{"id":18469,"date":"2015-01-08T09:31:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T14:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=18469"},"modified":"2015-01-08T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T14:30:34","slug":"katarina-natalia-branden-omg-the-triplets-are-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/katarina-natalia-branden-omg-the-triplets-are-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Katarina + Natalia + Branden : OMG, the Triplets are 15!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This just can&#8217;t be right.<\/p>\n<p>10 years and 10 months ago, I met the sweetest four-year-olds you ever did see, and a few years later, I got married and they became my siblings forever. I will always remember their little personalities- Natalia smart and shy, Branden running around and roaring like a dinosaur, and Katarina, my mini-me, playing &#8220;office&#8221; with her dad&#8217;s old work papers under a table while her siblings splash in the pool. I tried digging up some old photos, but here&#8217;s one of me and six-year-old Kat, and I believe this is the night I taught her how to make a fishy face. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18475\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFL_Christmas09_033-x.jpg\" alt=\"SFL_Christmas09_033-x\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFL_Christmas09_033-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFL_Christmas09_033-x-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFL_Christmas09_033-x-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that two Christmases ago, we took this photo and I thought they looked so old then&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18471\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/140_Family2012.jpg\" alt=\"140_Family2012\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/140_Family2012.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/140_Family2012-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/140_Family2012-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; And last month, we showed up and they looked like this!!!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18478\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0029.jpg\" alt=\"Katarina, Natalia, and Branden\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0029.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0029-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0029-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18479\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0036.jpg\" alt=\"0036\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0036.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0036-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0036-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18480\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0205-x.jpg\" alt=\"0205-x\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0205-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0205-x-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0205-x-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18481\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0251.jpg\" alt=\"Katarina\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0251.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0251-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0251-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18482\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0258-x.jpg\" alt=\"Natalia\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0258-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0258-x-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0258-x-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18484\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0325.jpg\" alt=\"0325\" width=\"910\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0325.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0325-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0325-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18485\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0372.jpg\" alt=\"0372\" width=\"910\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0372.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0372-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0372-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite. &lt;3<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18486\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0421-x.jpg\" alt=\"0421-x\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0421-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0421-x-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0421-x-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18487\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0581-x.jpg\" alt=\"0581-x\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0581-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0581-x-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0581-x-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18488\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0616-x.jpg\" alt=\"Branden\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0616-x.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0616-x-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0616-x-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Natalia, Katarina, and Branden, happy 15th birthday!!! We are so proud of the amazing people you&#8217;ve become and love you all too, too much. Look out, Florida drivers!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18483\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0298.jpg\" alt=\"0298\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0298.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0298-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/0298-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just can&#8217;t be right. 10 years and 10 months ago, I met the sweetest four-year-olds you ever did see, and a few years later, I got married and they became my siblings forever. I will always remember their little personalities- Natalia smart and shy, Branden running around and roaring like a dinosaur, and Katarina, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[773,800],"class_list":{"0":"post-18469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portraits","7":"tag-personal-2","8":"tag-the-roots","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18469"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18498,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions\/18498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}