Baby Sarah, and the rest is just details...

It's been far too long, and a million things have happened: Ramadan ended, I ate 3 monitor lizards, got my hair braided in a million little braids, made 2 radio show appearances, attended wrestling matches, helped with a fabulous girls camp, gardened, taught about gardening, traveled around the area testing for malnutrition, weighed babies, made lots of neem lotion, taught about malaria prevention, planted trees, surveyed Doundodjians about their lives, helped with discussions about risk factors in pregnancy, harvested beans, ate beans, attended a million baptisms and a wedding, got amoebas, organized a talk by the fabulous Awa Traore about communication, career ambitions, sexual health, and so much more...

While all of that was lots of fun, this was the highlight of September:

Baby Diarra with her big sister Codou and cousin Ndeye

Diarra and Codou

 My sister Mbayen had a baby and named her after me! Unfortunately, the people of Senegal have a hard time with the name Sarah, so she's called Diarra, which is my name here. So far, she just does normal baby stuff - eating, pooping, sleeping, crying, but she's still pretty entertaining and adorable. The family has started calling us white Diarra and black Diarra, just to make things clear...