{"id":2878,"date":"2012-09-26T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2012-09-26T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:59:04","slug":"first-day-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?p=2878","title":{"rendered":"First Day Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2878 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2884'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/023-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2884\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2884'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2881'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2881\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2881'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2879'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2879\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2879'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2883'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/022-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2883\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2883'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2882'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2882\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2882'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thisnest.com\/?attachment_id=2880'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/thisnest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/008-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2880'>\n\t\t\t\twww.ThisNest.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>What was I even worried about?! 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Cute boys and their little backpacks with big smiles on their very important day &#8211; and we owe it all to You \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was I even worried about?! These two were like preschool pros! I was worried about them missing me&#8230;they didn&#8217;t even know I was gone. I was worried about them being apart&#8230;they found surrogate brothers in their new classrooms. 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