Penelope's First Month Celebration

Daddy's away on conference in Belgium, and three grandparents are back home in Singapore, so Penny celebrated her one month milestone at home with Big Sister Amy (yes, the teddy bear), Grandma Loh and Mommy. Ye Ye and Nai Nai webcammed this morning and presented Penny with a gift of a gold pendant in the shape of a little chicken, this being the year of the rooster in the Chinese calendar. Penny also received red packets from all her great-grandmothers and grandparents, on top of many other gifts from other friends and family, from Singapore to San Francisco. Blessed little girl! Her gift from Daddy and Mommy? See if you can spot in one of the photos below "The Child's Story Bible" by Catherine Vos. May she grow up knowing the Lord!

Grandma Loh and I prepared a modest spread for the occasion: Grandma baked Penny a cake and prepared some customary red eggs (which turned out pink as we didn't have the correct powdered dye and had to make do with liquid red colouring), and I made some pineapple tarts.

After setting the table, all we needed was for baby to grace us with a good, docile mood for photo-taking! She fussed a little shortly after we dressed her in her pink dress, but calmed down wonderfully after a short feed. Grandma started the celebration by snipping off a little of her hair--a Chinese custom we follow for nostalgia's sake.

These photos were taken using a camera not well suited for indoor shots, our usual camera being with Daddy. I hope nonetheless that Daddy and the grandparents, as well as anyone else who is sharing in this blog "man yue" celebration will enjoy them all the same.