New house update

Last weekend they made some headway on the new house. Thursday and Friday were the first two days we didn't have rain, the hurricane sucked out all the moisture and kept it dry. On Friday they started putting up the wood structure inside and the support beams for the second floor. It's funny that in each stage the house feels really big, and then somehow so much smaller. DH said he couldn't believe the house could fit on the property, then with just the slab it felt huge, now with the second floor beams it seems a bit smaller and dark again.

Here is the schedule of things that have happened on the house so far:
July 14 cleared the property
July 17 Design Center meeting
July 27 laid in the pipes and prepped for slab
July 31 poured the slab
Aug 5   dropped off the bricks for the exterior walls
Aug 10 the exterior walls go up
Aug 13 the wood for the second floor and walls is dropped off on the property
Aug 27 hurricane Isaac brings lots of rain
Aug 31 the second floor beams and interior walls go up
Sept 3  Labor Day Holiday

 

the bulldozer was removing the grass and dirt and leveling the property out. we could see the actual property boundries.

 

 

ok, i had to get the kids into one of these pictures, the blocks are on the slab of the house.

 

front of the house, garage is on the far left.

 

 

wood framing goes up, second floor beams go up.

 

the interior, far left will be the kitchen, that beam of light shining in the middle will be the stair case

Back to school

the kids took their first "back to school" picture together. i hope to make this a tradition.  the girls are going to preschool and nate is in pre-k. so far they are loving it, both classes are very full with learning but i think what the girls love best are their backpacks. :-) this week they walked around the house with their backpacks on for about 1 hour before we had to leave, they love them!