{"id":550,"date":"2007-09-24T21:23:42","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T05:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/24\/getting-a-little-crowded-in-here\/"},"modified":"2007-09-24T21:23:42","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T05:23:42","slug":"getting-a-little-crowded-in-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"Getting a little crowded in here."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daddy didn&#8217;t bring back presents from his trip last week to Chicago, so while we were out last week, (Little sidenote &#8211; we had 2 consecutive date nights&#8230;that is two nights. In a row. Without children. Doing grown-up things. It was heavenly.) he found a couple of <em><strong>friends<\/strong><\/em> that he had to buy for the girls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=1435808327&amp;size=l\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/dsc_0030.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the last thing they need is more toys. Yes, they are a wee bit spoiled by their Daddy. Yes, the cat is larger than Addie and she can barely carry him. And, yes, the monkey looks suspiciously like Emma.<\/p>\n<p>So they have been carefully added to the respective entourages. And I wonder why Addie doesn&#8217;t want to nap lately?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=1435809355&amp;size=l\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/cribfull.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">That is her, curled up <em>under<\/em> kitty to the left of the crib. In case you couldn&#8217;t spot her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Also present: bear, blankie, old kitty, snoopy, Birthday puppy from Nena, Birthday doggy from Uncle Jeff and Wendy, Birthday puppy (and purse!) from Aunt Meesh, Elmo book, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/20\/can-you-spot-the-trend\/\" target=\"_blank\">ever-present Cinderella gown<\/a>. Although she did take it off, it is never more than a few feet away from her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">By the time we get everything in the crib she wants to sleep with, you&#8217;d think she would be tired. Maybe there are just too many diversion. Or maybe there just isn&#8217;t enough room for her to stretch her weary body out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daddy didn&#8217;t bring back presents from his trip last week to Chicago, so while we were out last week, (Little sidenote &#8211; we had 2 consecutive date nights&#8230;that is two nights. In a row. Without children. Doing grown-up things. It &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=550\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,55,56,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addison","category-emma","category-everyday-chaos","category-friends-from-way-back"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/psMOS-8S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}