House Progress

It's been a busy week at the house. They finished bricking the house, delivered the stone and prepped the wall for it, finished the siding and trim work, finalized all the rough in wiring and plumbing, put in insulation, then the drywall on top of that, and today they caulked all the nails and cracks where the drywall sheets meet.. whew! What a busy week! I forgot to add that last week they delivered our showers and tubs and filled them with water (not sure why they do that).

On Monday, after the insulation went in but before everything else I mentioned, we met with an inspector at the house to do a rough-in inspection. Everything looked good and we learned some tips and tricks about taking care of our first home! How exciting! Now that the drywall is up it REALLY feels like a home. I get this really exciting, fun feeling when I go into the house now, thinking about it being OUR home! We'll make lots of wonderful memories in that house and it's been such a blessing to watch it come together from the ground up! Here are some pictures from this week:

In the pictures above you see the bare framework with the wiring and plubming (standing in kitchen looking through wall into the dining room), then the insulation in the garage the day of the inspection, and the last photograph is the sheetrock all patched up in the great room.

House Progress

Things have appeared to slow down a bit with the house, but really they haven't at all. Now, the changes aren't as noticeable (like walls going up- those were hard to miss!). Last week there were a lot of smaller, but still major, changes (mostly on the inside). For one, we got a roof! Before there had been a black tarp, so the change wasn't all that noticeable, but none the less, a roof is on now! Windows arrived late the week before (I can't remember if I posted a picture with the new windows or not?). All of the plumbing and electrical wiring was run, as well as the HVAC system (the A/C). We also noticed faucet spickets (sp?) for the outdoor hoses.

Late in the week, and all weekend long, they started bricking the house. So far, so good! I'm very fearful at this point of regretting choices in colors/style we've made. I'll really be nervous when they put up the decorative stone we chose. I think more than anything else that stone has me the most stressed out. The brick store didn't have the color brick we chose with the color grout we chose, so we had to pick the stone without really seeing how it looked together. I'm sure it won't be "ugly" because the colors all go together (they're all neutral, lol), but I'm fearful it won't look the way I envisioned it. Fingers crossed on that one!

Here are some pictures of the house from the last week. I didn't really take any pictures of the inside because if I do, it just looks like a 2x4 forest....

Making a Cake

Yesterday was "G-daddy's" birthday. All day long we practiced saying Happy Birthday G-daddy. I've been on a "craft" kick with Caden lately, wanting to do more hands on, interactive things with him such as finger painting, and I thought it would be fun (and interesting) to try and get him to help me make a cake. It could go either way...he'd do great and cooperate or he'd get destructive and ruin the kitchen and the cake. Fortunately he loved it and did everything I told him to (without my help because two year olds don't like help, ya know). The only part of the cake he didn't help with was the icing and pouring in the eggs and vinegar. He loved helping and I definately plan to make some more yummy foods with him soon! My favorite part of the cake-making experience was after Caden poured in the vegetable oil...he said "Bye Bye apple juice!"- lol Vegetable oil does look a lot like apple juice!

Here are some pictures: