drywall in a day [week 16]

I seem to have lost track of what week it is on our house updates because we've had a few weeks of little activity.  There have been some updates, but nothing too exciting.  HVAC, electrical, inspections, septic pond, water line, blah blah blah.  All very important for sure, but I'm ready for the pretty stuff now!

So I counted and we're at Week 16!  Insulation and drywall.  The crew managed to hang all the drywall in one day - impressive! The enclosed walls make it look even bigger for some reason.  People keep telling me it's all going to move really quickly now.  That is a good thing since we're moving out of our house in six weeks!

living room: bring on the paint and flooring!

entry: railing cannot come soon enough

We found our first couple of issues - light switch on wrong side of door and smaller tub than planned - but I think we can live with both.

While planting some tall grasses around the septic pond this weekend I noticed that our little easter redbud is sprouting leaves! I hadn't expected to do anything this year or maybe ever, so this was a very exciting discovery!

leaping

We have found an awesome renter for our house. (yay!) However, she's set to move in approximately two weeks before our new house is complete.  The good news is that we'll be able to save a month or two's worth of mortgage.  The not-so-good news is that we'll be displaced for a couple weeks. But the saving grace is we'll be staying with my mom and she has a pool.

This whole process has been one giant leap of faith.  It's been a while since I've done something that has scared me; it's good for the soul I think.

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Ok it's kid story time...

We're out for Sunday errands and Big E yells from the back seat: "Hey the balls fell off of dicks!"

What's that son?  Well, sure enough.  The balls had fallen off of our local Dick's Sporting Goods sign.  I don't have an actual pic, but here's a visual for you...

They just fell plum off.  Of course we also just bought his "wiener helmet" (aka jock strap & cup) from Dick's.  The size? Peewee large. Ok I'll stop now.

march kidstagram

Cute kids + Instagram = Obsessed!  (albeit a little late)

riding back from visiting family in Illinois

working on some dance moves

story time with Big E

loves to make mustaches

taken by her big brother

finally warm enough for the park

sick again at the doctor's office

playing jeff's piano

easter morning funny faces

peeking out of em's new window!

helping daddy with yardwork

horsing around

watching elmo videos on youtube

Week 12-13 house update & Easter recap

These past two weeks have gone by so quickly that I missed last week's house update.  As of week 12, our garage doors were installed and the house is officially dry inside. Bring on the snowy weather! Oh wait - it's nice outside now.  Oh well that's good too.  I'm glad we sprung for the window inserts in the garage doors because they look fantastic and let the natural light in.  

Week 12: garage doors!

Week 13 brought the HVAC, electrical and plumbing installation. We also got our septic pond dug and the water/sewer lines trenched. Not a huge fan of the septic pond, but we didn't have a choice, so we'll just have to plant tall grasses and trees to camouflage it.

Speaking of trees... we planted our first one on Easter!  It's a red bud sapling we dug up at mom's house.  I don't know at this point if it's going to survive or not, but we've made several trips out to water the twiggy little thing.

Easter red bud

And speaking of Easter...  we had a really wonderful day.  Morning egg hunt at our house and then lunch and afternoon egg hunt at Grammy's house.  The weather cooperated and the kids had a blast.  Em only wanted to pick up eggs; she would scoff at a little toy or anything that wasn't egg-shaped.  My brother, sister-in-law, and nephew all joined us and it was one of those days where everything felt right in the world. 

Easter 2013