Heidi's birthday party(ies)

Heidi turned one on 8 April 2013, which was a Monday. We did not initially plan to do anything, but at the very last minute, we sort of caved and decided to give our little girl a small birthday bash. Before the bash, however, there was a mini bash at my parents' place here in Penang. We invited my relatives from my father's side, and since Hannah would be turning 4 soon, we had a combined celebration for them.

My father put up some simple decorations at home - we had these colourful letters from Hannah's 1st birthday, so we kept them for nearly 3 years. Good to recycle and reuse :)

Here is group photo of all of us - Hannah is smiling widely in anticipation of party packs, presents and cake!

Here are the party packs which my mum bought and Hannah helped to prepare before the party.

Here are the girls with their great grand-aunt.

And with grand-aunt Sue.

Family photo with the cakes.

Hubby ordered these cakes, one chocolate and one butter from Jan's Homemade Cakes in Abu Siti Lane, and they were super yummy, especially the chocolate cake. First time I have seen a birthday cake get eaten that fast.

And then it was time for the girls to cut their cakes. Heidi cut hers first with a little help from Mummy and then it was Hannah's turn.

It was sure a fun party - Hannah loved her gift from her grand aunt.

And Heidi loved the colourful wrappers!

On her actual birthday, we had just a small gathering of our immediate family and close friends. We decided to have a buffet, and Evergreen Laurel seemed to give us the best price, so we decided to go there. 

Most definitely, the highlight of the evening was the birthday cake!

The cake was made by Jennie's cake house in Pulau Tikus, but the Little People (which is Heidi's favourite cartoon) cake toppers was bought by my mum all the way from Australia. So we just gave them to Jenni and she did a fantastic job decorating the cake. It definitely looked too good to eat!

We took plenty of photos with our family and friends too. 

These are the Nolls who came all the way from Australia to celebrate with us.

Birthday girl with Nanna:

And both girls with Nanna and Gong Gong:

Birthday girl with Ah Mah - she must have just eaten something because she is doing her sign for "Good!"

Our friends Tze Ming and Jacintha - thank you for the gifts for Hannah and Isabelle! They were also remembered despite it being Heidi's birthday.

Hubby's school mates and their wives and kids - a whole bunch of us. Many years have passed since leaving school but they still remain good friends.

The lawyer group:

Happy birthday little Heidi! We hope you enjoyed yourself and we look forward to many more birthdays to celebrate with you!