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birthday cake

October 17, 2010

well, that didn’t go particularly well — the very first time she tried a cupcake, you would have thought that she was being force-fed peas.

fortunately, we tried it again the next day and it did go a little better — even though *i* was actually the one to smear frosting all over her face.

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
cake

thank you all so very much for coming — sparklet had a blast, and we couldn’t have picked a more perfect day for it. if you took any photos while you were there, please email/comment them along — while we got *some* good ones, i know we didn’t catch everything that was going on.

it was great seeing you all 🙂

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
sparklet’s first birthday party, lion hill @ the national zoo, washington, dc

more photos from:
hparker23185 · cmfol

more presents

October 16, 2010

photo of the week // one year

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
more birthday presents

snort

October 15, 2010

we don’t know what in tarrrnation she’s doing, but sparklet has taken to squinching up her nose randomly throughout the day. i can’t wait for her to be old enough to explain this all to me.

sigh

October 14, 2010

a special anniversary for the lady sparkler and i tonight, celebrating three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days without accidentally killing our daughter — go team!

birthday presents

October 13, 2010

see slideshow of the best photos on flickr:
first birthday presents

see slideshow of all the photos on flickr:
first birthday presents (unabridged)

“i’m ready, y’all — when does everyone else get here?”

October 12, 2010

i might be going out on a limb by saying this, but i think sparklet’s ready for tomorrow, and — more importantly — for Saturday.

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
“i’m ready, y’all — when does everyone else get here?”

gender violation

October 11, 2010

three different people referred to sparklet as a boy a total of eight times today — i wonder if the blue star wars “AT-AT” t-shirt i bought for her had anything to do with it.