{"id":824,"date":"2015-12-05T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2016-08-06T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T16:39:12","slug":"watching-my-girls-grow-up-a-time-of-mixed-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/05\/watching-my-girls-grow-up-a-time-of-mixed-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching my girls grow up, a time of mixed emotions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Re-sharing an old post because it&#8217;s that time of year again. That time when my babies turn another year older and I prepare my heart to accept it yet again. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nThis year they are turning SIXTEEN!<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll share some new photos soon.<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s our twins birthday on December 8th.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"twinbabesdec 1999 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/317610990\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/132\/317610990_fd39a77411.jpg\" alt=\"twinbabesdec 1999\" width=\"412\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every December is a time of <em><strong>HUGELY <\/strong><\/em>mixed emotions for me, ever since our twins turned 1 year old.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twins%20in%20huggiesbox by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2096505009\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2115\/2096505009_ea7b4821f8.jpg\" alt=\"Twins%20in%20huggiesbox\" width=\"325\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knowing these two would be our very last children makes their birthday so very <em>VERY <\/em>bittersweet every.single.year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5249\/5235560267_f44966b0d3.jpg\" alt=\"PegShayBest\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet, I don&#8217;t want to dampen the joy of watching these two grow into such beautiful young girls!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5167\/5236143302_b726f239ed.jpg\" alt=\"PegJulB\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They bless my heart SO much!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN0033 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2097282914\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2411\/2097282914_52634a22f2.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0033\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I struggle DAILY from the time Dec. 1st hits.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twins 4 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/258277128\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/117\/258277128_94a1e6e377.jpg\" alt=\"Twins 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My babies are not allowed to grow up.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twins7thBday by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/317387345\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/142\/317387345_e7fae1d6dd.jpg\" alt=\"Twins7thBday\" width=\"443\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I keep telling them this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fav2 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/317607428\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/128\/317607428_d087654ec0.jpg\" alt=\"Fav2\" width=\"399\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>yet they don&#8217;t listen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/133\/318862771_db33a156b5.jpg\" alt=\"Twins\" width=\"399\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They are such rebellious young girls!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP1871 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/304667065\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/105\/304667065_6c2d0c1723.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP1871\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year was REALLY hard. They hit DOUBLE DIGITS!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/734916342_jU5cg-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My BABIES were not ALLOWED to hit double digits!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/735013641_LKhA8-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Babies do NOT turn double digits! It&#8217;s impossible! It just can not be so!<\/p>\n<p>And yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP1962 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2660851272\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3125\/2660851272_3c9805279b.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP1962\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>with every passing year they grow.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP2013 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2660892546\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3265\/2660892546_e4c75e519b.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP2013\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And my heart grows&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP2006 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2660058323\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3244\/2660058323_1d64982ec1.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP2006\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And grows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMGP1998 by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2660879670\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3027\/2660879670_e42c4289a6.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP1998\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How is it possible, that one woman, one mother&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Silly Sisters by paw5kids, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paw5kids\/2663393664\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3182\/2663393664_15a6086423.jpg\" alt=\"Silly Sisters\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>that I, could be so incredibly blessed as to have these girls be a part of her daily life?<\/p>\n<p>With every passing day&#8230;<br \/>\nthe blessing of it all<br \/>\n&#8230;just blows me away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Re-sharing an old post because it&#8217;s that time of year again. That time when my babies turn another year older and I prepare my heart to accept it yet again. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nThis year they are turning SIXTEEN!<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll share some new photos soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/05\/watching-my-girls-grow-up-a-time-of-mixed-emotions\/\">Read more<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-homestead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4107,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}