Drywall - FINALLY!

Hi All,

So last week was such a disappointment that I didn't even post anything.  We did our pre-drywall walk on Thursday, April 11.  On Monday and Wednesday of last week, I had plans to stop over after work, where kevin told me it wasn't worth it because the dry wall was still not up!  Yet it had been delivered and sitting in the middle of the floor.  Also as of Wednesday our exterior stone had arrived.  I finally made my way over on Thursday.  I'm not going to lie- I was close to irate!  Mostly because I went to go into the house and it was all locked up.  We never had warning when it would officially be locked and that we weren't given a key!! So I wasn't able to get in at all, and when I walked around and peeked through windows, I saw there was still no drywall up and it was just sitting on the floor!! To top things off, a house a few down that was framed about week after ours already had their exterior brick all in.  As an 8 month pregnant woman - I was very unhappy.

Kevin talked to the project manager on Friday and called him out that they did nothing this week and he basically agreed and apologized saying the drywall company was all backed up and couldn't get to it.  He also then told us that we won't be getting our own construction key and will have to get it from the office each time when it's locked up. Oy... 

At least they redeemed themselves today.  We went by expecting only the possibility of some exterior work done since the project manager said that is what they were working on this weekend.  Well, when we got there - no exterior!  We got the key in a bad mood and made our way over - only to find when we walked in...the house was FULLY DRYWALLED!!! Now we are talking!!

I feel like we are back in business!  Obviously I took a million photos that I wanted to share on here.  Enjoy:

The current exterior as of today

Front entrance, front living room and dining room

Front living room/sitting room

Dining Room

family room looking into the kitchen

family room

upstairs hall

Nursery!

guest bedroom

kevin's faux "man cave" room until we finish the basement

master bedroom

Master Bath (far back is the second closet)

other angle of the master bath with shower and open space for vanity & shelving

There you have it!  It's starting to look like a house now- that's for sure!

In other news, yesterday Kevin and I spent the day at our childbirth class.  Things are really starting to feel real for us with that class.  Luckily the videos weren't to scary and it did make us feel more prepared for the big day.  I just can't believe how close it is!  I'm 33 weeks as of today.  Only 4 weeks until I'm considered full term! 

How did this time fly by so fast??

Photoshoot! Pre-Drywall

Hi all,

Sorry for my delay in posts.  I wasn't able to get by the house the end of last week and my plan to see it over the weekend was foiled when kevin found out we couldn't go near it all weekend due to fumes from insulation, etc.  I finally went by on Monday and it was MY very first time walking through the actual house! The photos from last time were all from Kevin.  When I go over after work, I'm by myself and it's still a little treacherous to walk in, so I've been avoiding the awkward climb up inside - until Monday!  I was absolutely in love when I made it inside and couldn't believe I was walking through MY house!  I must say it is looking great and it's nice to finally be able to visualize it a little better.

Before the "photoshoot" (I went a little crazy with the pictures at this visit), I do have some very exciting news to share!  Ready?!?!  Drumroll.....

WE HAVE A CLOSING DATE SET!!!!  Our pre-drywall walk through is tomorrow and we just today found out our exact closing date.  It will be Wednesday, May 29.  It's not the 17th like the originally said; the 24th like we hoped; or the 31st like I dreaded but accepted that that's what it'd likely be.  You know what- I'll take it!  (Obviously whether I "take it" or not, that is what it is!).  It's a solid 12 days before my due date, so it's still possible to get in before the baby comes! In fact, I told my mom today that her and my dad may luck out with saving a trip - maybe they'll come in to help with the house and end up staying for the labor!  :-)

Ok so here is the photoshoot! I wanted to share these before our pre-drywall walk through and then of course we'll start to see drywall:

concrete poured in the garage

front door (temp door), front living room an dining room

View standing in the family room looking into the kitchen.  Kitchen bar going up.

stairs leading to the basement. Concrete poured

From dining room looking to the stairs.

Upstairs looking into the hall and 3 guest bedrooms

Baby boy Lawler's little nursery! :)

Standing in the nursery looking through the house.  The mater bedroom, bath and our closet are on this side

three guest bedrooms

master bedroom

looking into the master bath and 2nd closet

View out back window

:)

Until next time!

Looking more and more like a house

I wanted to share a quick post with the latest photos not only from the outside, but also from the INSIDE of our house for the every first time!  I can't believe this is our house!

 It's official - we are under roof!

Our beautiful front living room and doorway.  The natural sunlight coming in makes me happy :)

Here's a look from standing in the living room looking into the kitchen and stairway!

Moving upstairs!  Here is a look at our master bedroom:

Finally this shows you all three bedrooms in one shot from one end of the house to the other.

 We did our final walk through with guardian for electronics so that stuff should all start to fill in soon.  Our pre-drywall walk-through is looking to be April 15th.  Then once the walls go up it will really start to look like homey!

Signing off of now...