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Friends, family, and strangers who were unfortunate enough to happen upon this blog and are bored/weird enough to read about people you don't know:

Inspired by my sister-in-law and a recent work email listing the Top 10 Reasons to Blog, I hereby post comments on and photos of my family for public consumption.

Keita Koonda (the Keita Compound) has been remiss in staying in touch with our loved ones; so if you loved ones out there haven't forgotten about us, read a snippet or two from time to time and, more importantly, let us know what's up with you.

So...News Flash, Day One Blog Posting: PRODIGIOUS 14-MONTH OLD ADVANCES EARLY
Souleymane James Keita, who at times resembles a pint-sized Don King, defied the heavy double burden of a right ear infection and coxsackievirus early this morning to convince his teachers he was more than ready to take on the challenge of moving up to Toddlers Classroom 2 (T2) - a week early. After weeks of patrolling the perimeter of the Infant classroom and seizing every opportunity to escape, the faculty of Bright Horizons Day Care felt the time was right for the transition. "Dadadada gumbata! [Success!]" a victorious Souleymane shouted, two chubby fists lifted high in the air. Other recent successes for Keita include adding the words "stick", "ball", and "book" to his vocabulary and eating with utensils.