{"id":2125,"date":"2017-02-12T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.wordpress.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:36:24","slug":"micah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2125","title":{"rendered":"Micah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2126\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2126\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?attachment_id=2126\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?fit=720%2C960\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" 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;1385236574&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=\"img_3017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?fit=640%2C853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2126\" src=\"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"IMG_3017.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_3017.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC to Merry<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Micah has the kind of personality that you can\u2019t help but love. He is unabashed and charming and spontaneous. His thirst for adventure means he is constantly dashing around the world with his little family, creating awesome memories for his kids. His enthusiasm for life and free spiritedness are contagious.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">He is an exceedingly helpful person- the kind of big brother every girl needs. Basically, having a Micah is like having a personal mechanic to ease all my auto worries. He gives hours and days of his time and talents to help the less skilled.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Also, he gives the best hugs. Period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2082\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?attachment_id=2082\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1448727648&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0022935779816514&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_7329\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?fit=640%2C853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2082\" src=\"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"img_7329\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?w=2448 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7329.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micah has the kind of personality that you can\u2019t help but love. He is unabashed and charming and spontaneous. His thirst for adventure means he is constantly dashing around the world with his little family, creating awesome memories for his kids. His enthusiasm for life and free spiritedness are contagious.&nbsp; He is an exceedingly helpful person- the kind of big brother every girl needs. Basically, having a Micah is like having a personal mechanic to ease all my auto worries&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2125\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[92],"tags":[114,134],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-family","tag-month-of-posting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8A8kG-micah","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2148,"url":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2148","url_meta":{"origin":2125,"position":0},"title":"Merry","author":"Rachel","date":"February 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"PC to Micah We used to say that we couldn\u2019t have two of our siblings marry siblings, but Micah decided otherwise when he picked Michael\u2019s sister. 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