Quick Trip

Our final night in Miami

Malaika and I had a wonderful time in Miami this weekend. Thanks to my cousin Mari we had the opportunity to celebrate my cousin Rachele's up coming nuptials. It was a girls weekend - we got to see Elizabeth (she just moved to Trinidad and is now engaged - yeah!), we got to see my mummy (thanks to Mari - again), we got to meet Harrison (she's my little cousins baby girl - 2 months older than Malaika) and we got to have lots of fun with family and friends.

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No One Can Stop Me Now

Our big girl is now on the move.

Here she is making her way over to one of her favorite toys.

Bath Time

This is probably one of my favorite things to do

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Did You Caucus?

We did. We had no idea what to expect when we walked through the doors of the elementary school. The cafeteria filled to at least 800 people and when they asked how many had caucused before only 4% raised their hand...amazing. It was exciting, fun and a whole lot of chaos.

What a great experience, talk about grassroots politics. We enjoyed meeting families from our neighbourhood with like views and walked away with an Obama win. Tim walked away as one of his delegates. By the way Obama took the state too.

Balancing the Blog

It was back in February 2006 that I became a blogger. I really wasn't sure what I was getting myself into, the truth is I really wasn't sure if this was something I could keep up with. My main reason for starting the blog was to keep my family 3,000 plus miles away just a little bit closer. With this blog I have shared about the Seahawks, my experience with TNT, our Remodel, family, friends, MALAIKA and much more. My readers have increased from one (my mother) to so many more and I welcome you all and hope you're enjoying Calabash Yard.

Before Malaika was born I was able to share about so much. Since her birth it's been mainly posts about her. I know you all enjoy them and I enjoy writing about her and there is no stopping the photographs and videos of her. However, I have realized that it's easy so I need to challenge myself to write about other things going on in this Bell/Dugaw mind of mine. Don't worry folks I'm not saying goodbye to my blogging days I am however realizing that I need a little more balance in the pieces I post.