{"id":937,"date":"2013-06-05T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T14:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=937"},"modified":"2013-12-16T13:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T18:14:47","slug":"the-perfect-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/05\/the-perfect-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s amazing how such a life changing thing can feel so natural and right.\u00a0 Since we welcomed Doodle into our family nearly 4 weeks ago, it\u2019s been like we were never without him.\u00a0 I can hardly even remember what our life was like before our little man joined the family.\u00a0 Sure, I remember the extreme discomfort of late pregnancy and I remember how much easier it was to load the car with only two children but\u00a0 the new few inconveniences of having him are hardly noticeable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to pretend like life with three is easy, but life with Honeybun, Sugarplum and Doodle \u00a0feels like it was always meant to be.\u00a0 We still have our crying and screaming moments (sometimes all 4 of us at the same time!) but it doesn\u2019t feel hard.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t feel overwhelming.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve gotten myself in too deep.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to Doodle joining our family, I had a lot of worries about how I would cope and how I would get everything done and make sure everyone was getting what they needed but it hasn\u2019t been a problem.\u00a0 Doodle has just fit into our lives like the missing piece to a puzzle.\u00a0 He fills a hole without encroaching on anyone else\u2019s spot.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t have asked for an easier transition and am so thankful it has been so calm and natural.\u00a0 I can\u2019t even imagine life now without him in it and am excited for when he is up moving, talking and laughing and becomes a more active part of our family.\u00a0 He truly is the perfect addition to our already pretty amazing family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s amazing how such a life changing thing can feel so natural and right.\u00a0 Since we welcomed Doodle into our family nearly 4 weeks ago, it\u2019s been like we were never without him.\u00a0 I can hardly even remember what our life was like before our little man joined the family.\u00a0 Sure, I remember the extreme [&hellip;]<\/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-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","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=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2305,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/2305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}