Basement

The basement steps are in now, so I was able to go down & check it out. They've been busy working on heating & electrical this past week...They plan to wire for the elevator on Monday & pour cement on Wednesday. Movin' right along!

A few shots from the basement:









Try to contain your excitement.

Windows in!

The windows are all in...Just in time for the deep freeze that we know is looming.





Windows on sides of front door now in place:


Porter got to see his new room today!

The roof...the roof...the roof is...ON!!!

They shingled the roof this week!


Also started on the windows:


Fireplace is in:


Oh...and in case you're interested...they took away Porter's 'usual' bathroom stop, so today we had to find another one. Good thing there is a lot of construction going on in our neighborhood! We are now using Jimmy's Johnnys. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

A glimpse inside...

We got to go "inside" our new home today to discuss some framing options with our builder. It was so cool to actually start to visualize the layout. To quote Blair: "Okay, now even I'm excited!"

Bonus room:


Sunroom:


Corner of kitchen with window looking out the back:


Great room:


And this I just had to take a picture of. In order to get Blair into the house, they had to lift him on this big "thing" they move roof plywood with. There are probably 112 good jokes I could insert here, but I'll refrain...

All covered up.

All the plywood has been added to the roof & it's ready for shingles.





Front door:

...although there should be double-hung windows on each side, so......yeah. We're looking into it. Stay tuned.

Dry Weather = Progress!

We lucked out with good, dry weather this week, so the framers got a lot more done. Check it out:


The roof trusses are almost done & our builder says they hope to start the roof this next week!




The pond in the middle of our new neighborhood:


Our future new street: