{"id":806,"date":"2008-09-25T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T05:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/?p=806"},"modified":"2008-09-25T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T05:42:15","slug":"cake-presents-and-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Cake, Presents and Toys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dwc_4830bd.jpg\" title=\"dwc_4830bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dwc_4830bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"dwc_4830bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0225bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0225bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0225bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0225bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0198bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0198bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0198bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0198bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0190bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0190bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0190bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0190bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0188bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0188bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0188bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0188bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0186bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0186bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0186bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0186bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0178bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0178bd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0178bd.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"img_0178bd.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_0178bd.jpg\" title=\"img_0178bd.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dwc_4818bdc.jpg\" title=\"dwc_4818bdc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dwc_4818bdc.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"dwc_4818bdc.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greyson seemed to enjoy his first birthday experience this evening.\u00a0 The cake was a little sticky but ok.\u00a0 Opening a present was funny because of the sound the ripping paper made.\u00a0 And it was fun to watch the grown-ups play with those toys, Greyson even got in on the action a bit with his new animal train that Susan and Ron got him.\u00a0 Probably best of all was the Mickey Mouse balloon that Grandma Terry thought he should have for celebrating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for mom and dad,\u00a0 what a day full of poigniant moments, to see our child enjoying his life and to thank God for giving it to him.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve cherished every small pat of his chubby paw, every giggle and coo, and tonight when we lay our sleepy eyed baby into bed, we know that it is purely by\u00a0an act of God&#8217;s grace that\u00a0we have these\u00a0moments.\u00a0 We are filled with gratitude and\u00a0undescribable hope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dwc_4818bdc.jpg\" title=\"dwc_4818bdc.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greyson seemed to enjoy his first birthday experience this evening.\u00a0 The cake was a little sticky but ok.\u00a0 Opening a present was funny because of the sound the ripping paper made.\u00a0 And it was fun to watch the grown-ups play &hellip; 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