{"id":1052,"date":"2010-05-18T23:57:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T03:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2010-05-18T23:57:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T03:57:12","slug":"hello-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1052","title":{"rendered":"Hello North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of today, we FINALLY have our internet back (woo hoo!), so I thought I&#8217;d do a quick post with some pictures of our new place.\u00c2\u00a0 We had a few rocky moments during our move&#8230;maybe I&#8217;ll do a post about the &#8220;adventures&#8221; of moving?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we&#8217;ve been here 4 days and LOVE it.\u00c2\u00a0 The area we&#8217;re in &#8211; Mooresville\/Lake Norman &#8211; is absolutely wonderful.\u00c2\u00a0 We are renting for now, until we sell our home in FL and find the home we might want to buy.\u00c2\u00a0 Randy found an amazing home that&#8217;s on a cove of Lake Norman.\u00c2\u00a0 We feel like we&#8217;re on vacation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Until we look around and see ALL these boxes that need to be unpacked.\u00c2\u00a0 Little by little, we&#8217;re getting it done.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I&#8217;m loving my new GPS that allows me to explore our new area without getting hopelessly lost.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few shots from our first days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3349\/4620690288_0a49e67af2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A view of the back of the house.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4040\/4620690472_af4de7c4e3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First morning here&#8230;Ethan and Marley woke up early to fish.\u00c2\u00a0 Ethan caught a catfish (since then, they&#8217;ve each caught more of those, plus brim).\u00c2\u00a0 They throw them back in :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4620690362_d561dae1e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking down the cove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3327\/4620690174_ae60dd5545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the second day, they decided to take a swim.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4013\/4620689950_8e7e59bdc5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goofy boys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4061\/4620076169_a098d8c2c4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lainey and I just enjoyed the sun and the view.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3342\/4620690032_38b670e77a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbey decided she&#8217;d stay dry, too.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4026\/4620689880_cd7e971d48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tea party time in Lainey&#8217;s room.\u00c2\u00a0 She knows she might eventually share it with Dylan (depending on the timing of our travel), and it&#8217;s causing her to ask about WHEN he&#8217;s coming home a lot.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to explain the long process of adoption to a little one.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3333\/4620689566_ee8ab476b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We see this bluebird everyday&#8230;beautiful!\u00c2\u00a0 Abbey took this picture.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4006\/4620689510_6ae38d14f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marley and Ethan were back out this morning to fish (yes, in their PJs).\u00c2\u00a0 I looked out the window and saw two families of geese swimming by.\u00c2\u00a0 So, of course I ran down with bread and the camera.\u00c2\u00a0 8 babies total, flanked by their respective parents.\u00c2\u00a0 The dads were hissing at us!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4620689620_871c2f4fd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 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