Boy, What A Joy!

Indeed.

It's a wonderful feeling to watch your child growing day by day.

Sometimes (I mean, MOST of the time), we would take his/ her pictures with our mobile phones.

But some people took it to another level of recording these growing up moments by hiring a Portrait Painter to paint, a Professional Photographer to photograph... or in this case, ME to Caricature. Ahaks!

Yes.

You're looking at the same baby in the above picture. The "Sleeping Blue Bear" one was about a couple of days old and the "Super Boy" with his loving Mom was about 8 months.

Thank you for sharing these moments with me.

Thank you...

for hiring me.

Enjoy!

Hello... Sweet Little Girl & Mom.

Thank you for your orders, Is.

Take Care.

Cool Caricature Cupcake Topper & Another Cutesy Pie

Awwww... 

my client has sent me a couple of pics that turned my caricature into a cupcake topper!

How awesome is that?

Thanks a lot, dear.

Another thanks is for sharing my art to your kind friend who then requested me to draw a digital caricature of her baby with some favorite cartoon characters!

What a cutesy little pie this child is :).

Enjoy!

My Little Adventurer

I worry a lot nowadays.

Especially when he experienced the joy of walking...

...which to my eyes, it's more like jaywalking.

And then, he started climbing. 

I could see the sparkle in his eyes when he managed to climb something.

Or he would make a face like..., "See? This is nothing."

My own little Adventurer,

you may give me a heart attack or two...

but it doesn't matter,

for I'll always take care of you.

Enjoy!

Lazy Monday...

Well, it's OK to be lazy when you're a baby spider.

Did I tell you about the cake I made for Zain on his 1st Birthday? 

Truth be told, I was super proud of it... 

and the fact that it was the first cake I've ever done in my life...

made it extra special even though ermmm.. I didn't really 'bake' it ;P.

Wanna see how the cake looked like?

Now, the first tier consisted of fresh fruits and the second tier was a steamed banana raisin cake!

I got the recipe from here after surveying quite a number of steamed cake recipes on the net.

It tasted really good and Zain finished it in one go!

Making the cake was an exciting experience for me.

I'm looking forward for many more memorable experiences with Zain in my life :).

Have a sweet Monday...even if you feel a bit lazy, ok?

A Boy and A Kite...

Owh... look!
My little boy is flying a little kite...
with his legs crossed!

Hihii... thought of having a little fun with Baby Zain's pic this morning while visiting Creative Every Day blog-- which happens to have "black & white" theme this month :).

Have fun!

My Little Hero

" A hero is a man who is afraid to run away" 

- English proverb

Sometimes, I just wonder... What he's thinking?

10 months old, baby Zain is turning.

That means, his 1st birthday is fast approaching.

My full time job now is taking care of him, and I'm not complaining.

I'll do my things when he's sleeping.

He'll be in his walker when I'm cooking.

We'll go to the park in the evening.

We'll watch the pigeons feeding in the morning.

Everywhere I go, he is following.

In the middle of the night he's still crying...

and he's still breast-feeding.

Even though I'm helpless at cooking...

he makes me feel good when he's eating.

My eyes have dark circles for not enough sleeping.

I wish to get some massages when my body is aching.

He makes me happy when he's laughing.

He makes me worry when he's sick and weeping.

There's a long way to go and I'm learning...

... my baby will keep on growing.

If I'm gone I hope I'll be leaving...

a son who'll be a good muslimin.

Singing Baby

Hihii..

Nothing much.

Just fooling (doodling) around with baby Zain's photo :).

He's just turned 9 mo recently, by the way.

With him getting 'wiser' day by day,
you can't really catch me taking my time doing things

for myself anymore nowadays...

well, not unless he's dozing away.

Hanging Around...

...while waiting for the NEW year.

Happy 2013, for each and everyone of you who drops by :).

May the NEW year brings more of everything that's good for you 

and your family.

Enjoy!

P/S: Do check out my NEW post at Yartstik, ok?

A Short Visit to Ganu

It's rainy season in the East Coast of Malaysia right now.

There was no escape from it when we went there last weekend.
However, when the rain stopped once in a while... Mr.Bee quickly drove Baby Zain and I to a few of Kuala Terengganu 'Hot Spots' (for us, at least).

Early in the morning, we couldn't see the sun rise because it was so cloudy... but we still wanted to bring Baby Zain to see the beach at Pantai Batu Burok.

Here's the result:

Yup. He slept all the way... tsk tsk tsk.

So, we made our way to a breakfast stall which was in Jalan Panji Alam.
I would say, they have one of the best nasi lemaks and nasi dagangs in Ganu. Yummy2x...

Not even 8am yet customers were already in queue. Yikes!

This used to be my playground...
when I was in the Primary school back in 1980s :)

While we had our breakfast, it rained again... and thanks to Allah by the time we finished, the sky was quite clear and beautiful.

We hopped on the car and decided to go to Marang because I wanted to take some boat pictures for my future painting reference!

When we reached the Marang Jetty, baby Zain fall asleep yet again. Hihii...

 But I had a good time snapping my boats away...

We also stopped by a stall that sold a local delicacy called Akok. 

It was still made the traditional way... and tasted sooooo good!

After that we had a rest at home while outside it rained cats and goats.

I craved for ICT.

You can't go back to Kuala Terengganu without ICT in one of your hi-tea menus!

So, Mr.Bee drove us to Teluk Ketapang for it.

What ICT am I talking about?

It's 'Ikan Celup Tepung'. 

Not only the fishes were dipped in a special recipe flour and fried but you will find a whole lot of other seafoods ie. prawns and squids too!
Of course, keropok lekor was there if you want. 

Burp!

Sorry. 

I was too busy eating until I forgot to take picture of the food.

Plus, baby Zain was sound asleep on my lap while I was eating 'em.

And when you thought there was nothing much in Kuala Terengganu at night, you'll be surprise to see that the real ICT existed there too!

Here at Kampung Cina... or Dataran Shahbandar as they named it now.

As you can see, baby Zain was wide awake by now.
*Sigh... so much of outdoor loving, son.

But baby Zain was such a sport during our short trip. He didn't make much fuss for the long car ride. 

I know you're tired, baby. 
So much for you to learn and see...
each and everyday of your life.

The PinkGegirl... & my Baby...

I've been postponing to update a recent HEADER that I did for a sweet client in pink!

As you can see, it was mostly hand-drawn... except for the background.

I had fun creating it and I'm glad she liked it too!

Please visit Pinkgegirl for some interesting stories of her life :)


Talking about life!
Baby Zain just turned 3 months old yesterday. He got his 3rd jab the day before and had a little fever after that. Huhuu... poor boy. But he still managed to make a cheeky face.

love u.

too much.

Enjoy!

A Happy Family!

Thank you, Zue... for your order.

Everyone in this world wants happiness... but happiness may be defined differently by each one of us.

Isn't it nice to be a child? It doesn't take much to make him happy :).

This pic was decorated by my little sis, Sue using PicsArt app. Thanks, Sue!!!

What makes you HaPPy?

How to make a sheet a sling

Hmmm... let's see if I could work this out with baby Zain :)

By the way, did you see my new blog Header?
Yeah... I just thought it's a good time to have a new one... with my baby in it! Haha.

Look at him- so naughty! :P

He has 'something in his eyes... that when you look into them, all your pain, sadness and fears will be gone with the wind. How magical!

Yes, Zain... you make me tired. 

I couldn't get enough sleep and rest for keeping up with you. 

I can't diet because of breastfeeding you. 

My good friends keep reminding me that everything will be worth it at the end of the day. 

But all I know for now...is I'm just glad He sent me you as a Muse :) 

As for my Old Blog Header, Good bye and Thank you,... you've served me well and I'll always keep you safely in my file.