Out of vacation mode

The male camel, this drolly one's name was RAJA. The similarities were striking!

Feeding apples to the female camel. She thought they were so funny.

Pointing out the cows at the Heifer Project, we love this place!

On the way to the Heifer Project putting on her makeup to get ready.

Look Ma no hands going down the slide!

My sisters visited from Memphis and our two babies played in the park together.

Daddy spent one weekend with us in Arkansas.

So Danya and I have been in Arkansas for three weeks and it was fabulous, not to mention relaxing. We have been back for about a week and slowly getting back into a schedule. These are some pictures from Lake Maumelle near my parents house where Danya loved to feed the ducks and pet all the doggies. Here we are with my awsome Dad.

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.