Fairy princess

Happy Halloween! We had a successful evening with the fairy princess. She scored a decent amount of candy and dazzled all who opened their doors to her.

Purple

Semira accompanied me and her daddy to a university celebration during Homecoming week. I LOVE this photo. My whole world is right here in this picture. Many, many thanks to Karole Schroeder for taking and posting this photo.

Semira's October so far

Ready for a swim or opening a very dangerous banana

On the bouncy ball with foggy goggles and a half-eaten banana. Makes it difficult to bounce but she doesn't care. She's a daredevil!

My little Frankenstein after dance class.

"I sit Mommy!" at the state fair

Ever seen a happier kid? She talked about riding the crocodile for days.

Sitting on Daddy's shoulders listening to the Texas state song, played by the Marine band.

Daddy, Semira, and Big Tex at the state fair.

Rah Rah Rah!!!!

I know, I know... this is totally against everything her mommy stands for. But isn't she cute? What can I say? I couldn't resist. We were specially invited to the first football game of the season and Mommy went a little overboard in getting Semira ready for it. Go team!

Denver trip part 2

The world's cutest, youngest geologist at Garden of the Gods

Semira with Backpack and The Map

"I ride train!"

at Belleview Park

Semira with The Amazing Allison-- our contact at the adoption agency-- at the picnic.

Backpack, Backpack...

Hi Daddy! I'm buckled in but I can still squirm!

My budding geologist clutching a rock.

Backpack, backpack... on the bus!

Yummy birthday dinner for mommy at Fogo de Chao. Mmmmmm.

We had a wonderful time at IAN's annual family picnic in Denver. Semira was fascinated with the various forms of transportation we took. She enjoyed flying through clouds on the airplane. Then she loved the train in the Denver airport. And best of all was the shuttle bus to the rental car place. She loved buses so much that she pointed out every single one she saw.

We also decided that for those times when she wasn't exactly in the mood to hold someone's hand, she probably needed a special backpack with a tether. I was very pleasantly surprised when she was thrilled to have her very own backpack, just like Dora the Explorer. She sang Dora's backpack song all weekend.

Happy Birthday Semira!

Semira with her Dora cake

Once she opened the gift with the ball in it, it couldn't lose contact with her hand.



"Gamma" and Semira

"Gamma Gappa," Daddy, and Semira

The baby girl turned 2 today. Happy birthday, my baby girl.