{"id":3136,"date":"2022-09-03T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2022-09-03T14:54:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:54:51","slug":"happy-birthday-emily-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Emily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is a particularly special day \u2014 for Emily, it\u2019s the big one-two! Every birthday is special and exciting, but being on the edge of tweendom only happens once and that\u2019s a lot to celebrate. Of course, for Kelly and Chris, this is kind of the end of an era \u2014 they have about 365 more days before they\u2019re officially the parents of a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Emily-first-day-of-school-2022-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" width=\"197\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Emily-first-day-of-school-2022-copy.jpeg 230w, http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Emily-first-day-of-school-2022-copy-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure any age is easy, but 12 has got to be a transition age and one of the tougher ones \u2014 not quite yet the inevitable moody monster teen, but not a little kid either. Of course, this year, Emily gets the best of both worlds\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twelve years ago today, I wrote that Emily was no ordinary baby \u2014 that proved to be true\u2026 she\u2019s growing up to be her own person, and we wouldn\u2019t want it any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Happy Birthday to the best 12-year-old I know. Enjoy your final year of being a kid before you officially become a teenager.<br>Love you lots!!!<br>Poppi<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a particularly special day \u2014 for Emily, it\u2019s the big one-two! Every birthday is special and exciting, but being on the edge of tweendom only happens once and that\u2019s a lot to celebrate. Of course, for Kelly and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3138,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions\/3138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}