{"id":9471,"date":"2013-01-02T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2013-01-02T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:56:23","slug":"happy-birthday-j1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9471","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday J1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today my oldest turns 18. I am simply amazed by this fact. I think he is too. lol<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking about our 16+ years together and realized that thanks to J1, I&#8217;ve had several firsts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was the first person to call me Mama<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child I potty trained (well, I tried! Thankfully Grammy finished the job while we were camping at the Cabin!)<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child I tried to homeschool.<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child to leave our homeschool and go to school.<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child I had to let leave the house for a sleepover.<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child I had to let leave the house for a week at camp.<\/li>\n<li>He was the first child to graduate.<\/li>\n<li>And, now he is my first adult child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jimmy_hiking.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"9472\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=9472\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jimmy_hiking.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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I have really been wanting to homeschool year-round.\u00c2\u00a0 Not just because we have some special learners in our family but also because it would help me to have a full day to focus on my job.\u00c2\u00a0 But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Homeschooling&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2424,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2424","url_meta":{"origin":9471,"position":4},"title":"Our Adoption Story &#8211; Part 2","date":"July 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"You can read part 1 here. 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