House Update

They have started the building phase of our house.  We bought the lot and signed the paperwork to start the building back in May.  It feels like it has taken forever for them to get going, but there was a lot of steps we had to do first.  Us being gone out of the country in June didn't help.  They poured the foundation a week ago and they have already started with the walls on the first floor!  I have been trying to take pictures as it comes together.  Here is what we have so far.

Sold! Our Lot.

Doing something I don't know, probably leveling it? Makes the most sense.

Pipes in the ground.......

Foundation Poured! Woohooo

Start of the framing for the first floor. (taken on a Friday)

More framing of first floor! (taken on a Sunday)

We are thinking about driving by tonight (Tuesday).  I feel like it's moving pretty fast, but still have to remember it won't be ready until end of December, beginning of January.  We picked out the exterior and interior in July.  Here are those selections.

Our Brick

Our Stone

It's a bad picture, but here is a layout of all the exterior.  Bricks, picture of stone, brown square is the garage door and wooden rectangle is trim for some sections of the front.

Hand scrapped hardwood floors throughout the downstairs.  The stone and granite on the left make up our kitchen.  Granite counter tops (top)  Backsplash (middle) Tile design for above the stove top (bottom)

Kitchen cabinets, paired with countertops

Master Bath - granite counter tops and slate floor

The whole selection together, including the half bath upstairs on the lower left hand corner.

That is all we have so far.  I didn't take any pictures of our fixtures, door, or appliances.  That visit to the design gallery was exhausting and I was ready for it to be over.  It was a, "sure...that looks good".  So who knows what kind of microwave we will have! I'm going to make a Shutterfly book with all the pictures and construction when this is complete.  It's starting to get exciting.  We will be like, real adults and stuff when this is down.  Went from living in a Townhome in the down/uptown area with no kids to living in the 'burbs with a house and a baby.  ::blink::

WE WENT TO THE HOUSE!  It was so exciting coming around the corner to seeeeeee THIS:

The second story has been added.

There she is, although it looks like a pile of match sticks.

I got really excited for some reason when I saw the stairs.  Made it seem even more real.

Here is the view standing in the middle of the family room looking out towards the street.

Well that's really it for tonight.  At this rate we will have walls up by the weekend!  I think our new thing might be, "let's go drive by the house".  I wonder if we can bring a picnic dinner to eat inside....