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Tag: Sparklet

  • toddler party

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    i seriously have no clue who any of these people are — except the redhead. him i recognize. i wonder if they all go clubbing together, too?

  • photo of the month: january

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    camera dump: january

  • treatment

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    today was treatment no. 2 for sparklet’s port wine stain — and this one not only seems to have taken hold a bit better, but was a bit less traumatic to boot.

    of course, we get another two weeks of people looking at us like we beat our children, but it’s a small price to pay for dermatological happiness.

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    horsing around

  • more

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    baby sparklet still isn’t speaking, but she’s starting to get the idea of sign-language.

    we started teaching her after aunt holly made the suggestion over christmas. so far she’s got “more”, “all done” and “juice” — that’s “more” in the photo as she’s looking for mommy to toss her upside down again.

    we are also just about ready to call sparklet’s second word: she barks something that approximates “up” whenever she’s wants you to bend over and pick her up.

    she’s nothing if not monosyllabic.

  • out: take your daddy to work day

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    photo of the week // fifteen months
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    take your daddy to work day

  • walking home

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    sparklet insisted on walking home, tonight — and she made it all four blocks from the car back to the apartment. my back and i have never been so proud.

  • out: national building museum

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    national building museum with aunt melissa, washington, dc

  • goob

    we’ll, we’ve been bouncing around a little bit with nicknames for sparklet — not that we’re giving up on sparklet for external marketing purposes, but it’s a little harsh/abrupt/awkward to use in daily life.

    for now, we’ve settled on some variation on the word “goober” — including goob, goober bear, and goober nut. (it’s important to be nimble.)

    now, on the surface, i can see how this might sound odd, but in our defense the the urban dictionary — one of the least polite chroniclers of slang on our fine planet — defines goober as:

    a goober is just a kindhearted, rather oblivious goofball. it’s term of endearment really. it comes from the ancient scottish verb “to goub”, which has to do with doing a dance and smiling sheepishly while doing so, exposing the goubs in one’s teeth.

    so, it’s actually kind of appropriate.

    i wish i knew exactly how “goober” worked its way into our collective vernacular — i have a feeling it was because we were calling her doofus during her “running into walls” phase and decided we should shoot for something a bit more charitable.

    either way, the nickname was cemented about six months ago when we first watch disney’s meet the robinsons — one of the two lead characters’ nicknames is goob, and he has that sort of sheepish, lovable quality that we see in sparklet at this age.

    of course, he also turns out to be the arch-villain of the story, but that’s for another time.

  • guestbook: grandparents

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    guestbook: grandparents

  • out: talimo’s first birthday

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    out: talimo’s first birthday