My girl turned 4!

I can't believe my girl is no more a BABY!,

She's now turned into an adorable, sweet, bright 4 years old girl.

How fast time flies....just like a blink of eye.

Babycakes...You've been blessing our lives day by day... and our life is sweeter with you around.

May Jesus bless you in every way of your life..be successful person, and a Happy one!

We love you always,

Mom, Dad, and Louie..

My gal..

(a grandma look)

(being silly)

(gifted in pose)

(Lovely)

(just freshly came out from bathroom.. She was 3Y 5m that time, We played around with her newly bought toy glasses)

My daughter... Zoey ..

I've just cant get enough of her.. Love to take her pictures.

She's a born photo model..

She knows how to pose...natural...

She's the apple of my eyes..

She's bright, and funny!

A perfect gift that God has given to me...

Am such a blessed mom, don't you agree?

Play dressing-up

Yesterday, me and my gal played 'dressing-up' ...I dressed her with hair band,
necklaces...matched shoes...I think she looked lovely.
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Last but not least our pic together..

Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
06 May 2010
@ home
Photography by Mommy

an intermezzo

Remembering my conversation with my gal on one beautiful weekend..

Me washing the dishes..

Zoe: Mom...I wish I had wings

Me: Hmm?? why you need wings?

Zoe: So..I could fly farr away..and go anywhere..

Me: So? Are you gonna leave me alone??

Zoe: Well..You have dad and Louie, No??

Me: But, I won't have you then...

Zoe was thinking and thinking and thinking...then answered

Zoe: Owkay..then mom, don't worry.. I'll visit you next time.. ^_^

So? stil flying????

Here are some of her latest pictures..She's 3years 6months.

Zoey is turned 2 years!

Pada saat aku menulis ini, Zoey udah berumur 2taon 2bulan. Sebenernya telat banget nyak untuk nulis tentang ultah dia yang kedua. Tapi dari pada ndak lah. Takut lupa, pas dia gede nanti..gak ada memori di usia 2taonnya.
Ultah dia dirayain di Semarang pas kemaren mudik lebaran. Sebenernya mau simpel, makan keluarga. Aku gak ngurusin apa2 sih, pokoknya sebelum pulang aku suruh aja mamaku untuk pesen catering, en bla2...siapa yang diundang terserah doi aja.
Dalem bayangan kepala pasti cuman keluarga aja, eh ternyata mama mengundang seluruh gang nya baek yang aku kenal atau yang aku kagak kenal. Total undangan sekitar 50orang, dan banyakan orang tua............aaaa semua..Haha.
Kasiannya anakku, merayakan ultah dengan kakek kakek dan nini nini.
Ada sih sepupu2 dia yg cuman 2-3 org yg sepantaran. Yah, gak apa lah...paling juga belum ngeh dia.
Karena zoey getol banget ama Barney, aku minta di pesenin Barney Cake. Dalam pikiran ku, maunya yang 3D getu, pake fondant biar keliatan lucu. Tapi kayaknya belum ada yang bisa bikin kayak gitu deh di bakery yang kami tunjuk. Tapi ya sutra, yang penting ada gambar Barneynya, Zoey toh gak isa bedain mana barney yg cute en yg asal jadi.. :o))
Cakenya cukup gede, 40 x 60cm, dengan diskon 50%, bayarnya cuman 350ribu rph...murah banget kan? makanya aku gak banyak komplain dengan hasil barneynya..Lha wong murah, mau bagus. Kebangetan kan? Tapi rasa cakenya, mak nyus juga. Banyak yang bilang wuenak. Karena kami pesen jgn pake ovalet, supaya gak ngendal rasanya di lidah. En beneran, tanpa ovalet, rasanya muantap banget.
Zoey dapet hadiah kalung emas ber liontin kan anjing2 an dari neneknya. It's very cute. Hadiah dari aku sendiri...hmm..apa ya, pestanya itulah.
Baju pestanya sendiri, dapet warisan dari sepupunya. Jadi bener2 simpel deh. Waktu ultah karena yg dateng banyak orangtua, ya gak ada acara buat anak2. Yang ada, begitu semua dah kumpul, berdoa lalu makan. Setelah kenyang pada pulang...

Foto2 pas acara ultah untuk sekarang belum bisa di upload, karena masih di vungtau, tapi begitu kami pulang nanti pasti aku upload.

Zoey sendiri diusia yang genap 2taon, semakin keliatan karakternya. Dia lebih ekspresif dalam mengungkapkan apa yang dia mau. Kalimat kalimat lebih panjang dari sebelumnya, walaupun terkadang masih kebalik balik tata bahasanya, dan juga masih campur-campur antara bahasa inggris dan bahasa indonesia. Namun setelah pulang dari Indonesia, bahasa Indonesia nya lebih lancar dari bahasa Inggrisnya.

Dia juga sudah mulai menyanyikan lagu2 anak-anak dengan lengkap dari awal ampe akhir dengan lancar, dan jelas. Dari lagu baa baa black sheep, twinkle2, I love you -you love me nya barney, satu-satu, nina bobo,sampe lagu Liang qe lao hu. Seneng banget dengerin dia bisa nyanyiin dengan lengkap, secara dulu aku sering bertanya-tanya kapan anakku bisa nyanyi yang bener. It's one achievement for her!

Dia juga sudah mulai suka makan yang rada manis-manis, sudah mulai doyan nyemil. Walaupun sayur masih susah masuk, makanannya masih terbatas nasi, dan daging2...

Belakangan dia suka sekali baca buku 'Where's Wally?'. Surprisingly, dia bisa menemukan semua karakter yang ada dibuku Wally dengan cepat, dan juga semua barang2 yang kecil kecil seperti key, bone, dog tail, scroll. Dia sangat menikmati buku ini, dari buka mata dipagi hari hingga malam sebelum tidur pasti minta untuk baca buku ini. Waduh, sampe mata mamanya juga belekan kebanyakan liat buku ini.

Pertanyaan2 sudah susah dibendung, terkadang heran juga ini anak kog kuat sekali ngomong gak ada istirahatnya! Liat orang tua pake topi, nanya.."mama - unclenya pake apa tuh??" Kata-kata apa tuh, gak pernah stop diucapkan dan diulang2 mulu. Walaupun kadang capek jawabnya, tapi kayaknya emang masa dia - masa2 lagi penasarannya tinggi, jadi kita yg jadi orangtua maklum aja.

Tingginya diusia 2taon dah mencapai 87cm, gak montok lagi kayak dulu. Sekarang cuman pipinya aja yang sedikit gembul, sedangkan badannya udah gak kayak michelin lagi.

Mami doain ya nak, kamu selalu sehat, cantik, cinta Tuhan, dengerin orang tua dan pintar!

Zoe dan si anak anjing

Anak anjing ini kami panggil Kiki, tapi kayaknya sih dia belum ngeh kalo namanya Kiki. Lha wong tiap kali dipanggil gak pernah dateng. Ya sutra, namanya juga masih anak2..:o)

Eniway, singkat cerita si Kiki ini sempat menjadi bagian dari keluarga kami selama beberapa minggu, setelah keluarga kami sempat ketambahan ikan Lohan. Status mereka sama-sama, tidak mendapat persetujuan dari saya.

Ketika suatu hari minggu yang cerah ceria, tiba2 suami saya celetuk bahwa dia udah beli akuarium...dan besok sudah bakal mendapat sumbangan bayi2 ikan lohan 6ekor!

Whatt???!! Yah, dia gak bilang sama saya karena sudah pasti saya bilang BIG NO! Well, I am obviously not an animal lover. Dan sekarang si Lohan sudah mulai unjuk gigi, selang 2bulan kemudian, udah mulai menunjukkan kepalanya yang gede.

Dan, kejutan berikutnya terjadi setelah kami pulang dari liburan, tiba-tiba sang tukang jaga membawa seekor puppy untuk sang majikan lelaki. Wah, tentu saja si majikan lelaki yang maniak anjing senang sekali, dan tanpa bilang2 sang majikan perempuan yang laki ublek2 dapur , mengiyakan dengan bahagia. Si anak perempuannya yg lagi tidur, dengan gak sabar dibangunnkannya - biasa ga tahan pengen pamer...karena si anak perempuan juga gak kalah maniak binatang...what a pair!! Si tukang jaga rupanya kasian ngliat sang anak perempuan yang suka sekali pergi ketetangga untuk ngliat puppy, ternyata puppynya mati ketabrak motor.

Mulailah saat itu, hari2 dirumah penuh keributan dengan si Kiki, dengan si anak perempuan yang lari2 ketakutan dikejar anjing, atawa si anak perempuan yang lagi menyiksa si anjing.

Terkadang si anak perempuan yang belum pahan kelakuan anjing akan terus maksa supaya waktu makan, si puppy kudu ngabisin susu yang dibuat, or daging yang disediain...pokoknya sampe si puppy neg ketakutan liat si anak perempuan ini.

Sang mama yang ngliat kelakuan anaknya suka histeris sendiri, hari-hari jadi suka spaneng! darah tinggi, kerjaannya jadi suka teriak... Zoe NOOOO!!!, DONT DO THATTTT!!! OR KIkI NOOO!!!..GOOO GOOO... Ketika ngliat sang anak mengangkat puppy dengan menarik kedua telinganya, atau terkadang ekornya aja...(aduh..bisa mati itu puppy), atau risih ngliat si puppy njilat2 muka si anak perempuan.

Udah sang mama yang lagi hamil, pake acara mual, jadi suka jerit2...wah, komplet banget hidupnya.

Sang mama tidak suka sama anjing, karena punya histori yang gak mengenakan dengan si anjing. Dulu waktu masa2 di balikpapan, si anak perempuan setelah umur 8bulan kerjaannya keluar masuk dokter...sakit yang sama, batuk pilek batuk pilek....baru sembuh 3hari, sakit lagi..begitu terus...Sampe capek sendiri, dan gak tega ngliat si bayi yang dicekokin obat en antibiotik mulu. Ternyata belakangan setelah konsultasi dengan beberapa dokter anak, akhirnya diambil kesimpulan kalo sang anak alergi dengan sesuatu.

Karena yang bisa disalahin waktu itu adalah si anjing piaraan, ya udah deh..sampe skrg sang mama rada antipati dengan keberadaan anjing disekitar anak perempuan.

Ternyata kekuatiran sang mama beralasan.. beberapa hari adanya si Kiki..eh, sang anak batuk2, dan mulai runny nose. Gak tau apa ya kebetulan karena pancaroba, atau ya si Kiki ini penyebabnya. Sang mama terus berdebat dengan sang papa yang masih gak yakin kalo si Kiki ini jadi biang sakitnya sang anak. Ampe akhirnya si antibiotik yang udah nyaris abis gak ada hasilnya. Sang mama langsung ambil tindakan sendiri, KIRIM BALIK INI PUPPY KE YANG PUNYA!!!

Waktu sang papa lagi dikantor, si mama talipun...

"Honey, Get yourself mentally prepared..."

"Why?"

"I've returned the puppy."

...silent for a while...

"How Zoe take it?"

"Well, She seems to understand... She thought the dog brought by Mr. Seng to his house, to sleep over there, and she's pretty ok with that."

"If she's ok, then fine.."

Hang up phone.... Sang mama...tersenyum penuh kemenangan.. :o)))

and yes, Setelah beberapa hari...Zoe sembuh...ahhh....teori si mama benar rupanya.

When Zoe meets baby

What happen when Zoe meets baby?

Refused to give away baby, and asked mommie to bring baby home inside mommie' s bag.

Haiya.....kid! She might think that the baby was a doll.

Terrible Two

Day by day Zoe's development always amazes me. Next week she'll be 22months. Her range of vocabularies increases a lot than I can remember. Sometimes, I just dunno where she learnt all those words. She also started to combine word by word into simple sentences.

Out of the blue-yesterday, she said:" Thao cook no good!"and continued " Zoe cook good" :))) As you might know Thao is our helper at home. That sentence really astonished me. Then I asked her, what do you cook good? She replied," Zoe cook bubun (read: bubur)" meaning she cooks porridge. Me and Thao can't help but laughing.

However, in this stage. I find lots of difficulties tackling her. As she slowly knows what she wants, she doesnt want to listen instruction anymore. This is the difficult part. I recently always have to raise my tone speaking to her....and shockingly she did the same way as what I did.

I have to face the reality that she is now in the " Terrible Two" stage :o)). I din create that word by the way, the paeditrician i met introduced the word to me today.

When I ask her to listen to me, she would act as if i weren't there. It makes me feel like- what have I done wrong to her? and feels like a terrible mother.

However, from a conversation with the doctor today I felt bit relieve. I think all moms in this world might experience it, and I shouldnt think that way. I guess, am just overthink it.

The doctor advise me, at her stage now parents need to be firm on the rules. Otherwise, they will not respect your instruction.

She's also more expressive these days. Last saturday, after having bfast outside we went home. Reaching home, she's complaining," Zoe tired!", giving us a flagging face. :o))
Or else in the morning, after she wakes up and see me without me asking-she will say," I loss you , mommie!" :o)) what she's saying is I love you mommie. Isnt that the sweetest thing you want to hear from your kids?

Being a parent is a form of art, different kid would need a different way to tackle. There are times that am complaining too, but more moments to enjoy being with them.
Zoe's been teaching loads of things, teach me how to be more patient person, teach me to be more knowledgable so i can teach her better, teach me to be a more fun person since am hanging out with her, many life lessons.
I loss you too baby..:)))

Am a happy helper! :)

Okay, the background story was:

This girl below was supposed to take shower. However she ran away from mommie who'd been chasing her. Mommie lost her. Dunno where she was, but eventually find her when she was doing below action!

When asked what she was doing, she answered," Hep thao..." (Read: Help thao-my helper)
How could mommie get angry if she's trying to be nice??? :)

Am a BIG GAL now!

My mom told me, am now 21 months!
and..that's a BIG number!
I have to start to do things myself,
eat myself, play myself-meaning dun disturb mommie all the times when she's blogging :)
and brush my teeth myself.
Everymorning, after wake up from my cozy bed, first thing I do is...kiss good morning to mom and dad...
then go to bathroom to brush my teeth.
and YES, I like it so much that I dont like my mom to help me anymore!
Am a BIG GAL, I know I can do it!

Do you know that I can goggle too?

See how clean my teeth now.

A celebrity caught bikini pose!

E-online: Zoey Yong, a recent booming celebrity from Malaysia was caught in the act by paparazzi when she was doing her bikini pose for cover of VOQUE Baby Magazine. Psst.. we heard from a trusted source that she was paid 100,000 USD for this photoshoot.

Despite of surrounded by at least 10 persons, and all the lightings - Zoe was surprisingly seemed so relaxed and comfort during the session.

She was captured before the shooting started - drank a mineral water

Here's some pictures during the photoshoot:

This is the picture when she's trying to chase away the paparazzi

And she's having fun after the photosession over..

Playdough

I admit that Zoey doesnt have lots of toys. Call me a stingy mom, I dun mind. * In fact, I agree .. LOL *. I dun really like buying her toys, cause hey, children's toys are not cheap, ok??!. Furthermore, I hate to think all those toys will pile up and I dunno where I would store all those stuffs.
Most of her toys are given, gifts over her first birthday from her friends. If not, I could guarantee that she has nearly nothing. kakakakak..

Well, yes, of course I bought her something too. Am stingy-but not thaattt stingy!. I buy some affordable toys, (this means around 10usd toy-the most). More than that, I usually will just put the toys back in the shop rack.. :)

I believe the best thing happen for your kids are not the expensive toys, but it's the parents around them. Toys won't subtitute that. I dun say, we can't buy toys for our children. Sure we can, but also ensure that we have the quality time with them.

BTW, dun you notice eventhough our kids have many nice toys *at least that's what we think*, most of the time they dun want to play with it? They would rather to play with junks, etc: empty can, spoon, fork, en stuffs other than their expensive toys? * see ? you know what I mean *

Ok, nuff with the rambling (back to the real topic!)

Yesterday, I tried to make something together with her. I wanted to play -play dough- with her, and as u would know where the story goes, She doesnt have play dough. Therefore, I decided to make the playdough myself. Just for you to know, there are many different type of playdough that you could choose for making your own. Could be a cooked or non cooked. This time i choose the non cooked saltdough.

If you want to make also, here's the ingredients u need to prepare:

Salt Dough
1 cup salt
1 1/4 cup water
3 cups flour

1. Dissolve salt in water.

2. Stir in the flour, one cup at a time, until it is nice and soft.

3. You can shape it or cut it out with cookie cutters. Bake at 200 degrees until hard.

my helper, thao

my guard, tuoc

my baby busy with the cookie cutter

here's some of the finish result before bake

this is the result after bake

4. Paint with regular acrylics. (I used the waterpaint)

Zoe's seriously painting

the end result, after painting (not too bad, eh?)

Note: This recipe is great for Christmas ornaments and magnets.