{"id":14131,"date":"2017-04-19T09:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=14131"},"modified":"2017-06-28T20:33:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T03:33:47","slug":"homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=14131","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five weeks ago my li&#8217;l boy flew away for an extended vacay with my brother, Doug, and his family in Minnesota. Geneva spent the first week there with him during her spring break. It&#8217;s been an absolutely invaluable time of refreshment and family bonding with his cousins, Uncle and Aunt, but it&#8217;s time for him to come home. Megan (on spring break from SSJ) flew up on Monday to spend a couple of days with her godparents and today they will fly home together. We have some changes in store for Jacob, and I&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;s going to love them. 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