Time sure does fly...

Mae's officially no longer a newborn. At 3 months and 3 days old she's now seen as an infant LOL She's a big little girl too at 17 1/2 pounds and about 25 inches... smiling away and esctatic over the discovery of 8 fingers and 2 thumbs...

I've got 10 new toys!


Big smile time

Dutty Wine Drama

Am I the only one who thinks that today's Jamaica Observer Editorial Cartoon is just the business? LOL I remember seeing the front page of a Star back in June that said that doctors were alledged warning of the fatal dangers of doing the 'Dutty Wine' - the dance that goes along with the Tony Matterhorn hit track of the same name. Lots of discussion ensued but it all faded away because we decided that while you could probably strain your neck, doing the dance - even on your head top - probably wouldn't result in anything except some nasty bruising and a sore back. Enter yesterday's Observer that an autopsy is to been done on the body of a teen in the dutty wine dance (click here for the story) alledging that the girl involved may have "experienced dizziness as a result of decreased blood flow to the brain, which could have caused a blackout and subsequent trauma to the brain". Interesting but tragic development...

Success!

A second ago it dawned on me that if I wait until I "have time" to sit and do a long blog post then you all might never hear from me again! So although I know the Miss is supposed to wake up any minute now, I'm going to hammer off a short post because this is reall great news!

Well, J and I have been in the process of filing for my permanent residency here and this month marked a succesful end to what has been a two year process. Now I know in the grand scheme of things and the way immigration matters go, two years is a really short time, but because I wasn't allowed to live in the US meanwhile everything was being processed, J and I have been apart for most of our marriage! (Thankfully we have credit cards and J had lots of leave stored up.)

So finally I'm not only back in the States, but as my friend just said on MSN I'm also "finally stable". Don't worry though, I definitely know that foreign is not a bed of roses and to be honest migrating is bittersweet... let's face it, there's nothing to match the extended family and friend network we both have in Jamaica, and the way of life on the rock might be hard and unsafe at times but there's a level of comfort there that you'll never experience anywhere else.

Anyway, on that note let me sign off... but not before adding that the Miss' first Halloween was a blast. I decked her out in her Milky Moo costume and she was so tired that she pretty much just chilled and slept meanwhile we trick or treated with my friends and their kids. Well, time to nap while I can.

Ciao.