{"id":1648,"date":"2011-03-06T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T18:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2011-03-06T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T18:53:15","slug":"march-6th-a-year-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/march-6th-a-year-already\/","title":{"rendered":"March 6th &#8211;  A Year Already!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8221;t believe that it&#8217;s already March 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday, Jack Man!<\/p>\n<p>My nephew is 1 year old today.  How cool is that?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that it was a year ago that my sisters and I were pregnant together and we had no idea what was on our horizon.<\/p>\n<p>I had the cousins over to my house the week before last.  We had Michelle&#8217;s 3 kids and Debbie dropped off Jack and between us all, there were 9 kids in the house&#8230;.3 under a year.  It was wonderful chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Then my sisters left and Jon and I were left alone with &#8216;ALL THOSE KIDS&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really not that bad because the older 5 kids are all 10 and older and so it&#8217;s not like they require intense supervision&#8230;.just a holler out here and there.  There&#8217;s Josiah and the babies to watch and as long as the gate is up&#8230;.we&#8217;re golden.  They just crawl around on the main level and play with all the toys.  If I occasionally throw them some food bits, then they are more than happy.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to get a picture of the three of the little boys and well&#8230;&#8230;I wasn&#8217;t as successful as I had hoped to be.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477352879\/\" title=\"DSC_0003 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5293\/5477352879_389bf0f77e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0003\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I think this next one was the best of the bunch and it&#8217;s not that great&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477353747\/\" title=\"DSC_0009 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5171\/5477353747_ea7788c906_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0009\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Being the oldest and the most responsible, Jack&#8217;s just had to do a quick butt check and he was happy to report that all was clear.  That smell must have just been some gas or something, but Judah totally blamed it on Zach&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477354167\/\" title=\"DSC_0012 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5059\/5477354167_990e517549_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0012\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The girls had been helping to distract the babies and then they left&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477354661\/\" title=\"DSC_0021 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5137\/5477354661_4eed554076_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0021\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jack crawled off to try to find them and that left the two boys&#8230;.Zach had a rice cake he was muching on and Judah was quite upset that he didn&#8217;t have one.  Here he is voicing his disapproval.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477955120\/\" title=\"DSC_0026 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5295\/5477955120_2415fd4cfe_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0026\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Judah:  <em>&#8220;Hey Zach, You don&#8217;t mind if I have some of that cookie, do you?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477355469\/\" title=\"DSC_0027 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5097\/5477355469_14d937dc43_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0027\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Judah:  <em>&#8220;Look, Just hand it over and no one gets hurt.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477355653\/\" title=\"DSC_0028 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5094\/5477355653_16605c61f7_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0028\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Judah:  <em>&#8220;Wise Move, Dude!  Wise Move.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477356091\/\" title=\"DSC_0030 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5057\/5477356091_fff65e16ba_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0030\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Judah:  <em>&#8220;Man, I love these things&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477356351\/\" title=\"DSC_0031 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5259\/5477356351_6946c0d63b_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0031\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Zach: <em>&#8220;What Just Happened?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nJudah:  <em>&#8220;Yup, I can still fit an entire half a rice cake in my mouth.  I&#8217;m so amazing!&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477956820\/\" title=\"DSC_0035 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5092\/5477956820_1ba378ff29_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0035\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jack got a little upset at Judah for stealing Zach&#8217;s Rice Cake&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477958974\/\" title=\"DSC_0072 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5251\/5477958974_f0648df9db_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0072\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But he quickly mellowed out when I told him that I had extra rice cakes for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477359493\/\" title=\"DSC_0073 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5137\/5477359493_1345ed50bb_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0073\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Zach was pretty happy about that too.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477359669\/\" title=\"DSC_0074 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5295\/5477359669_a259d4e7c3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0074\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I tried one more time to get a good group shot&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477961184\/\" title=\"DSC_0108 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5179\/5477961184_0a6a3cd841_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0108\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Judah was pretty happy and Jack seemed either mesmerized or traumatized, but Zach wasn&#8217;t exactly happy about that creepy looking Uncle Jon who was trying to get the boys to smile.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477961664\/\" title=\"DSC_0110 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5252\/5477961664_e2c7b87188_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0110\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Either that or he was just upset that Judah kept crowding in on him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477361673\/\" title=\"DSC_0109 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5093\/5477361673_a80ee5131e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0109\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And then he lost it&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477362119\/\" title=\"DSC_0111 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5060\/5477362119_beed0a0fe3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"DSC_0111\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So I grabbed all three of the boys and we had a quick snuggle.  <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/5477362529\/\" title=\"DSC_0113 by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5014\/5477362529_dde5fa0872_z.jpg?resize=426%2C640\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" alt=\"DSC_0113\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I sure do love these little boys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8221;t believe that it&#8217;s already March 6th. Happy Birthday, Jack Man! My nephew is 1 year old today. How cool is that? It&#8217;s hard to believe that it was a year ago that my sisters and I were pregnant together and we had no idea what was on our horizon. I had the cousins &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/march-6th-a-year-already\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;March 6th &#8211;  A Year Already!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,46,13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-judah","category-kids","category-me"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}