the birthday aqiqah

Finally the day, after much contemplation & anticipation..

Date: January 1st 2011 (1.1.11)

Venue: The Parents Residence, Bangi

Occasion: Adam's Birthday Aqiqah

initially, i wanted to have an eloborate party, with themed decor, themed balloons inside out, clowns, magic shows, and games, and invite every single being i know. What mom wouldn't want to tell the world, their precious son is turning one, aite?

After sitting down, pondering deep, pressing hard on the calculator again and again, i came to realize that i'm not even near to Jolie, and my husband's pocket is not as full as Mr. Trump! Therefore, i scrapped the idea of a big birthday throw, and came up with a little cozy serenity surrounded with the loved ones.

alhamdulillah the said event went well, despite few hiccups, somehow. :) the sunny ol weather, the back and forth brother running to re-fuel ice (till his face turn red :p 5 times re-filling the water tank!), the helium that went down super early and leaves the balloons all covering the floor and the tent! ok, i won't let the list continue. and thank god the birthday boy did not went grumpy. he was all overjoyed seeing the peoples around.

ok, so here's the spice em up to wrap on adam's birthday aqiqah.

shirt for the birthday boy from here. pretty cheap, for RM25, no?

the table setting. gold-ish table cloth to match the blue-ish serviette. (mom's genius idea) :p

let's partayyyyy! had a lonnngggg conversation with abah the night before, since he deter the idea in the first place, and manage to hung it up, finally :p

the balloons! bought it from Balloon Buzz. kinda cheap, 100 pieces for rm33.90. believe it or not, we bought 300 of em! knocked out the party guyss! and ayah blew 150 of em all by himself! the help of helium of course. which was quite a splurge. as for the remaining 150? will keep it for his next birthday :p

ayah said, this is long-life banner! can always use this again on adam's second till even 50th birthday, no? :p

adam's aerocandy pit. it was suppose to be the candy buffet by Merisik Gallery, but then it has extra addition of each and each by mama. she claims the table 'look empty', so she thought it was a favor from her for making it look 'fully loaded' and vast!i don't have a clear picture for single items on the table. ouh sad :(

the official birthday cake by Datin Maryzain. it's rainbow swirl inside. (how i wish this cake was just for display) :p

the second birthday cake from Uncle Sam. the nyummeh Red Velvet! it's so rich inside.

like i said earlier, 'mama's favor' ..got caramel puddings from Madalind's Bite, carrot cake, kueh koci.. hiks:p

the party goodies for the little guest.  aged 6 months and above, i added the baby bites for em to munch munch. together with the clapper for play some. as for the older kids, they have with them a pencil each as substitutes. together of course is the chocolates and decent junkies. 

the cookies as door gift. i ordered the thank you tag, again with MG. initially i wanted to craft one of my own, but given the time constraint, i scratched! it didn't came true.

and this.. my konon2 brilliant idea :p bought this negative frame in IKEA and at immediate instance i know how to work with it. blew it on me! attached adam's pix from birth to date. i name it the milestone negative frame. can hang this up in his room one day :)

Majlis Doa Selamat

the cake cutting at 3-ish. scorching hot the day was, and i was sweat-ing stink :p adam got his first taste of the rainbow swirl. no close up, apparently. 

alhamdulillah, it seems the guests 's enjoying the company, albeit the sun shines bright all day long. we catered for 150 guests but then, but the turn out was about 200 plus. it was way not enough. we had to cater for 'lauk tambah' , instead. 

thank you friends for coming. sarah, daus, and me. the dpa batch-mate.

school-mate. we are now all mommies. how time flies. :p thank you for the time ladies.

girlfriend and her beloved. thank you edat for coming!

later the day, tired-looking-birthday-boy. see, got the cake dust on his lips. definitely engrossed by the cake.

birthday gift. thank you all. mommy adam appreciate every single one of it.

that is all on adam's birthday aqiqah. it turn out great and well. *gee, who said its easy hosting a one year old birthday party?* it was an endurance. until the final touch of it. to the husband, family and in laws, thank you for the endless support.

i will now sit down and start pondering for his second birthday. kiasu or what? haha..