{"id":137,"date":"2010-10-18T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=137"},"modified":"2010-10-18T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T21:12:19","slug":"first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/10\/18\/first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we survived. &nbsp;All four of us. &nbsp;Five, if you count Eric.<\/p>\n<p>It would have been nice to be a little closer to full health before having to manage the day by myself. &nbsp;But it didn&#8217;t go too badly overall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We did have to start the day with discipline. &nbsp;Alex was sitting on my desk which he is NOT allowed to do. &nbsp;And he knows it. &nbsp;But thankfully, I didn&#8217;t have to spend the entire day correcting them. &nbsp;Being consistent is really hard when you&#8217;re only barely managing to keep ahead of normal behavior! &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Megan is really laid back, so she was pretty easy to manage. &nbsp;But the twins were a little needy, a little whiny. &nbsp;Erin threw a couple of tantrums. &nbsp;Alex got really unhappy after nap time. &nbsp;Still no real idea what his beef was, but he got white stuff (in case it was constipation) and ibuprofen (in case it was his 2-year molars bothering him). &nbsp;And he did get better before bed.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I probably overdid a bit today. &nbsp;My hormones got to me a couple of times. &nbsp;And my body started rebelling by early evening. &nbsp;I guess I&#8217;ll have to learn better how to pace myself. &nbsp;&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m so good at that&#8230;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"whatevah\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/whatevah.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"whatevah\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But we did survive. &nbsp;And that, in itself, is an accomplishment. &nbsp;And a sign of God&#8217;s grace. &nbsp;I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll get the hang of it as we go. &nbsp;And as I continue to heal. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And hopefully, I&#8217;ll get a few minutes to write a more interesting post about all three kids and some of the fun things we&#8217;ve had going on (before I forget them all). &nbsp;And maybe I&#8217;ll throw in a picture or two, too. &nbsp;We shall see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230;off to bed&#8230;happy Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we survived. &nbsp;All four of us. &nbsp;Five, if you count Eric. It would have been nice to be a little closer to full health before having to manage the day by myself. &nbsp;But it didn&#8217;t go too badly overall.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/10\/18\/first-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}