{"id":630,"date":"2013-04-16T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2013-12-19T18:20:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T23:20:20","slug":"the-most-amazing-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/16\/the-most-amazing-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Amazing Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a ton of friends who have recently had babies or are expecting in the next few months.\u00a0 It is so exciting for me every time I find out a friend is pregnant and I can\u2019t help but facebook stalk those that I can when I know baby is getting close (wonder If anyone is stalking me\u2026) and I have to gush over every new baby picture that I see.<\/p>\n

There is just something so enchanting and amazing about brand new babies.\u00a0 I can\u2019t explain it but seeing a tiny new being for the first time knowing everything they see (including you) is new is just such an exhilarating experience for me.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s my baby or someone else\u2019s, I just can\u2019t help but stare into a tiny baby\u2019s eyes and just become immersed in everything about them from their expressions to their wiggles.<\/p>\n

Yeah, ok.\u00a0 I\u2019m clearly baby obsessed (and not just cause I\u2019m anxiously awaiting my own soon to be).\u00a0 I\u2019ve been this way for a long time.\u00a0 When I was working in childcare I always loved the babies best, especially the tiniest ones.\u00a0 I loved being a part of their exploration, growth and nurturing.\u00a0 Little babies only really need love and to be able to give a baby just a tiny bit of that is so special to me.<\/p>\n

I always try to be respectful of my friends when they have new babies, but I am always secretly dying to see the newest addition and (if mommy is cool with it) get my hands around that sweet little being.\u00a0 Babies change so quickly and those first few days are so magical.\u00a0 I remember when Honeybun\u00a0was born, my dad and I staring down on her as she slept at just a few days old and he said \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing.\u00a0 She will never, ever be this small again.\u201d\u00a0 And it\u2019s so true.\u00a0 Every second of every day new babies are growing and changing and will never be the same as they were.<\/p>\n

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Honeybun\u00a0and Sugarplum, both at a few days old. \u00a0Awe (still melts my heart to think about how tiny, lovable and amazing they were!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a ton of friends who have recently had babies or are expecting in the next few months.\u00a0 It is so exciting for me every time I find out a friend is pregnant and I can\u2019t help but facebook stalk those that I can when I know baby is getting close (wonder If anyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}