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Najwa Knocked Out on the Sofa

13
Mar 2012
David Gaines   

How fast they grow. Sometimes I look at her and almost forget how tiny she was just 18 months ago…

Najwa Gaines asleep on the sofa

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Najwa Gets a New Do

03
Mar 2012
David Gaines   

Najwa got a new do…

 

Najwa's new hair do

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Najwa, Hair Done By Dad

01
Mar 2012
David Gaines   

If you left it up to me to do Najwa’s hair, this is what you get…

 

Actually it looks a lot more chaotic but mommy always comes to the rescue before I can figure out where Najwa’s hiding the camera.

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Najwa Already Shopping Like a Pro [Video]

20
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

Not even a month after entering the world, Najwa went on her first shopping trip ever. And following in the footsteps of her mother, her first shopping trip was to DSW.

So, here we are a year and a half later, and Najwa is back at DSW, only this time she’s the one doing the shopping!

Now if they’d only open the DSW in Columbia Heights so we don’t have to keep going out to Virginia!

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Najwa and Her Valentine’s Day Balloons

17
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

Ok, they were really for the lady, but Najwa was just so entertained by the balloons, we just say they’re hers…

Najwa Gaines on Valentine's Day

 

But what was really entertaining to her was watching the balloons float to the ceiling. And then the fun never ends because we pull them back down for her, in which she promptly lets them float back to the ceiling, even more entertained, and looks at us to fetch them again. And again. And again…

Najwa Gaines on Valentine's Day

 
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Najwa Facing One of Her Fears: Alleys

14
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

Overcoming fears is obviously one of the challenges we all encounter. One of mine [mildly, not phobicly] has always been heights. That’s why the plan is to skydive, bungee jump and one day go hang gliding. I also have a fear of burning or drowning to death, but I have no plans on taking on those fears head-on.

As Najwa gets older, she will encounter many fears of her own. One already is the Cookie Monster and those weird eyes that never coordinate. She’s not too fond of Yo Gabba Gabba either.

The other day we were around the corner by the alley. Najwa is always looking down the alley as if she wants to explore. Usually we’re on the way somewhere and don’t have the time, but this time, I let her have at it…

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Najwa Takes a Shot at Eating with a Spoon

14
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

I remember when Eric’s fiance, Vickie, said the two things she was most excited about in the raising of their daughter, Erykah, was first when Erykah was able to burp on her own and when she could hold the bottle on her own. Nduku and I were still new the parenting thing and didn’t quite get it then. It didn’t take long before I was waiting for the day Najwa could hold the bottle on her own.

And yes, it’s a moment of progress that doesn’t get as much attention as potty training and the first word. But then, the next phase kicks in. It was one thing to hold the bottle in one hand and the remote control in the other; that was okay. But it takes two hands to spoon feed a child. And sometimes that’s not enough.

So the other day, why not, let’s let Najwa try to feed herself…

 
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Short Video of Najwa at Home

06
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

Just a small moment in time of Najwa at home…

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Najwa and Her TV Programs

02
Feb 2012
David Gaines   

 

Another one of those small Najwa moments in time captured on video. When Najwa starts watching the TV, there’s really not much you can do to get her attention, other than turn it off. Of course she’s learning how to turn on the satellite box and the TV on her own.

As we look back to this day, the shows she likes [that we'll let her watch] may not be popular in the future. I grew up on Tom & Jerry, He-Man, The Flintstones, GI Joe, Transformers and Autobots, Scooby, Thunder Cats and a bunch of others I’ll remember after this gets posted.

Najwa’s generation include Dora the Explorer and Diego, Caillou, Blues Clues, Elmo and the Sesame Street gang [I watched that, too], Chica and the Sunny Side Up Show, Nina and Star with the Goodnight Show, Chuggington, Tinga Tinga [actually, I haven't seen this lately], What’s Your News?, Monkey See Monkey Do, The Wiggles and some others I’ll remember when Najwa jacks the TV from me.

Then again, maybe when Najwa gets my age TVs will be pass´e; and her kids’ shows will be in 3D on handheld entertainment devices.

 
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Najwa Enjoying the Warm Winter Day

07
Jan 2012
David Gaines   

It was a [relatively] warm winter day, so Najwa took a little walk…

Najwa Gaines taking a walk in the neighborhood

Najwa Gaines taking a walk in the neighborhood

Najwa Gaines taking a walk in the neighborhood

Najwa Gaines taking a walk in the neighborhood

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Walking SW Waterfront Before The Upheaval

01
Jan 2012
David Gaines   

We started the year with one of our typical walks, this time at SW Waterfront by the water.

Nduku and Najwa in SW Waterfront in Washington DC by the Odyssey

It won’t be long before this entire area sees another facelift, as it did decades ago during the urban renewal. The Odyssey is one of the boats [or is it a ship? or a yacht?] that is part of the landscape, part of the definition of SW Waterfront. Hopefully it sticks around when the cranes come to rip its new identity out of the ground.

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Najwa at Fayetteville’s Only Landmark

27
Nov 2011
David Gaines   

It’s amazing how after all these years, this is the first time I actually visited Fayetteville’s only landmark — the Markethouse. Probably because back in the day it was where they sold slaves, but still. I called a couple of my people and they all not only mentioned they never visited it, but they asked why I was there.

Regardless, we took Najwa downtown Fayetteville, NC, where there was a little festival and people walking around in character to Dickens’ Scrooge. I don’t know the story like that, but did Scrooge have a slave?

Fayetteville NC

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Najwa is just determined to get her hands into the water at all costs.
 
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Najwa Learning How to Use Eating Utensils

22
Nov 2011
David Gaines   

Chad was in town, and as usual, his schedule was so chaotic that we didn’t catch up until the next morning at IHOP. And he got front row seats to watching Najwa pretending like she knew how to use eating utensils.

 

Najwa Gaines at IHOP learning how to use eating utensils

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Random Najwa — Summer 2011

14
Nov 2011
David Gaines   

 
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Need a Lift?

05
Nov 2011
David Gaines   

Najwa at the helm

If she could only reach the gas pedal [or more importantly, the brakes], maybe I’d let Najwa take the wheels out for a spin.

NOTE: There were no animals injured or killed during this photo op. But 15 years from now…

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