Animal Mechanicals Aliif 1st Birthday Bash! ~ Part 1 ~

Planning your child's 1st birthday is by no means an easy feat. Thought of getting the party supplies from US wayyy back when he was .. wat.. when he was stil 6mths old. In the end, last minute punya planning of course tak sempat la right. Anyways the shipping would cost a bomb so its a blessing in disguise. Wish i had planned properly then i wouldve time to customize my own cupcake toppers, water bottle wrappers, snack cup wrappers and treat bag tags...etc.. maybe next year.. hmmm... Now on to my party planning items..

Theme : HAH! Easy!! His eyes get glued on telly when his Animal Mechanical cartoon is on. DONE.

Venue : A place where kids & parents can enjoy and MOST IMPORTANTLY no need to have a scheduled event - i picked The Club @ Bukit Utama. The kiddies pool is super cool with the slides & all. MARVELOUSITY.

Time : Petang of coz.. just 2-3 hours bcoz babies get cranky & tired easily. CHECK.

Invites : DONE

The Cake : Came up with my own design for an Animal Mechanical themed cake & acquired help from colleagues wife's ( who also had tonnes of ideas) to make it happen. TQ Hijrah Bakers!

Major cuteness kann!!

I even asked to make brightly rainbow colored cake layers to match the theme =) Turned out beautifully!

The Family Uniform : Saw a machine embroidery shop at Ampang Park that specializes on stiching logos on blouses. Had custom ordered ABAH, MOMMY & ALIIF on our tshirts. SWEET!

 I must credit the cafe team of The Club@Bukit Utama as they were prompt & gave exceptional service to our baby's event. Look out for Emma or Awe for events management =)

Songkok budak @ carrefour midvalley

Salam ramadhan to all! Went to carrefour yesterday to stock up diapers despite takde sale.. Too long to wait for sale la.. And we found songkok for kids! RM9.90 only..! Grabbed one despite Aliif tangan gatal keeps grabbing and throwing it away haha.. In these picture he may seemed 'baik' but as you can see abah is holding on to his hands while i take pictures.. Gerammmnye ngan budak ni!

Uncrafty creative colorful buttons

Im proud to say this was inspired by my good friend Rosalynn.. It was back in college days when we were half awake trying to concentrate on a lecture, as I yawn indiscreetly and grab the sleep from my eyes, I saw a glimpse of what Rosalynn's was wearing, a brown Laura Ashley dress humbly covered by a black knitted cardigan. The cardi, a little frayed at the seams near the wrist area, I could see an attempt made to sew the cardi's seams as to keep it together. What caught my attention was what thread color was used to make the coverup - and bright spring color yellow against the midnight black cardigan. How interesting. She went against the rule of using same thread color for the same colored cloth. My mom wouldve fainted if she saw me sewing this way. I gave a gasp & pointed the mishap - she looked back at me, quickly covered the sewn spot with her hands and said "whatttt?... I called it creative..!" ... NICE..

Oh well, here's to inspirations, Roze!

Baby Booties

Oh Yes.. it has hit me – the postpartum entrepeneurial syndrome. Its sumthg abt the hormones that brings out the madcap crafty side in any mom. Got the templates & instructions from http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-sew-baby-shoes
Bought the cloth (maybe in January 2011), cut & sewn it into a bootie (hmm.. maybe in March 2011)!
Cut & sewn A bootie, mind u… only one side ok.. hehe.. now, if only i cud get started on the other one.. haha… adoii..

ALiiF @ 10 months

Aliif is 10 months..
Yup, at exactly 3pm 29^th April 2011 I received an email from Babycenter.com reminding me – Hello Aida! 10 Months Old, First Week… (bad mommy). Aah yes.. it is all coming together now. Baby’s changing of months as they say.. –> the sudden hyperactive mood Nanny’s been complaining about on exactly this day, the midnight crying separation anxiety wanting to sleep between Abah & Mom and him testing his vocals in making weird monster noises ROARRrrrrghhh! until his face turns red. This is one adorable monster.

The Almighty RoaRR!!

This boy is a happy baby & very social. Too social even sometimes it makes me nervous when he decides to go to any stranger that reaches out to him at the mall. Ishhh.. He even tries to impress the people at the next table during makan by grinning all his 6 teeth, fishing for compliments. Oh yes.. SIX GIGI BESO he owns now. 4 on top and 2 below. Abah & Mom had a wonderful time when those teeth agreed to make an appearance, continuously one after another in Aliif’s 5th month of life. Yeah, wonderful in a zombified sense – few hours of sleep & listening to sporadic crying almost every night turns you into a living dead during the day at work. Super fun. The teeth buds seem to be quietly ‘hibernating’ for now… let us cherish the moment.

Gigi Besor

For now, Aliif sure likes :


Cars. Actually he’s more focussed on the spinning sports rims. Intrigued when cars pass by, he eyeballs the tyres rather than the car itself. Interesting.


Taste the world through his mouth every chance he gets.


BITES! Loves loves loves to bite shoulders/neck areas of person carrying him without any compunctions. I love my little vamp.


Hates :


The vacuum cleaner. He gets angry, screams back and throw his toys at the vacuum monster. Maybe he doesn’t like the idea of mom vacuuming and tidy the house. Haha. Good boy.


Successfully:


Waves goodbye. Sometimes he waves with no expression on his face. Occasionally he’s oblivious to people trying hard to catch his attention, then he just nonchalantly waves on cue when he hears someone says Bye-bye Aliif without even looking up - takde perasaan!


Claps. With no sound. And both hands don’t exactly slap each other hard but rather he gestures the act of clapping. But does it qualify as clapping? OF COZ IT DOES!


Plays peekaboo and occasionally shows all his 6 white gigi when asked.


Signs for birds when he hears the pigeon that made a home on top of our a/c. Sometimes at the crows too. Scary crows. And signs for susu, before he screams & wails for it. Hehe.


Says abah & mom with a purpose & play kiss-kiss… Awwww!


We love this boy very strong. Please don’t grow up too fast, baby Aliif. Muacks.

aliif..ba..ta..

Hah.. I have a blog finally.. Somewhere I can rant and rave, blab and boast, cry or laugh, be a cool cat or be a geek .. or just be me.. yeah .. i think i’d like that.. now if only i can start.. hmm..