I've Got The Best Girl In The Whole World !

Yup, I DO! Today I saw even more of Little Miss Serenas personality. We are still getting to know each other. I do only spend 2 hours a day with her, that would all equal up to about 24 hours, 1 whole day, at this point. That is not alot of time. The best part of my day is walking into her playroom and seeing her come over to me with that smile on her face and her arms stretched up in the air for me to pick her up! What a feeling that is! Now I know what all you mothers feel like. There is nothing like it. Chocolate does not even begin to compare!! You all know how I feel about chocolate.
I posted this picture because here she reminds me of Jessica, my cousin Lisa's daughter. There have been other moments and photos where she reminds me of Jess and this is one of them. What do you think Lisa? Doesn't she look a little like Jessie did when she was a baby? Jess has grown up to be a beautiful girl, inside and out!
I got lots of smiles out of her today. We sang some silly songs today too. She really likes Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt but of course I substitute her name, Miss Serena Moldir Parisi (I drop the "a" from Moldira to make it fit in the song). It makes me happy to sing this to her because I used to sing this song to my very special nephew Alex. He is a little to old for these songs now so it's nice to pass it on to someone else, my Little Miss. I'm glad she likes it so much. I have tried to play peek a boo with her but she never seemed to get that it was a game. Today she got it and she kept putting the cloth back on her head. She is starting to put things in my mouth and take them out so it's a little game we play and it seems like every day there is more and more eye contact with her. I had a great day, as usual, with her.
This picture reminds me of Mom. I remember her always taking my hand and kissing the back of it. She did it when I was a child and also as an adult. I got some really good lovin from Mom and Dad was always the fun guy. He played with us all the time and he'd talk Mom into letting us do things she would say no to. They were a very good match together and I am forever grateful that they are my parents. You did a great job in making us feel loved, supported, and secure. I have two great role models to help me raise my daughter.

I am really loving my time here with her. It is just so special to be able to live in her birth country for 2 months before we come home. There are so many special memories from Kazakhstan and I have only been here two weeks. She is just the most special little person I have ever known and I have known quite a few, you know who you are. I want to say she is the best gift in the world but she even exceeds that description. There are just no words to describe her and how I feel about her. I was looking at all the pictures Ainura took today and I got tears in my eyes because I just can't believe what I have now. This little girl is everything to me. I have heard my friends describe it but until you have a child there is no way to comprehend what it feels like. Now I have an understanding of how Mom and Dad always felt about us and it's nice to know the depth of their emotions. I love you Mom and Dad!

This time here is so precious to me and I have to thank you Cathy and Holly for me being able to travel for this amount of time. I have two really great people that I trust to take care of the store and make sure everything runs smoothly. I know all the customers are being treated well and everyone is getting their picture frames done perfect and on time. Thank you so much for all of the effort you put into your job. I am really lucky to have the two of you! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! Now go read some magazines!

Something about Kaz today.....hmmmm........the women here are always dressed very nice. Sometimes casual but stylish, always very stylish and they love alot of makeup. They all wear high heels and very pointy shoes, much more than I see at home. All the women love sparkly, shiny, glittery things. Rhinestones are on all the shoes, belts, hand bags, and make up is very glittery. I saw a wedding party yesterday and the brides dress looked like it had glitter all over it and there was glitter in her hair and some of the other women with the wedding party had glitter in their hair too. They don't look silly or anything it actually looks very nice and sparkly. I happen to like sparkly things too but I'm very picky about what, but I would never wear sparkly, it's not me.

They have nice jewelry here too. Silver is very popular. There is a kind of silver that has designs in the silver and they oxidize it and parts of it are black. They call it black silver. Ainura said it is very Kazakh so I bought some for my sweetheart for when she is older.

Serena Moldira you are the best thing that has ever happened to me! You have all of my love with you always and forever! Kiss Kiss