I didn’t get party invites from my Jollibee birthday package so I asked the ever reliable Ethel Sia of Sugar Prints to make Gwen’s invites. I’m a fan of her designs and she’s the one I turn to whenever I need some business cards, product tags, etc…
I ordered 20 pieces of the invites, only a few because I just created an events page on Facebook for the other guests.
invites made by Sugar Prints
Even before we set the location and ironed out all the details about Gwen’s Jollibee party, I already knew what we’re going to wear. I wanted a mommy-and-me matching outfits for the two of us, to emphasize my mini-me.
And luckily, I found a store called Twilo in SM Mall of Asia that sells mother-daughter matching outfits. I don’t have to go to a mananahi…
matching outfits
Last December 18, we celebrated Gwen’s 1st birthday. We celebrated it ahead of time, 4 days before her birthday, because that’s the most ideal weekend, the next weekend is already the 24th and 25th, Christmas day. So right after I attended the NAPBAS in Malaysia, it’s time for another big big big celebration!
matching outfit for mommy and baby
Happy holidays everyone! I hope you all had a good one. I’m sorry for the lack of updates since I left for Malaysia to attend the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards 2011. My trip was cut short because I have to be here for Gwen’s first birthday celebration. So after the awards night and the day tour, I flew to Manila sleepless and tired for another celebration.
My trip was barely 2 days, but it was an eventful and exhilarating experience. Fun times with the Team Philippines, aside from the finalists, they also invited other fashion/celebrity bloggers to cheer , a nice way to represent the Philippines since all of them looked ravishing that night.
Team PH Nuffnangers
Early morning flight tomorrow for the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards! Goodluck to all Pinoy bloggers! I’m excited and worried at the same time…worried for my little one. I hope she can sleep without mommy tomorrow and on Saturday night…
At 11 months, Gwen is about 8 or 9 kilos already. Carrying her to the mall using the baby carrier is too hard. Plus the fact that our carrier doesn’t have proper weight distribution. A baby stroller is now our option so that we can move and shop around without the weight. The stroller that my brother gave me is too bulky and heavy. We want a lightweight umbrella stroller only that’s not too spacious when folded.
We checked out some umbrella strollers at Baby Company SM Megamall and found two that we like… And Gwen’s pretty comfortable with them too…
Cosco umbrella stroller, this one is cheap at around Php 1,000+
Yaya hunting has been a roller coaster ride. After the perfect yaya left last October, we already had 2 replacement nannies. And because they can’t keep up with the perfect yaya’s standards, we are always searching and on the look out for a new one. There are good and bad days, good times because I can see that they are really trying but bad times outnumbered the good ones.
It’s been a while since I posted Gwen’s new things. You see, we seldom buy her new stuff, thanks to her 2 bigger cousins. From her crib, stroller and some clothes, Gwen is enjoying hand-me downs since birth. Sometimes, whenever a friend of mine posts photos of her baby, I see lots of toys in the background. Well, I don’t plan on buying lots of toys for Gwen but sometimes, I want to spoil her too.
I planned to buy her a Vtech sit-to-stand toy or an activity table but Jeff was not sold on that idea especially for a toy that costs Php 2,000+. So I just searched on Ebay for other affordable educational toys.
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Gawd, this post has been sitting on my drafts since October, gotta post it!
Gwen can now utter a few syllables, I think she already said “Mommy” in the past but from BabyCenter, it’s a few mumblings and she doesn’t know what that means… But come 10 months old, she can repeatedly say “daddy… daddy”. That’s music to her daddy’s ears, hehe…
What about me? Well, she shouts my name whenever she sees me leaving the room, wants milk, or she just wants my attention. She shouts, “dede…dede…dede”… Uh oh!
She associated me with food, that every time I’m with her she’s just going to “dede”…
Is this something to be happy about or what? hehe…kidding… ang cute!
