{"id":526,"date":"2011-01-25T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2011\/01\/william-is-getting-ready-too.html"},"modified":"2011-01-25T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T14:00:27","slug":"william-is-getting-ready-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2011\/01\/william-is-getting-ready-too.html","title":{"rendered":"William is Getting Ready Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick addition to my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2011\/01\/preparing-to-welcome-this-child.html\">post from this morning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m not the only one preparing for the birth of this child. Peter found William in his crib this morning, pajamas entirely off. Peter asked, &#8220;William, what are you doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>William, who had his giraffes under the covers with him, said, &#8220;I&#8217;m feeding my baby.&#8221; He was nursing his giraffe.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We&#8217;re all ready, or at least we think we are, to meet this little one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick addition to my post from this morning: I&#8217;m not the only one preparing for the birth of this child. Peter found William in his crib this morning, pajamas entirely off. 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