{"id":4889,"date":"2013-11-27T22:04:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T04:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2013-11-29T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T15:28:26","slug":"sydney-and-the-number-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/sydney-and-the-number-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney, and The Number 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/sydney-and-the-number-4\/2013-1127_sydney_4th_birthday_295\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1793,1195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Photographer: Jeff Carrion\\n\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1385577219&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Thomas Tomchak - tomchak.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4893\" alt=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_295-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today was baby girls 4th birthday and she was quite the little princess. This year she really was very excited about the day and was talking about it the weeks leading up to the day.<\/p>\n<p>We had a little gift for her in the morning when she woke up, and cake and another gift in the evening after dinner.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s only been 4 years, I can&#8217;t imagine life without her. It seems like we&#8217;ve known her forever!<\/p>\n<p>We love you Sydney!<\/p>\n<p>More photos on <a href=\"http:\/\/tomchak.smugmug.com\/Family\/2013-1127\/\" target=\"_blank\">SmugMug<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Video at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/sydney-and-the-number-4\/2013-1127_sydney_4th_birthday_297\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2808,1872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Photographer: Jeff Carrion\\n\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1385577256&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Thomas Tomchak - tomchak.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4891\" alt=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_297-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/sydney-and-the-number-4\/2013-1127_sydney_4th_birthday_315\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2808,1872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Photographer: Jeff Carrion\\n\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1385577358&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Thomas Tomchak - tomchak.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4890\" alt=\"2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_315-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4904\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/sydney-and-the-number-4\/sydney_movie_poster_4th_bday\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday-450x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4904\" alt=\"Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sydney_Movie_Poster_4th_Bday.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was baby girls 4th birthday and she was quite the little princess. This year she really was very excited about the day and was talking about it the weeks leading up to the day. We had a little gift for her in the morning when she woke up, and cake and another gift in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":4892,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[121,170],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","category-text","category-video","tag-birthday","tag-sydney"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-1127_Sydney_4th_Birthday_239.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-1gR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2213,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/30\/sydney-birthday-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":4889,"position":0},"title":"Sydney Birthday Photos","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"December 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been VERY slow to get anything done that doesn't involve changing a diaper or sleeping, but I finally posted the photos from the first few hours after Sydney was born. 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