Eid!!

She loved showing her outfit off to everyone at the mosque.

Today is Eid ul Adha, it is the Muslim holy day marking the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Its a day to remember to make sacrifices and live with humility. We got all dressed up as a family and headed to our mosque for brunch and prayers. My sister sent Danya this gorgeous outfit, it was adorable. Holidays are so much more special as the three of us, we have so much to be thankful for!

Camera comes back to life

Reading books is her absolute favorite thing to do. She pretends to read herself, it's so cute she makes the voice inflections so accurately but the only words she knows are doggie and fish.

The old camera had become Danya's toy and a couple days ago I noticed it turn on. After taking these test pics we figure it just completely dried out and started to work. Go figure that allowing a kid to play with something would fix it?!

Random Pictures

My other cutie pie.

My sister and I riding the rides on top of the Stratosphere.

We had dinner one night at Maggiano's a great restaurant with a great view of LasVegas (not shown here ;).

Here she is with my mom.

My parents, little brother and sister visited us over the Thanksgiving week. We did lots of fun touristy stuff and thankfully they brought their own camera. Here is Danya with my sister Aisha.

Camera takes a bath.....

Shortly after my sister left I was giving Danya a bath. While I was waiting for the tub to fill I went to grab her towel and I hear a clunk like something fell in the tub. Sure enough Danya got a hold of our camera and hurled it into the tub, little bubbles were floating out of it....so sad. We were in the market for a new one but this makes it a more pressing "to do". Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, small, easy to use camera. Amy, I really like your pictures what do you use?

Cousin Haaris visits!

Hugging the dear just like she hugs Raja.
Danya loved this little deer.

We went to a petting zoo which was smelly but great. Danya calls all animals doggies and Haaris calls all animals elephants.

We went to the Shark Reef exhibit inside the Mandalay Bay casino. It was really hard to get a picture of the fishes and the people in front of them.

Nadeem had to go to Europe for 10 days for work and I could not imagine being by myself for that long so I asked my sister and her son Haaris to visit us. We had lots of fun carting the kiddos around and they had lots of fun with each other, especially in the mornings in their PJs. Haaris is the sweetest 16 month old and really tall like his parents.

Fun at the pumpkin patch

This weekend we finally went to our local pumpkin "patch". Does it really count when there is a casino accross the street? Anyway, Danya had lots of fun and we got to take some nice pictures.

Ryan and Danya thinking about which ride they want to go on next......

Danya loved the pony ride so much all you could see on her face was teeth and dimples the entire time. Nadeem said she is such a natural rider that she deserves her own horse. I sure I will have to remind him of this when she gets older.

Hanging out with our friend's son and daughter Ryan anad Kaitlyn who Danya adores.

Hanging with celebrities

Danya and I had a dinner playdate with a couple of friends and and their adorable 7 month old babies. Molly the duck in the middle is going to be on episode of the show Scrubs this season. She was cast as J.D.'s new son's crush. She is so humble about her fame :)

Danya had to be kept at arm's length from the babies in their costume and she really thought they were animals and kept poking at them. It was a Halloween themed playdate.

Chilly day at the Lake

This weekend we packed up the kiddos and headed out to Lake Mead for Nadeem's company's annual Lake trip. It was the first time in a long time I got to put warm clothes on Danya, she was so cuddleable in them.
Both babies catching some Zs on the drive up.

Raja getting yelled at by her highness.

It was way too cold to let her swim but we let her wade in for awhile.

Whose cuter? I can't decide....

We had our first Kindermusik class today (inspiration Amy and Heather) and Danya loved it. I loved the long nap she had afterwards! When we got home she was being super nice to Raja like she wanted to tell him all about her fun experience it was too cute.

The Danya show

Danya is so hyper and into everything now that we just sit back and watch the Danya show all day, its so much fun. She likes to take all of her favorite stuffed animals for walks in the stroller one by one.

She often finds things we did't even know we had like this Turkish hat.

Coolest thing

While we in Chicago we visited this beautiful Hindu temple, it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. These pictures don't do it justice, the walls were covered with such intricate carvings.

Me at the entrance to the temple.

Chicago

We were in Chicago over the labor day weekend for a gathering of families who have adopted from Pakistan. Danya is a little young to interact with the other kids but we had a great time and look forward to staying connected with other families who have gone through the wonderful journey of adoption from Pakistan.

Nadeem and Danya playing in the park during the gathering.