More Building!!!

Despite the stress from trying to ensure we are staying on budget and getting all of our t's crossed and i's dotted (preferably before they need to be), it's really fun seeing the house come together.

Yesterday we saw this...

When we returned this evening to feed we were presented with this sight as we emerged from the woods:

From this standpoint it looks HUGE to me! I mean, the front wall will be 14', but the entire house looks long and large. (and it is tall, but it won't be SO tall as it will be backfilled to the top of the concrete wall)

When I looked from the barn towards the house, I'm pleased with how the it looks with the trees and landscape.

The girls drew on the walls...yes, it will be covered, but they had a blast!

Woot! Woot! It's coming!

And no, no baby boy news (birthing anyway) at this time. Many thanks to Rennae for helping clean our current house today, we are so very thankful. And the fabulous pictures are compliments of my father's nice camera. Thanks for letting me borrow it!

More Building...

Last week Mr. Bill (as Adalynn fondly calls him, "My Favorite Guy!") and co. began framing the basement wall. I think Tuesday we were greeted with the following:

By Friday we had this! Which looks like progress (and it is), but really the floor trusses aren't secured down at this point.

The basement won't be finished right now, except for the laundry room (on the left) and the wall to T's workroom (see end of basement).

What I am missing pictures of is the awesome landscaping job that my sister and her husband completed at the entrance. They planted an amazing amount of flowers and even an ornamental tree. T says it looks professional; my sister and her husband have such green thumbs! They left a large amount of "leftovers" that they didn't use by the swing set for us to plant if we wanted...when we got to the property Friday night we oohed and ahhed over the entry way, and then our attention switched to the flowers and grasses that were left up by the swing set. T and I planted all we could by the light of the Taurus and by then it was too dark for pictures! We'll take some soon though, the flowers and garden area (tilled graciously by my father last week Wednesday) are really making it feel like home out there!

As Haircut...

As been complaining about her hair hurting when we comb it so I asked if she wanted it cut...and she said yes...and wanted me to do it! I'm sure it's not straight, but it's cute!

Building has resumed!!

Happy Easter!

Some pictures from this weekend...