http://theparkerfamily.org/musings parker + spindler = comedy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:35:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ECPA20090705_2131, originally uploaded by [ecpark]. it's a bit of a tradition in D.C. to clamor up to your rooftop (if you have one) to watch the fireworks on the Fourth. the lady sparkler and i had never been, but decided to give it a go this year ... thinking that ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2520 I walked into the kitchen this morning, and the lady sparkler was rummaging through the refridgerator with three or four ziplock bags filled with food on the counter. "oh, you're packing a lunch?" I ask surprised, because I've never known her to do such a thing. she stares back with pout-y face. "no," ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2517 funny thing happened last night:  I rolled over and went back to sleep. as i have been whining about for months, ever since baby sparklet became a twinkle in the lady sparkler's eyes, I've been sleeping like crap.   And while she is the one getting up to pee every three hours, ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2510 photo.jpg, originally uploaded by [ecpark]. there has been a lot of talk about baby names, now that we know the gender of baby sparklet.   we have our favorites, but are very much in the "exploratory" stage of the naming process ... and we are still adding as many names to the ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2503 photo.jpg, originally uploaded by [ecpark]. http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2495 photo.jpg, originally uploaded by [ecpark]. http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2494 naturally, we didn't find out that baby sparklet is a girl until yesterday morning during the ultrasound, but the dirty little secret of blogging is that i actually wrote the "it's a girl" announcement post the night before the doctor's appointment. (otherwise, it never would have been posted by 10:15 am ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2471 well, 142 days into this thing, and we finally know the gender of our baby sparklet ... she's a girl.  and frankly, after 20 weeks of discussions, i am just glad she's a something.   the lady sparkler announced about six weeks into the pregnancy that the baby was going to ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2454 ECPA20090613_0631, originally uploaded by [ecpark]. http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2419 function flashPutHref(href) { location.href = href; } var flashvars = { paramXMLPath: "param.xml", xmlFileType: "Media RSS", xmlFilePath: "http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fphotoset.gne%3Fset%3D" + "72157619696458962" + "%26nsid%3D66064349%40N00%26format%3Drss_200", initialURL: escape(document.location) } var params = { base: ".", allowfullscreen: "true" } var attributes = {} swfobject.embedSWF("http://theparkerfamily.org/slideshow/slideshowpro.swf", "flashcontent_ 72157619696458962", "500", "370", "9.0.0", false, ... http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/2373