{"id":7718,"date":"2013-12-29T23:02:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7718"},"modified":"2013-12-29T23:02:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:02:31","slug":"this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7718","title":{"rendered":"This one."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7719\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC_4693sm.jpg\" width=\"372\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC_4693sm.jpg 531w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC_4693sm-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I remember the day Jaia got stitches for a nasty gash on her forehead. \u00a0The scar has all but faded now but I had taken a really cute photo of her by the pool that afternoon and I kept thinking how that was the last photo before her face was permanently &#8216;changed&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I felt the same way years earlier when I took a photo of what ended up being Jaia&#8217;s last day with a gummy smile,\u00a0as her first little tooth poked through the next day. \u00a0I still treasure that captured moment. \u00a0In fact, it&#8217;s in a frame, on my wall, and I have no intentions of changing it out anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Look at her now. \u00a0Almost seven years old and with two wiggly front teeth. \u00a0In a matter of days, weeks, or months, she will change yet again when those teeth finally fall out. \u00a0I&#8217;m doing my best to soak up every second with this wonderful face before we have to say goodbye and hello to a new, yet equally lovely one.<\/p>\n<p>The days are long but the years are short. \u00a0Before I know it she&#8217;ll be starting high school or going on a first date. \u00a0Since I can&#8217;t quite wrap my head around that kind of insanity, I&#8217;ll attempt to welcome things like wiggly teeth with happy anticipation instead of sadness about quickly fading little kidhood. \u00a0I can&#8217;t make any promises though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember the day Jaia got stitches for a nasty gash on her forehead. \u00a0The scar has all but faded now but I had taken a really cute photo of her by the pool that afternoon and I kept thinking how that was the last photo before her face was permanently &#8216;changed&#8217;. I felt the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5,6,26,28,29,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7718"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7733,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718\/revisions\/7733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}