{"id":1459,"date":"2010-10-20T22:35:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T06:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:15","slug":"doubling-his-age-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/doubling-his-age-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubling His Age Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/doubling-his-age-overnight\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F10%2F20%2Fdoubling-his-age-overnight%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Konan-2ndbdaycake-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1460\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; float: left;\" title=\"Konan's 2nd birthday\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Konan-2ndbdaycake-sm-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Konan-2ndbdaycake-sm-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Konan-2ndbdaycake-sm.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last night Konan went to bed a one-year-old, and woke up a two-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the only time in our lives we can double our ages overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Here he is enjoying his 2nd birthday cake, mastering the use of a fork (unlike last year when it was all about fists and fingers).<\/p>\n<p>They call this the &#8220;terrible twos,&#8221; but I&#8217;ve been advised by moms who have been there that it&#8217;s actually a wonderful year when kids finally learn about their independence and discover how to stand in their own truths.<\/p>\n<p>So happy birthday and happy independence day, Konan&#8230; and many, many more years of learning, growing and developing through this thing we call &#8220;life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Konan went to bed a one-year-old, and woke up a two-year-old. 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