{"id":7874,"date":"2008-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliegilbert.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/16\/braden-is-three\/"},"modified":"2008-01-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T00:00:00","slug":"braden-is-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/16\/braden-is-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Braden is THREE!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the time go really?  It seems like just yesterday that I was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance because God decided Braden should enter this world sooner than expected and in an unforgettable manner.  Little did I know, we both were on the brink of not making it.  Today, our little miracle is 3!  That is still unbelievable to me.  I know people say that when your get older, the years go by so quickly.  But Holy Cow!<br \/>\n I look at Braden a little bit differently, knowing he might not have been here.  I hug him tighter, kiss and love him more.  He is truly a Godsend.  He has his typical moments like every 3 year old does.  He pull every game out of the closet and finds the ones with the little pieces just to make a bigger mess.  He throws a fit when his brother won&#8217;t play with him.  He knows every word to Wonder Pets and Yo Gabba Gabba and sings them loudly.   He is constantly in the cabinet searching for another snack. His favorite, &#8220;heepops&#8221; (lollipops) and M and M&#8217;s.  He came up to me this morning and said &#8221; I want three&#8221;&#8230;I thought, Ok, he wants to make a 3 with his fingers because we were practicing for when he shows people how old he is.  I showed him with his fingers and he said &#8220;no, right here&#8221;  &#8220;I want 3 M and M&#8217;s&#8221;  I giggled and happily gave them to him.  For today is his birthday and I want him to know how special he is.  Our lives would be so different had Braden not been here.  I thank God everyday for him and his brother.    Happy Birthday my sweet boy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the time go really? It seems like just yesterday that I was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance because God decided Braden should enter this world sooner than expected and in an unforgettable manner. Little did I know, we both were on the brink of not making it. Today, our little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegilbertphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}