Jan’s 1st Brithday

Jan turned ONE last Sunday!  We held a birthday party for her on Saturday at our place.  Check out her dress and birthday cake!  Though uncoordinated, they turned out to be amazingly harmonious in colour and style!

Her birthday cake also turned out to be much nicer than we expected.  We spent many hours trying to confirm the design, and when we did, neither of us had a good idea of how it will look like in the end, ‘cos we mixed elements from a few designs.  When I saw the cake on the actual day, I loved it!  A lot of kudos should go to my wife and her colleague Lawrence.  My wife for picking the cute bear, and Lawrence for helping us bring the bear to the cake shop a few days in advance.  I believe the cake makers drew inspiration from the bear and put together the final sweet-looking cake.

Pei Tze’s aunt also made a very cool looking jelly cake.  This, like the cake, exceeded my expectations.  I attribute it to the clever addition of garnishes like the deer, the fence, the plants and the “grass”.  Pei Tze added a final, genius touch to it…she put the jelly on a piece of glass (take from our TV console…), and that just up the class by several notches!

 

There was a lot of preparations to be done.  But thanks to the many pairs of hands that came to help, we managed to set up in time.

 

In almost no time, the guests began arriving!  Imagine the frenzy we were in…thank God most of the things went well.

 

There were also a lot of babies and toddlers...you might actually think we were running a nursery.  Fortunately, we had a play yard in the living room.

It didn't take long before the house was overflowing with people.  We estimated that there were 50+ adults and about 10 kids in the house!!

Thankfully, we had a huge area outside our house, which is rather unusual for HDB flats.  We were able to fit the catered food and a make-shift canteen in this corridor space.

    

The high point of the celebration was marked by the cake-cutting.  Jan probably did not understand what was going on.  I on the other hand, was awestruck when I realised that so many people were celebrating the birthday of a one-year-old!!  I then understood that it was really not just a birthday party, but a day where we celebrate the victory of surviving the first year of parenthood! ;-)

Well, we are definitely very thankful for how God has seen us through this past year, of how He has provided and protected us.  Happy 1st Birthday my little girl!