Week 7

We didn't plan on going up to see the house this weekend, but at the last minute decided to make the trip up yesterday afternoon.  We plan to go up again in a couple weeks but we knew there would be a lot of working going on in the house between now and then so this was a chance to see the house in this stage.

We were excited to see the deliveries in the garage, as well as the garage door installed (though it was wide open, so it was actually our daughter who noticed it as we were about to leave).

We also noticed they had put in our concrete walkway and step up to the front porch, as well as half of the sidewalk in front of our house and the other half was prepared with gravel and a frame. 

Our first family photo(s) on the front porch.

We got to meet our neighbors to the left who closed earlier this week, so that was exciting. 

We really loved seeing the walls up in the house.  We thought it would be warmer to walk through this time b/c it was a beautiful day and the house was insulated and the drywall was up but they had all the windows and doors were left wide open, we are assuming to let the drywall mud dry (???).  It was very windy out and our youngest was again too cold to hang out in the house with us for very long.  

 The doors are here!

Square column!  

View of the master bathroom from the walk in closet.

Another view of the shower and tub.  Love the window in here, it is basically the reason that sold me on upgrading the bathroom, of course we wanted the shower and the soaking tub so it was a win-win anyway, but the only way to have this window was to choose this particular bathroom upgrade. 

Here are two views of the upstairs hallway.  I love the open feeling this area has.  It'll be fun to see the actual railing in. 

The darkened room at the top of the stairs is the laundry room. 

We are halfway through week 7 at this point.

Day 42: Siding, Shutters and Drywall...

I will never stop being amazed at how much they get accomplished in such a short period of time.  We were just up there Thursday afternoon and four days later we received these photos with the siding and shutters on and I know they've been working on the drywall.  There's no way they're done dry walling yet (right??) but they have at least done the garage as far as I can see.  I"m sure I'd be equally amazed to see how much they've done in the house as well.  It truly takes a lot of effort on my part to not get in the car and drive up there while the kids are in school.  Which is so funny because after our meeting on Thursday my husband was asking when I thought we'd come back up and I said they were building so fast there is probably no need to come back up until they finish, right? ;)

Anyway, these photos help me to stay put and not waste my gas, and two hours of my day just to get a couple minute glance at the house.

Its so pretty and I love seeing it all come together. :)

Here is another photo with our neighbors on each side.  All three of us picked grey-ish colors, which had me slightly concerned but looking at the photo big on the computer makes it so I can see the different shades.  Also, they do seem like they all have their own look to them.  We are loving the amount of space between the houses too.  We are not used to that!