Don't blink

It's been just a couple of days since I've last posted... HA!  Truth is life is crazy.  I left you at Day 35... today was Day 62!  I'm about to take you through the most intriguing parts of the last month and a half.

Master Suite

 Berkley's room

 Foyer room

 Emma Grace's room

 Reese's room :)

 The crane arrives to install the trusses.

 The girls are quite pleased. :)

 The girls' bathtub makes it's grand entrance into their bathroom.

 Back

 Front

 Reese's room

 Master suite

 Reese's room

 Tar paper... and snow flurries

 Going upstairs

 Master suite... windows

 Kitchen

 Front door

 Basement

 SHINGLES!

 Master suite

 Reese's room

 SIDING!

 Back

 CONCRETE!

 Reese's room

 Master suite

 Berk's room

 Hall foyer

 EG's room

 Going downstairs

 Bryan builds a mailbox.

 Bryan installs concrete board to begin tiling bathrooms/laundry room.

 Great room

 Breakfast nook

 Kitchen

By the end of the week the following is supposed to be done:
~Brick (Hasn't even been started!  This project is nearly a month behind schedule.  The first guy failed to show up.  The second guy was dead... not funny... but kind of funny.  The third guy showed up yesterday with no water for his mortar... seriously?)
~Pouring of the concrete for the porch and garage (Can't be finished until the brick is done on the lower part of the house.)
~Siding/Cedar Shake on the front (Can't be finished until the porch concrete is poured, which can't be finished until the brick is done... DOMINO EFFECT!)
~Drywall
~Painting should be started Friday.

We have a C/O date of December 20.  It's been the same date all along despite delays, people not showing up, weather, rock... our general contractor is awesome and has a ridiculous amount of people in there working at one time. 

We've begun packing here at the rental, which is slow moving due to the holidays.  I pulled out the bare necessities when it comes to Christmas decor, which makes me sad.  Hopefully the remainder of this project will go off without a hitch, and we'll be spending Christmas Day in our new home!

A roof over our heads...

We've been super busy traveling this summer... and by busy I mean we've been home for like 2 days. That's a slight exaggeration... but just slight. Truth is... we've been home for one week straight all summer, and that week we worked on the house. While I worked in the garage, Bryan replaced the roof. This is a picture of his dad holding on to a rope attached to his pants... their brilliant idea on how to keep Bryan from falling to his death. Bryan has his master's degree... wouldn't know it would you? ;)
Truth is, the roof looks BEAUTIFUL! I'm super proud of his outdoor handiwork. I, however, am not proud of the water stained ceilings we now have to repaint due to his handiwork. :) We got like 2 inches of water in a matter of moments the afternoon he removed a good chunk of the shingles. We were prepared for a bit of rain but not a monsoon. You live and learn I suppose. We still saved THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, but Bryan definitely said he wouldn't do it again. :)