dots is made of Styrofoam inside ;).  Surprisingly, the difficult part of assembling the cake wasn't the making of Minnie Mouse sugar figurine but to me, it was the covering of  rolled fondant on the cake. It took us forever to do it! At 3:30am on the 30th Oct 2010, our 1st fondant cake was finally ready. *sweat*


                                                           THE DOOR GIFTS

Photo taken by Zara's mama. I was too busy that day, I terforgot to take a pic of the cookies for remembrance.

As for the door gifts for the guest, I've ordered these beautiful Minnie themed cookies from Zara's mama. I love her work and the cookies tasted great.







Each cookies we individually wrapped!!

                                                        
                                                           
                                                          
                                                         THE PRE-CELEBRATION

She woke up to receive her  birthday presents from daddy and mommy!

The birthday girl woke up pretty early at 7 ish in the morning to greet the sleepy parents. She usually wakes up way past 8:30am on a normal day. Looks like she knew something was going to happen on that Saturday.She was so bubbly and happy the moment she woke. Daddy and mommy sang her the birthday song while we were still lazing on our bed and she was clapping her hands with excitement.


                                                                  DRESSING UP

After stuffing her with a power packed early lunch, it was time for the little princess to dress up for the party.Thank God she was cooperative that day with her new shoes. Usually, she'll find ways to remove them as soon as you put them on.

Janice's dressing up 30 minutes before party starts.

Her 1st pair of walking shoes. I love them more than her. She is not use to wearing shoes yet :0

                                                                THE PARTY

Everything went well according to my expectations. The Balloons from Balloon Buzz arrived on time to decorate the entire cafe. When we arrived, everything was in place according to plan. My princess was enjoying herself looking at all the colourful balloons floating around her!



Popo(grandma) showing Janice around the party venue.



Thanks to Balloon Buzz for delivering them on time and the balloon arrangement was simple and nice!

Grand aunt FL said "I can buy lottery already, Janice allowed me to carry her today" :D

The Sun, Chew & Chanclans reunited

It was a great opportunity for the family members to gather together on special occasions like these.

Something happened on the way to the cafe. Part of the cake was exposed to the sunlight in daddy's car, the back of the cake (lilac layer) was slighted melted. Thanks to the cafe boss for her help. She reassured me that she'll take care of the 'repairs'. SHE DID! I almost felt like giving her a big wet kiss.

Great grandpopo wishing the little party girl a blessed birthday!

Great Grand ah ma trying to let her hold the double blessings.

Grandma came to give the little sweety pie a gift while she looks on

Kong Kong trying to woo her :p

 

The birthday girl sitting among the party guest..

More photos to come....

The night owl

She'd her last feed and a pacifier in her mouth but she ain't ready to fall asleep yet. She was playing in her cot and you guys just LOOK at the tsunami she'd just created behind her!\

Janice no longer falling asleep super early and leaving daddy and mommy plenty of time watching DVDs and playing FB doing their chores now. She would want us to chat and play with her until way past 9pm. Yippee yay! Oh yeah lah.... Yay and FUN for the first few nights when it happens but now I think I've changed my mind :p. I wished she could sleep early on certain days when I arrive home super tired or having alot of house chores to complete. I believe daddy agrees with me Gezzz...

We're still sticking to the night routine of giving her her last feed for the night, pillow talk, reading some books to her and giving her less stimulating games before we call it a night but when the lights are off, she would continue playing. She would be rubbing her eyes but she would force herself to stand up and started talking and playing. *Sweats*

When we're too lazy to layan her, that's what she would do until she's super tired and falls asleep.....

Janice starting to show interest in trains... She's holding on to Percy, the No. 6 green engine.

Lots of reading flipping!

Does the Saturday fever dance moves as part of her gym activity to maintain her 'figure' *rolled eyes*

Finally... the night owl would call it a night

The night owl still in dreamland. She wakes up way past 8am in the morning since she'd partied the night before. One thing good is that we're not required to wake up super early in the morning to entertain her like before. :p Zzzzzzzzzz...

Janice the girly girl's reaction towards surprises or was it because she wanted a taste of it?

My usual weekday evening routine, pick the girl up from the nursery, drive home, strap Janice in her feeding chair and zoom straight to the kitchen to get the very hungry girl her dinner and water.

When I reach home yesterday, the room was slightly cold. Eh? the air con was already turned on.Everywhere looks clean and proper and when I turn my head towards the dining table... I saw a lovely bunch and a message written on the laptop screen waiting for my arrival. The typical me which is very afraid of surprises stood still for a while, don't really know how to react as the loukong walked out from the kitchen to welcome the ladies.

The reaction from our little princess was cute. She was staring at the surprise daddy brought home with her big round eyes and after staring for a long long time, she looked at me and said "Oooooo Oooo Ohhhhhhhhh" twice.

"Eh?!? What's that on the table? can I take a bite?!?"

Oh yes...she's still staring at the flowers this morning as I was carrying her out from the room. I guess she's waiting for the right opportunity to take a bite.

She's 11 months old

"Aiyaks...mama caught on camera !"

That's our girl at 11 months old. She's very cheeky now and play time with her is so much fun! She shows her excited by opening her mouth wide with a big smile. It melts our heart whenever she does that. Her new words would be "Oh ho...." whenever she drops a toy, she had a fall or when we suddenly turn of the TV. She calls out for "mum mum" repetitively whenever she is hungry and she would say "Meow" whenever she sees a cat in her favourite picture book.

 "meowwwwwww"

She could recognise the clock and cabinet so whenever we ask "Where's the clock or Where's the cabinet?" she would turn her head looking at the clock or cabinet. Other items would be the television, the computer or the window. When her mood is good, she would point at it. That's the activity daddy does with her whenever she's cranky waiting for her final feed at night before her bedtime. That few minutes would be just nice for me to count 1...2....3.... scopes...4....5.. 6 DONE!

She's still crazy over stars and she can listen to that Twinkle Twinkle little star song over and over again in the car and also from her Baby Galileo VCD at home.Guess I'll be able to sing  the song in a reverse order soon :p

She's still at the stage of wanting to have a taste of everything under the sun. Papers, plastic bags, toys, dust..just to name a few. Oh guess she just swallowed a tiny piece of paper napkin at the cafe recently. I tried to dig it out from her mouth but its gone! Oh well.... hehe

As for her appetite, she prefers solid over milk. Her appetite for a 7oz feed per session has dropped to 4-5oz now. She prefers warm meaty meals and vegetables. Thus far, she'd tried quite a variety of vegetables and fruits. Apart from that, she is quite familiar with the taste of herbs in her meals namely oregano, cinnamon, thymes and rosemary. She is also quite used to having garlic with her fish porridge and also small onions in her baby pasta. She snacks on Cheerios, teething biscuits and rusk. I'll be introducing cheese sticks to her this month as finger food. The fruits which I've been avoiding until she reaches the age of 1 would be oranges, strawberries and pineapple.

"Mama's not watching...I shall open up the container and throw all the contents out of the box!Muahahahha"

Baby Janice is getting more and more curious and active these days. She don't like to sit in her walker anymore because she prefers cruising and walking (with support) from one furniture to the other. Hiding under the table and trying to climb on boxes and stools. She would lie flat on the floor or sitting still for a long time exploring the wheels on her push car or the walker. She would find ways to open a box or exploring our fax machine. I'm wondering how long will I be able to sustain the lifespan of my fax machine. I'm also wondering if we're going to have another engineer in the house in the future... Mmm..?!?

She knows that I'll whack her palm whenever she misbehave by touching things she shouldn't touch. Now whenever I saw "NO", instead of me whacking her palm, she whack me first and mimic my angry face! 0.o. So now I've to say "NO NO" and followed by "Cannot beat mummy ar!!..." Rolled eyes.....

*Oh Lord I need more wisdom to bring up this child leh!*

That's our little baby girl at 11 months old, a toddler by end of this month.

The plan is on....

The invitation cards are ready :D



After much confusion on how the card should look like (thanks to my sis and hubby for their help..truly!), 2 hours of cutting out the silhouette of the Minnie mouse head, making bows and sniffing glue, the invitation cards are finally ready for distribution. The fingers are abit sore now but I'm happy with the output.

As for the door gifts, I'm so pleased to have Zara's mama to bake them for me! So nice of her to accept my order. I can't wait to go collect the cookies from her end of this month and can't wait to taste her cookies!!

The venue has been set, menu's set, deco's quite confirmed and what's left to do is getting the birthday girl her party dress and a cake this weekend!

The party is set and its now time for mummy and daddy to shake leg and watch abit of tv ;)

Janice's 1st birthday : The planning

Yippee Yay! 32 days to go and our dearest Janice is officially a toddler. The DaddY and MommY is planning a private birthday party for the little gal. After calculating the number of quest, we realised that family members alone would hit a total of 42 pax!

"Dearie, we're booking the entire place for party!", I told the daddy..

To avoid the stress of catering a buffet for the event, guess we'll be having it at a cafe since aircon is provided and I wouldn't have to worry if it rains or shines on that day..

At present, we're having so much fun looking out for the venue, the cake, the theme, the invitations and Oh its gonna be FUN FUN FUN! *Jumpy Jumpy*

Seeing her grow: Birth - 4mths old

Janice:Birth till 4 weeks old