Those sloooooow summer months

So I'm sorry if you've been checking in with the house updates on a regular basis because I've been a very bad blogger and have had no updates since March. Wow. I do have a pretty good excuse though. We found out in April that we are expecting our first child! Needless to say any extra time I used to have to blog was being spent alternating between being sick and sleeping. I finally feel better and have some energy so I will try to update you on the things that have happened since March. It is amazing how a lot of little things can add up to a big chunk of time. We are hopefully just a couple of weeks away from moving in, though!

 The rest of the floors were finally installed

 Garage door was installed

 Kitchen Cabinets

 Appliances were installed

 I love love love our countertops!

 We installed closet shelving ourselves! I am so proud of it.

 

Kitchen lights were hung

 Bathroom countertops and Bathtub surround was installed

 Mirrors in the hall bath went up

Now that the last few things are getting done, we are packing and getting ready to move. We have to deep clean everything since construction is so messy but hopefully once that is finished we can move in and actually start living here. We have learned so much through this whole process. More than I ever wanted to know, probably. Once we get moved in maybe I'll write about all the things we learned in case any of you ever embark on this journey.

March updates!

Wow! March has come and gone so quickly! Hard to believe that Easter is this weekend! Here are some updates from this month in no particular order. Again, posting from my phone so I can't change the order of the pictures.

Our tiles have gone down and painting is getting finished up. You can see we painted our porch ceiling blue. Such a little change but it looks so neat. They say it will keep bugs away from our porch but that remains to be seen.

Our finish carpenter has also started on our pantry shelves and the fireplace surround. Our bricks will also start going up tomorrow.

We finally picked out lights for over our island and I couldn't be happier with them! I think they will really look great in the kitchen.

We really don't have much left now!!

Paint and trim!

Last time I checked in, Sheetrock was going up and they were getting ready to mud it. People weren't lying when they said it would slow down at this point. Feels like the finishing things are taking the longest, even though I know that isn't the case.

Here has what has happened recently. The sheetrock was finished and the walls have been primed. The trim went up as well as the interior doors.

Here are some recent pictures in no particular order.

Sheet rock!

Sheet rock went up this week and is in the process of getting mudded. Here are some pictures of the progress. It's so different not being able to see through the walls. It shouldn't be long to move in day now.

BIG updates!

Hi readers! Thanks for sticking with us even with the lack of posting. We have some big updates! The plumber finally finished all his work so we were able to schedule the inspection with the city. With the way everything else in this process has gone, I expected to fail this go round but I was wrong...we passed!! This meant that we could move forward with insulation which went in yesterday. Below are some pictures of the insulation being installed. Before the insulation went in some sweet friends of ours met at the house to write scripture on the framing. It is our heart that our home would be a safe place for people to gather and that it would be a sanctuary to anyone who needed it. What better way to start that off than covering the house in God's Word. There are some more pictures of just a few of the verses that our friends helped us write. The next few things on the list are to finish up the columns on the front, start sheet rock, and start painting! Hard to believe we are already at this step!

Stay tuned!

I'm also posting this from my phone so if the layout is all wonky, I'm sorry!

Snowy Rainy Update

Well...we're at a standstill again. We've had what seems like non-stop rain for a couple of weeks which has made getting trucks and equipment up to the house very difficult. We are just waiting on the plumber to finish a few little things before we can get the inspection done but if it doesn't stop raining, that could be a while.

In the meantime, my dad came over and helped us install audio speakers for the whole house so we can listen to music all over the house. Our doors are all in so we are close to being able to lock everything up. We've also been trying to decide on paint colors and some other finishing things that won't go in until the end. Feels like we have a while before all of that is necessary but maybe it will come faster than we think.

Sorry for the small little update. It's all we've got going on right now. On another note though, look at what came to town today! Snow!! It doesn't happen often so we love it when it does!

Hoping we have our inspection soon so that sheet rock can start going up! Then it will really feel like a house!

Windows, siding, and doors....Oh My!

While all the guys were busy on the inside of the house, there was also work going on outside the house. All the windows and almost all the doors were hung, and the siding was even started. 

Windows on the front porch.

Windows with siding started.

Door from garage to the backyard.

Bonus room window.

 House with windows and siding started. 

We still don't have a back door or the front door but those are supposed to be coming in this week. Siding is also supposed to be finished this week so maybe we'll have another post soon.

If the blog is quiet for a while, don't worry! It probably just means that everything is going too fast to keep up!