{"id":1084,"date":"2014-04-06T23:05:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T06:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2014-04-06T23:05:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T06:05:27","slug":"this-week-in-review-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/04\/06\/this-week-in-review-13\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted the &#8220;This week in review&#8221; post to become an opportunity to share a lot of photos, and just call it a day. I was all set for that too, and then the last two days happened. This weekend, my babies grew up before my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Luka helped me out in the garden, and then acted as a host for everyone who came over. He gave hugs to folks who came. He opened and closed the door for folks. He smiled, and made folks laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Amelia just did her thing. She was silly. She was cute. She chased her friends. She rekindled laughs with old ones. It was as if they were the stars of the show. She even blew out the birthday cake!<\/p>\n<p>Today, Luka climbed to the top of the rope cone at the playground. All by himself. And at bedtime, he individually kissed Amelia, Micky, and myself before going to bed.<\/p>\n<p>Where did my babies go?<\/p>\n<p>On to the photos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000506.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000506.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140408-000506.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000525.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000525.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140408-000525.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000557.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000557.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140408-000557.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000608.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000608.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140408-000608.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000627.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140408-000627.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140408-000627.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted the &#8220;This week in review&#8221; post to become an opportunity to share a lot of photos, and just call it a day. I was all set for that too, and then the last two days happened. This weekend, my babies grew up before my eyes. Yesterday, Luka helped me out in the garden, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[66,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-hu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1033,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/03\/22\/amelia-goes-safari-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":1084,"position":0},"title":"Amelia goes safari-style","date":"March 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We're at the Boat Playground today (45th & Lincoln) hanging out with Mat, Mary, and Baby Reece. 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