{"id":8140,"date":"2015-05-07T22:13:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tracishupertphotography.com\/blog\/?p=8140"},"modified":"2015-05-07T22:13:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:13:05","slug":"how-i-became-a-mother-our-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tracishupertphotography.com\/blog\/how-i-became-a-mother-our-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Became a Mother | Our Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen my crazy amazing posts on Facebook over the last two weeks&#8230;I became a mom through adoption! \u00a0I had orginally planned on writing our story, but I decided to make a video of Our Testimony instead. \u00a0You&#8217;ll find the video at the bottom of this post. \u00a0But first&#8230;I must share a smattering of images from my baby boy&#8217;s first 2 weeks. \u00a0I know I&#8217;m biased, but he&#8217;s just too cute! \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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