Slowly but Surely

Slowly but surely that is how the house is coming along. Figuring out where everything goes, what colors walls should be, and what new things we need to acquire.... Its been a trip that's for sure! I'll share more pictures of the house when we have it close to complete... But for now you'll have to be happy with a picture of Jaycob helping take down tape!

Kid's Rooms

The kids rooms almost finished!

AAHHHHHHGGGGG!!

Ok so stressed... Being Monday I thought I had a day to finish getting this house ready to be packed up, since they're doing that on Tuesday. 8:25a come around and I'm just starting my day of cleaning and tossing when Oreo starts barking like crazy. I come up the stairs to the packers knocking on my door! :-0 Wow. So much for that day of cleaning and tossing! I ended up spending the day watching over the ladies pack our stuff. So not what I planned!!

Story of a House! (Paint)

Well, here's the kids rooms about finished. Jaycob's is called Sailors Blue and Aby's... Yeah I don't know, but it is purple and she loves it!!

Story of a House (Walls)

Walls you ask... Yeah I know I've taken about a bazillion pictures of plenty of walls!! Lets start from the beginning! Yesterday was our walk through where we tell the guys what needs fixed before we can move in. It was mostly little stuff... Paint on the light switch, red marks on the walls, nails popping through, fingerprints around a mirror, lack of paint in certain places, a really uneven closet shelf, ect. All simple enough stuff to fix.

Here's were the 'walls' title comes in... We're walking through the kitchen/sun room area and our fridge is sitting in the middle of the room. We ask when they'll get it in. The guy pipes up, "Ohhhh, well we have a problem. The fridge doesn't fit there, so we have to move the wall". What?? Move the wall?? All as he's pointing at my one and only place to store dry goods!! I'm thinking oh no you don't!!!

You see that tiny little closet door? That's my pantry. The fridge is supposed to sit right next to it. The fridge now doesn't fit (because I guess they don't expect people to buy the upgraded appliance package?). So now they're simply shaving 2 inches of the wall on the outside of my pantry. The guy assured me that my closet space wouldn't be compromised, I'm not so convinced!!

We go back on Tuesday to do our final walk through, sign some papers, and get keys!! Yay! I'm so excited. Lets keep our fingers crossed it all goes smooth enough!

Story of a House (Almost done)

Well, Daddy went by the house today and said they had a cleaning crew in cleaning the house up. Friday we do a walk through to let them know what we think needs fixed before we move in. We have a small list already going, just minor stuff, nothing major! He did say that we don't have a fridge yet though. I'm thinking its on back order. I'm wondering if it will be in by the time we move in!!!

Sorry there's no pictures, there's really not anything to take pictures of any more except the fridge. That is until we start moving stuff in!!! I'm starting to get excited. Jaycob is super excited and keeps asking me when this or that will go over. Abygail hates visiting over there! LOL

Jaycob's bedding came in today and he loves! But now we can pick the paint for his room and double check Abygail's color that way we can start on that soon as we get keys!!

Story of a House! (Carpet, Appliances, & More)

These are pictures from the 16th and 19th!

Living room carpet (from the foyer and sunroom, respectively)

Dishwasher & counters. And stove and microwave!

Mirrors in the master bath and 1/2 bath!

Kitchen counter top and playroom carpet!

Story of a House! (Cabinets & Deck)

Our deck! No, there's no steps going down. It's just supposed to be like a grilling deck. They can't put steps down per code since the black rail you see on the left are the steps up from the basement. If they were to put steps down it would block the exit. Not the brightest plan if you ask me, but long as we have somewhere to grill! Jaycob has yet to see this part and he'll be thrilled. When we were looking at the models Daddy joked and said this would be Oreo's place. Since then Jaycob has kept asking when we'll get one on our house!

And here's some upper cabinets. And the basement cabinet and sink.

The kid's bathroom cabinet and the master's. Yipee, the double sinks will be a new one for us!

Story of a House! (Hardwood & Tile)

Oh and lower kitchen cabinets! This is the hardwood we have in the sunroom, kitchen, and foyer.

Master bathroom's tile and tub faucet was put in. Along with the kid's bath tile and potty.

And this is the tile and potty in the basement bathroom.

Jaycob is starting to understand what's going. He's starting to ask if this and that are going with us. It started with asking about the small important to him things (his duck, blankets, puppies), now its different pieces of furniture he's worried about. Abygail doesn't get it. She thinks new house all new stuff, meaning all her stuff stays here. But I can understand that since we're buying her a brand new big girl bed and bedding set. So far she's not thrilled with the whole idea of a new bed or a new house!

Story of a House! (Empty)

The front of our house!!


The view from the front door. The open door on the right is the door to the basement. Straight ahead on that island will be the sink and the dishwasher. The fridge will be to the left of that little door(pantry). The stove will be on the left wall that you can't see. That area in the back where the sunlight is coming in will hopefully be like a sitting/reading corner, though we're not quite sure yet.


This is the view from in front of that little (pantry) door.


The first picture is from the top of the stairs looking at the kids bedroom doorways. And the second picture is what I could get of Jaycob's room.

And this is what I could get of Abygail's room. She also has a pretty decent sized walk in closet.

They have a hall bathroom to. Just didn't take a pic, nothing there yet soooo...

This is from the doorway of our bedroom. We also have a large walk in closet!!

And this is from the doorway of our bathroom. And the view from standing in from of the shower.


This is downstairs in the basement. The door on the left is another full bath, the door on the right leads into like a study and the laundry room. Behind me (which there is no picture of) is a walk out door to the backyard.


The kids are super excited, if we tell them we're going to see the empty house they know where we're going. We're beyond excited. Everything's not COMPLETELY finalized yet, but we don't foresee any issues.