Pick Up Truck

Zoe loves match-box or hot wheels. One time in Manila, we took him to toy kingdom. Then John brought him to the hot wheels section, when Zoe saw them all, he genuinely said “WOW! Wow!”. Then John led him and allowed him to get his hotwheels... Each hand got one piece. His right hand took the red pick up truck while on his left hand was the black and red race car. Zoe loves those toys and he consistently plays with it. Every time he sees those toys, he has the same enthusiasms playing with it.

One time before the kids go to bed, we all knelt down and pray. Each of them started their own prayer, Zoe is already joining his siblings... he knelt down, hands clasped together and eyes closed, the he said, “Jesus.. [speaking three syllables of his own language, then say] P”TRUCK... amen. Yeheey!” I was about to burst into laughter but i tried hard to hold it.

Well, yes...he did pray for a pick up truck and for a kid his age... 1 year old and 7 months or less that time, it is indeed very obsequious or gratifying for me to see my kid doing amusing yet not so ordinary things.

Lactum

Anything interests Zoe. He looks at things with curiosity and mimics things he finds amusing. Watching TV is one of his interests. What seems to be impressive is, he rather pays attention to commercials than the program. Any commercials with kids on it are his favorites. And he seems to follow the flow of the commercial. One of these commercials is the Lactum. Zoe does the hand-sign that is four fingers connecting altogether to form a triangle but his version is instead of placing those fingers near the heart, he puts the sign near his eyes as if peeking through it.

Zoe's Vocabulary 101

Zoe learns to syllabicate early. He mumbles and get the sound right. Like for instance, he would say "mulk" for milk, "Emo" for Elmo of Sesame street. He also says "hod" for "hold" or "tam" for "come". His first sentence was "Ahwantwan" which means "I want one". This was when he was just a year and 4 months. Last Feb. 10, 2009, his first clear sentence was "Mama, I fart" (ewe, oh!?) That was cute and so hilarious.

He first two imitated phrases was "Deal or No Deal" and "Hep Hep Hurray". And went like this "diw or no diw" {all short /i/} and "hep hep ohray".

Then, three days ago, he finally said "I want milk". And my eyes went wide. In disbelief and of course in excitement. Zoe still mumbles things. Like his "bonk" would mean he got hit. He goes and say "Mama, I bonk" and that would mean "Mama I got hit".

One Time Zoe Was Up To Sing

Zoe is a performer. He is used to seeing his Dada sings every sunday at church. My husband serves in the music ministry. Every time Zoe sees Dada on stage, he would always want to join him. One time his brother and sister performed a special song one sunday together with the other children from Kid's church... Zoe made his escape from Dada and went on stage. Now this video is one of his talent shows. This was taken and motivated by my sister.

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Let There Be Zoe

I have a son, a year old and almost 8 months now, He is the youngest, and he has a brother 10 years older and a sister 8 years older than him. And his moniker is Zoe... obviously the meaning of that name is “God-kind of Life”. He is given that name because he was struggling for life when he was in my womb. We almost lost him when he was just three months inside, i got bedrest from then on until I birthed him last July 17, 2007 by cesarean section (oh, my two other kids too). Many had reacted on his first name, Jakob, because they said it has a negative meaning which is “To Succeed” or “To supplant”. If that is the case then how come many moms chose it, the name James has the same meaning too? But as a mom, i believe that my Jakob will make God proud of him. He will succeed in being God’s ambassador because as a mom, i will do my responsibility to the best i can in molding him as a child after God’s own heart. His second name is Zuriel because God was and is and will be our Rock. Our family’s story has proved God’s faithfulness. And my kids will live up a life full of trust to God.