Taking her first steps

Little Alyssa's got a new obsession lately, ie standing up and waiting for an ovation from her audiences! She's just a few steps shy from being declared that she can walk, today's the first time she took 1.5 steps unaided, BRAVO!!! Silly parents tsk tsk tsk...if you haven't got a bub yet, you probably wouldn't understand yet hehe...look at her trying to balance herself up, soooo cute. Sorry this is a proud mum's self indulgence hehe...She's very active for a girl, maybe cause she's been playing with too many boys at day care, funny that her age group has a majority of boys. I'm quite excited about her being able to walk on her own but on the other hand, she'll be even more demanding on our time where we'd have to watch her every second then. That would mean no more cooking once my parents have gone home :(

Alyssa's party- 5/4/2008

My little bub's 1! Can't believe how quickly the last one year has gone by, parenthood is really challenging but most importantly really rewarding yesssss..... The amount of love baby Alyssa's brought into our lives is unsurpassed and today we are going to celebrate just that 1 year of bliss that Alyssa's brought with her...

Cakes, I've made for Alyssa, little Teddy went to Alyssa's day care and the tiered cake was divulged by our friends and family at our party at home. They're both rich dark chocolate cake iced with buttercream, but the tiered cake had an extra layer of raspberries cream sandwiched and some fondant accents. I would like to note the fact that I've put 12 hours of hard labour into that tiered cake, longer than i had been in labour when i had Alyssa *sweat*

Nasi Lemak was the theme for the mains simply for its simplicity in preparatory work since the mains could all be prepared way in advance and kept frozen. Had a healthy spread of desserts of Mango Pudding, Almond chocolate cookies, Strawberries dipped in chocolate, Tim Tam truffles (got the idea from Su Yin's blog), fruits and CAKE!

Look at that little face filled with total joy and excitement, all the hardwork and effort have been totally paid off by just that look on her little face...love you lots bubba.

A big thanks to my mum for all the help and her wonderful beef rendang which has gathered rave reviews even from 'kwai lohs' hehe...

My baby gal's turning 1 this weekend

Over the last few weeks, i've been frantically planning for my baby Alyssa's first birthday party that's coming this Saturday. I so wanted it to be perfect for my little gem though she wouldn't know a thing nor remember it in time to come. But hey being blessed with technology nowdays, there's the camera for the pictures that would prove to her that we did throw her a little bash. I know a lot of people says the first few birthday parties are more for the parents than the child but i beg to differ.

When i was little, my parents have thrown my brother and me every birthday till we outgrew it ourselves when we turned teens. And now looking at all those pictures, it just made me feel really loved and cherished although yes i don't have any recollection of it other than what the pictures shows me. I guess what i'm trying to say is that i wish my daughter would someday in the future look back at all the memories we would have made for her and felt that she's been loved and cherished too.

I've baked and iced a few cakes by now can't say i'm really great at it but i'm trying :) hopefully she'll be proud of her mama for her efforts at the very least. The teddy bear cake was made with Wilton's novelty pan in case you're wondering how i achieved it opppsss there goes my little secret. I think little teddy looks a little naked here, will dress her up a little on the actual day. This cake will be made for her little party at her daycare centra 'Penguins' on Friday, i hope all the other bubba's and her teachers would like it, its a rich dark chocolate cake iced with buttercream. Will post some pictures of the finished cake soon.