{"id":8840,"date":"2012-10-17T12:48:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=8840"},"modified":"2020-09-30T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:01:31","slug":"deep-breath-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/deep-breath-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep breath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That first day at the beach, the one where you first walk over the dunes and see the ocean. It never gets old.<\/p>\n<p>I keep thinking I will start to take it for granted. Being this close. But so far it is the same every time. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8842\" title=\"IMG_0947copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0947copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0947copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0947copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember when the girly didn&#8217;t like the beach? Those were scary times&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8843\" title=\"IMG_0949copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0949copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0949copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0949copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0949copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These two get busy the second their toes hit the sand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8844\" title=\"IMG_0952copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0952copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0952copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0952copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8845\" title=\"IMG_0962copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0962copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0962copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0962copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0962copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8847\" title=\"IMG_0973copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0973copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0973copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0973copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0973copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I love the beach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8848\" title=\"IMG_0975copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0975copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0975copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0975copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0975copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Especially this beach. And this house. I love this house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8849\" title=\"IMG_0978copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0978copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0978copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0978copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0978copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The island is filled with gorgeous houses<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8850\" title=\"IMG_0980copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0980copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0980copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0980copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I love that there are no cars. We did lots of biking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8851\" title=\"IMG_0992copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0992copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0992copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0992copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0992copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8852\" title=\"IMG_1000copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1000copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1000copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1000copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1000copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cole was fascinated with the guys on their boards<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8853\" title=\"IMG_1002copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1002copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1002copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1002copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1002copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then it was time to go in for dinner and wait for the rest of the gang to arrive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8854\" title=\"IMG_1006copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1006copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1006copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1006copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1006copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After dinner we sat on the balcony and watched the sun go down<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8855\" title=\"IMG_1012copy\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1012copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1012copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1012copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1012copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the sun went down a million stars popped out and we continued to sit and stare. And name constellations (with the help of the skyview iPhone app).<\/p>\n<p>Beach time, it&#8217;s the best time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That first day at the beach, the one where you first walk over the dunes and see the ocean. It never gets old. I keep thinking I will start to take it for granted. Being this close. But so far it is the same every time. Awesome. Remember when the girly didn&#8217;t like the beach? Those were scary times&#8230;. These two get busy the second their toes hit the sand. I love that. And I love the beach Especially this beach. And this house. I love this house. The island is filled with gorgeous houses And I love that there are no cars. We did lots of biking. Cole was fascinated with the guys on their boards And then it was time to go in for dinner and wait for the rest of the gang to arrive. After dinner we sat on the balcony and watched the sun go down After the sun went down a million stars popped out and we continued to sit and stare. And name constellations (with the help of the skyview iPhone app). Beach time, it&#8217;s the best time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8841,"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":[90,13],"tags":[730,498],"class_list":["post-8840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-life","tag-bald-head-island","tag-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0938copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840","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=8840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17733,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840\/revisions\/17733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}