{"id":16209,"date":"2019-06-11T22:38:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T22:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=16209"},"modified":"2019-06-11T23:57:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T23:57:28","slug":"final-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/11\/final-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>17 more days and we are moving into our house. We are SO ready. Ready to have our own place, ready to get our stuff outta storage, ready for a home.<\/p>\n<p>We are also counting down the days until Summer. Cole is pretty much done so I am not making him go the rest of the days. He finished his finals and Freshman year is a wrap.  Eva goes until Thursday. Andy is in NYC, out of town again. I am so tempted to let Summer start early for her as well but I think I will have her go.  Thursday can&#8217;t get here soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>Until we move and the dogs can swim in the pool they love the creek \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/71FD083D-5CD9-4793-9B36-5D11B2B872B1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blogging, reading, smoothies, coffee, water&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_522f-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First outdoor movie of the season, had to get some ice cream first. The movie didn&#8217;t start until 9 and Eva is used to going to bbed at 7 (school starts early here and girlfriend likes her sleep). She lasted about 20 minutes. 20 complaining the whole time minutes. Andy had to take her home. Fortunately Cole was home so he could come back and watch the rest with me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AAD6FF08-05B3-4370-AA74-7AAFFFF33822-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>House updates.  It&#8217;s so strange how detached I have been. It has been so long. But I think we are all finally starting to get excited and it is starting to feel real. SO SO ready.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5263-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16213\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5264-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5264-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5264-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5264-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5264-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5265-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5265-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5265-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5265-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5265-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5261-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16216\" 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src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5262-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5262-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5262-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5262-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/fullsizeoutput_5262-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/X1FksYyR5Wz71RG9HLWA-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/X1FksYyR5Wz71RG9HLWA-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/X1FksYyR5Wz71RG9HLWA-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/X1FksYyR5Wz71RG9HLWA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/X1FksYyR5Wz71RG9HLWA-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mp59vsU0RFaSa7YcruAM2w-e1560291960578-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mp59vsU0RFaSa7YcruAM2w-e1560291960578-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mp59vsU0RFaSa7YcruAM2w-e1560291960578-600x800.jpg 600w, 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1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eTKUh5N5TRihjRZFCZNlA-e1560292011847-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eTKUh5N5TRihjRZFCZNlA-e1560292011847-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eTKUh5N5TRihjRZFCZNlA-e1560292011847-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eTKUh5N5TRihjRZFCZNlA-e1560292011847-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eTKUh5N5TRihjRZFCZNlA-e1560292011847-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DsitPisvRhGUwGbRHDTLQ-e1560292147664-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DsitPisvRhGUwGbRHDTLQ-e1560292147664-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DsitPisvRhGUwGbRHDTLQ-e1560292147664-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DsitPisvRhGUwGbRHDTLQ-e1560292147664-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DsitPisvRhGUwGbRHDTLQ-e1560292147664-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grandparents came to visit on their way to the beach \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6ED15AD2-E4EF-414D-9C86-44AB382199E6-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My older boys back in Ohio. Have I mentioned that I miss them? Because I do. Terribly. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1799-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to see Blake this weekend when we go to Asheville for his college orientation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 more days and we are moving into our house. We are SO ready. Ready to have our own place, ready to get our stuff outta storage, ready for a home. We are also counting down the days until Summer. Cole is pretty much done so I am not making him go the rest of the days. He finished his finals and Freshman year is a wrap. Eva goes until Thursday. Andy is in NYC, out of town again. I am so tempted to let Summer start early for her as well but I think I will have her go. Thursday can&#8217;t get here soon enough. Until we move and the dogs can swim in the pool they love the creek \ud83d\ude42 Blogging, reading, smoothies, coffee, water&#8230; First outdoor movie of the season, had to get some ice cream first. The movie didn&#8217;t start until 9 and Eva is used to going to bbed at 7 (school starts early here and girlfriend likes her sleep). She lasted about 20 minutes. 20 complaining the whole time minutes. Andy had to take her home. Fortunately Cole was home so he could come back and watch the rest with me. House updates. It&#8217;s so strange how detached I have been. It has been so long. But I think we are all finally starting to get excited and it is starting to feel real. SO SO ready. Grandparents came to visit on their way to the beach \ud83d\ude42 My older boys back in Ohio. Have I mentioned that I miss them? Because I do. Terribly. Can&#8217;t wait to see Blake this weekend when we go to Asheville for his college orientation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13,873,874],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-life","category-new-house","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lFDiDepBQP2vwAUyXwLTQ-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16230,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16209\/revisions\/16230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}