{"id":151,"date":"2016-07-22T02:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T02:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2016-07-22T02:17:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T02:17:37","slug":"one-year-and-a-miracle-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"One Year and a Miracle Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello All,<\/p>\n<p>Been a long time since I&#8217;ve written on here. Last year things happened we never imagined ever would. I see the clay hand and feet molds on our piano and I wonder how big those hands and feet would be. (Not going to lie and tell you I can&#8217;t write that with out crying.) A little over a year ago on a sunny Thursday morning our world came crashing down around us, but one year later on a rainy Monday after noon the rainbow came. At 3:23pm on Monday, May 9th, 2016 David Robert Alexander Jr. was born. He was 8 pounds 15 ounces, and 20 &amp; 3\/4 inches long. We couldn&#8217;t be happier and he is such a blessing to us. \u00a0Davey is already 2 months old. He now weighs 13 lbs.15 oz and is 24.5 inches long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/megananddavidalexander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0980.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"160\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?attachment_id=160\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/megananddavidalexander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0980.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0980\" data-image-description=\"\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>David and I are doing good and have both started some new opportunities. Last month David started his new job at FC Stone, and I started Manager in Training classes for Scooter&#8217;s Coffeehouse. David&#8217;s new job is going well and he is enjoying the work. I just completed the first section of MIT. It&#8217;s broken up into 3 sections and you have to pass each one, and be invited to the next. Today I got the results back from the Section 1 exam and was told I made it into Section 2. I love the classes and am so excited to see where these opportunities lead.<\/p>\n<p>David, Megan and Lil Davey<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-151\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-151\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-151\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello All, Been a long time since I&#8217;ve written on here. Last year things happened we never imagined ever would. I see the clay hand and feet molds on our piano and I wonder how big those hands and feet would be. (Not going to lie and tell you I can&#8217;t write that with out &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Year and a Miracle Later&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-151\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-151\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-151\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=151&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2TlP6-2r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"http:\/\/megananddavidalexander.com\/?p=7","url_meta":{"origin":151,"position":0},"title":"The Story of Us","date":"November 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I wanted to write about our story. 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