{"id":771,"date":"2005-07-27T05:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2005\/07\/27\/life-with-will\/"},"modified":"2005-07-27T05:23:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-27T12:23:00","slug":"life-with-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2005\/07\/27\/life-with-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Life with Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am acutely aware that these are the precious moments I should be treasuring, as I will miss them one day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sprinklers. He loves to drink from them (&#8220;agua! agua!&#8221;) He also likes to stand under the spray, point up in the air, and say &#8220;rain!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sampling the smells of different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankeecandle.com\/cgi-bin\/ycbvp\/retail.jsp\">candles<\/a>. Will insists on having equal opportunity to &#8220;sniff&#8221; each lid.  <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(His sniffs are actually snorts, but he is very intent on doing this with everyone. In fact, if you sniff one without sharing, he&#8217;ll point and command a re-visit until he&#8217;s been allowed to share in the scent.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; If he passes a candle, no matter if it&#8217;s lit or not, he &#8220;blows&#8221; on it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; At the bedside, he puts up his arms and commands &#8220;three! three! three!&#8221; until he is picked up and tossed into the pillows: &#8220;one&#8230;two&#8230;THREE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; When pushing his <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.store.yahoo.com\/brandsplace\/0088-4176.html\">lil&#8217; tikes shopping cart<\/a>, he never slows down for corners, walls, people, pets, or other potential hazards.  He takes them all head-on, full-speed.  <span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span>&#8212; While getting his diaper changed, he picks up the <a href=\"http:\/\/us.pampers.com\/en_US\/products.do?page=pdt_details&amp;selectedProduct=babyDry\">fresh diaper<\/a> and tells you who is on the front (Elmo, Ernie, or Grover).<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; He loves to run full speed into your legs (you have to be careful to bend a bit, or he&#8217;ll knock you right over) and plant a big kiss on whatever part of the body he hits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; When nursing and cuddling in my arms, he reaches up, honks my nose, and smiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am acutely aware that these are the precious moments I should be treasuring, as I will miss them one day. &#8212; Sprinklers. He loves to drink from them (&#8220;agua! agua!&#8221;) He also likes to stand under the spray, point up in the air, and say &#8220;rain!&#8221; &#8212; Sampling the smells of different candles. Will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}