Motivation

Im pretty sure all first mothers tend to get excited over little things their child did or will do. like me, i even think its an 'accomplishment' for my baby when she first scratch her head. lol! there will be many firsts for my daugther this year! in a few weeks time, she will start to eat! which is exciting because idkwhy! and then she'll start crawling, walking, etc. she will also start to talk! me and my husband are kind of competitive of each other over airis O.O we were always like, "no, she loves ME more!" and we even bet on her first word. he thinks her first word will be "daddy". i think its gonna be 'mommy' :p as you can see, we love her VERY MUCH. and we want her first birthday to be VERY SPECIAL. we even started to collect our money for it! OK, i know she wont remember her first birthday. but its more like a celebration to US. 1 year is a big deal! so we set our budget to maximum $500. btw, her birthday is months away(august) but i made this list super early as a way to motivate me to keep collecting money for her birthday. i HATE last minute planning because then we will have to work with the money we have during that time and it wont be as fun as we planned to due to budget cost. so this list is mainly to motivate me to move on and collect at least $50 per month. i will even printed these out and put it on my wall! :p i even plan to print out my 'dream home' designs as a way to motivate me to work hard to get what i want. am i the only one who motivates self this way? 0.0

im so excited for the decorations! found these really awesome tip on how to decorate a party. and i really think these on the list is very easy to do and at such a low cost! i really like the look of the different sizes of balloons taped on the wall. and the CHOCOLATE balloons! i never saw chocolate-color balloons before and i'd definitely include a chocolate-color balloons for the dessert table! it really looks like malteser, right?! the balloon hanging decorations is really pretty and very creative. NO NEED HELIUM! will also include petal decorations too! purple! theme color is purple instead of the usual pink cause my baby's name is Airis, like the flower Iris! :p

as for the food, will inlcude lots of finger foods! will only include Noodle for the main cause it'll be held on the lateafternoon and im pretty sure people are full of the lunch and i dont want any food to waste! will order most of the food catering from online sellers! i will definitely order from Sweet As Sara for her cupcakes, gradient cake from vanilla kitchen, cinnamon buns from just cinful and chicken rissoles from kitchen of jasmine. i really hope these ladies will continue their business when the day comes! and for foods, i dont wanna exceed $200! because i have crepe maker at home, i hope i can find someone who knows how to make crispy creme during the event! for cotton candy, will just borrow cotton candy maker from my friend! there'll be a lot of sweet treats though! expect sugar rush!

as for actitivies, photo booth is A MUST! got this amazing cheap idea from google for photo backdrop. just use crepe/tissue paper as background! what a low-cost idea! karaoke for the adults. face painting. and pinata! the only pricey idea here is the bouncer/galdiator dual. its optional! this depends on my husband and future budget. he's the one who wants it. for guest book, omg, creative idea again! the thumb print is really an eyecatcher! i just hope everyone will cooperate!

pretty much most of these i will buy from ebay! cause its way cheaper there.

oh yeah, my laptop is sent for a fix. so i wont b posting beauty reviews soon :O(