{"id":4027,"date":"2011-12-31T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2012-01-02T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T14:58:52","slug":"two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Two turn Four &#8211; Happy Birthday Boys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy New Year, and happy Birthday to our little boys Andrew and Max who turned 4 years old today at 8:02 and 8:04 am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We had a great family day complete with a field trip to see holiday trains and cake and gifts. I wonder what this day will be like for them when they turn 21 in 2028.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A few more photos are on <a href=\"http:\/\/tomchak.smugmug.com\/Children\/TwinsBday4\/\" target=\"_blank\">SmugMug.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5616,3744\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325354966&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2011 Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4032\" title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_088-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3744,5616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325355061&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2011 Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-400x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4033\" title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_127-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3744,5616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325354993&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2011 Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Some had mixed feelings about the birthday celebration. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-400x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4034 \" title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_117-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_4034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 410px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Some had mixed feelings about the birthday celebration.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/two-turn-four-happy-birthday-boys\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5616,3744\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325342455&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2011 Thomas Tomchak&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Andrew, being a little teacher to Sydney.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4035\" title=\"2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2011-1231_twinsbirthday_008-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_4035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Andrew, being a little teacher to Sydney.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year, and happy Birthday to our little boys Andrew and Max who turned 4 years old today at 8:02 and 8:04 am. We had a great family day complete with a field trip to see holiday trains and cake and gifts. I wonder what this day will be like for them when they [&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":[13,21,170],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","category-text","tag-andrew","tag-max","tag-sydney"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-12X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1261,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/31\/happy-birthday-andrew\/","url_meta":{"origin":4027,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday &#8211; Andrew!","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"December 31, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I remember it so clearly.. You were the first one the doctor pulled out and the moment I looked at you I knew you were my son. You looked so much like me even from that first moment it was hard to believe. It was like a mini-me. 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If it were not for Toni suggesting that I take some photos of the cake before it was cut there's a good chance I would not have taken any photos at all. 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It\u2019s already hard to imagine life without them. Thanks to Mike Younger we have some awesome photos from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/photo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":993,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/01\/9-month-check-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":4027,"position":3},"title":"9 Month Check-Up","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"October 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The boys are now\u00a0officially\u00a09 months old and had their checkup today. All went as expected but at times it was a bit of a challenge to keep them from getting all riled up. They are said to be right on track in almost all areas, and as an added bonus\u2026","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\/2008\/10\/9-monthcheckupstats.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/9-monthcheckupstats.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/9-monthcheckupstats.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1037,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/01\/happy-halloween\/","url_meta":{"origin":4027,"position":4},"title":"Happy Halloween!","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"November 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn't get many good photos of them yesterday, but what I did get is OK. I was a bit rushed taking them and didn't have as much time as I would have liked to set things up. On top of that, the boys decided not to cooperate so just\u00a0getting\u00a0them\u2026","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\/2008\/11\/2008-10-31_img_8990.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2008-10-31_img_8990.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/2008-10-31_img_8990.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1227,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/23\/51-weeks-old-and-counting\/","url_meta":{"origin":4027,"position":5},"title":"51 Weeks Old and Counting&#8230;","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"What does it mean to have twins? 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