{"id":1294,"date":"2009-01-01T07:57:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T13:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2009-01-01T07:57:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T13:57:35","slug":"birthday-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/birthday-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/birthday-photos\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1230747742&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2-600x386.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1297\" title=\"2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2.jpg\" alt=\"2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9323-version-2-140x90.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To say it was a busy day would be an understatement. If it were not for Toni suggesting that I take some photos of the cake before it was cut there&#8217;s a good chance I would not have taken any photos at all. We ended up having around 30-40 people throughout the day and for the most part the boys were very good, especially considering they had almost no nap at all yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all the family and friends that made the trip out (many from the city) to share this special day with us. It means a lot that you spent part of your day with us when so many already had their own plans. Both Brenda and I were left feeling that we short changed nearly all the guests by not having any time to talk to any one person very long, but I guess that&#8217;s just the nature of having a party, and even more so a party with twin babies.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the few photos I did take on <a href=\"http:\/\/tomchak.smugmug.com\/gallery\/6973896_SmeQh#446380919_qpGhV\" target=\"_blank\">SmugMug<\/a>, and I&#8217;ll have some video posted tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year !<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope 2009 turns out better then we&#8217;re all expecting!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1295\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/birthday-photos\/2008-12-31_img_9367\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1230748050&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-12-31_img_9367\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367-600x399.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1295\" title=\"2008-12-31_img_9367\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367.jpg\" alt=\"2008-12-31_img_9367\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9367-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/birthday-photos\/2008-12-31_img_9339\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1230747916&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-12-31_img_9339\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339-600x399.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1296\" title=\"2008-12-31_img_9339\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339.jpg\" alt=\"2008-12-31_img_9339\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2008-12-31_img_9339-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To say it was a busy day would be an understatement. If it were not for Toni suggesting that I take some photos of the cake before it was cut there&#8217;s a good chance I would not have taken any photos at all. We ended up having around 30-40 people throughout the day and for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[13,121,21],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","category-text","tag-andrew","tag-birthday","tag-max"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-kS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3020,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/09\/debbies-40th-surprise-party-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":1294,"position":0},"title":"Debbie&#8217;s 40th Surprise Party Photos","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"November 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Check them out on SmugMug or Flickr.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/photo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010-1106_Debbie40thParty_1-thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2091,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/12\/trinas-surprise-birthday-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":1294,"position":1},"title":"Trina&#8217;s Surprise Birthday Party","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"November 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Saturday family and friends celebrated Trina's 50th birthday at a local bar in Elgin. 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