{"id":447,"date":"2011-06-04T22:43:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T05:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=447"},"modified":"2011-06-04T22:43:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T05:43:56","slug":"im-a-dad-and-shes-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2011\/06\/04\/im-a-dad-and-shes-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a dad, and she&#8217;s beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micky gave birth to an absolutely amazing girl, 7lbs 5oz and 18in long, on Wednesday morning. In-utero Wiggles became Amelia Rose once she joined us. She&#8217;s the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=765\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micky gave birth to an absolutely amazing girl, 7lbs 5oz and 18in long, on Wednesday morning. In-utero Wiggles became Amelia Rose once she joined us. She&#8217;s the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me.<\/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":[64,1],"tags":[63],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-7d","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1491,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/03\/06\/my-140-date-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":447,"position":0},"title":"My $140 date night","date":"March 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It all started when we saw the trailer for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. We knew we would go on opening night because that's our people. 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