Park, Park, Park & Park

We took Uncle Nate out to Kent today- to Winston Churchills' home . Beautiful views over the Kentish and Sussex country-side. And Nate enjoyed the house- just his type of fit. We were back in time to make it out to Hammersmith to meet Jack for a pint or two though at The Dove.

Here's the latter half of the Park Family alphabet:

Here's an update to Dorothy's hand picture series: The original is here .

C always wakes up on Fridays ready to see the dustmen and garbage truck. We've developed a really good relationship with these guys. This is Les- a really friendly guy who makes an effort to chat with C every Friday. And here is the backstory .

My brother Nate arrived from Vienna on Thursday. He's been studying for the last year around Europe, earning his Masters in International Relations. Now done and looking for work. C was excited to see him. As excited as he was here .

We registered D's birth today. Since she was born at Kingston Hospital, D needs to be registered at Kingston Town Hall. Which is in the Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames . It was just as glamorous as C's registration in Chelsea way back when. On the official record, she now has two middle names- Ann is the second (from my Mother).

We’ve developed the feeding routine for Dorothy now. Of course, Bells does most of it, but I do a bottle feed in the middle of the night- usually 3-4 am. D will sit on my lap and drink about 3-4 oz. As she works her way through it, her hands move slowly from down at her sides to fingers interlocked across her chest- like a Vicar praying. Usually by then our respective sets of eyes are starting to close also.

We all gathered at my old local on Saturday to wet Dorothy's head- a British tradition of the new father and his mates getting together to celebrate the birth with a few pints. The Atlas has seen other visits from us over the years , including my stag night before the wedding. C's head wetting was at Troubs here with some of the same mis-fits.

C and I ventured across the street Saturday to the local primary school summer fete. It's a bit of a fund raiser slash barbecue . Sheringdale is where he will go in a year or two. C ate nearly this entire burger.

As C would say, "Dorfies eyes are so small".

The key stats: Date of birth: 28 June 2008 Time: 1:18pm Weight: 2.91 kgs (6 lbs, 4 oz) Length: 52 cm (20 in.) Eyes: Blue Hair: Dark And I've added a link to the right to her Picasa album.

Bella's Dad Michael came around on Tuesday to meet the newest member of The Family. She was reasonably well behaved.