One Big Update!

Well it has been awhile, I know! There has been a ton going on, so I’ll try to bring you up to date without overlapping information.

*The rock is going up on the outside of the house – this is the last outside finishing. It looks really good! I was a teensy bit worried it wouldn’t match the siding well, since we had to choose it by holding the rock book up to the siding instead of checking out some samples in person. There just wasn’t time. Thankfully, it turned out wonderfully.

*Indoors, I don’t know if I mentioned it, but all the doorknobs are on my exterior doors. This thrills me tremendously, and probably a bit more than it should…but it is just cool to be able to walk into our new house through normal functioning doors!

*The garage door is installed and the opener works when it is hooked up. I love the door. Through some issues at the company with backordering the door we initially chose (which was pretty much a cheapie as much as possible), we ended up getting a carriage style door for the same cost as the door we had ordered initially because of the time constraints we were under at the time to get the house closed up. So we basically got 15 to 20% of our door free! It is beautiful, and more what I would have chosen if cost was no issue, so I’m happy with it!

*We ordered the kitchen cabinets and counters – they should be in later this month. We aren’t ready for installation yet but we couldn’t pass up the kitchen and bath sale at Menard’s! It saved us about $2,000! Not too shabby! I’m very anxious to see these!

*We ordered the bath vanities at the Menard’s sale as well, and they are ready to be picked up. I hope they turned out well! Although to be honest, we went for the cheapest we could get in most cases. These things can be upgraded later and just aren’t that crucial right now, as long as we have something!

*This past weekend we got a fabulous start on running the wire – we opted to do the electric ourselves because it would cost a BUNDLE to have it done for us. Luckily, we have a lot of family and friends that have plenty of knowledge and experience to help us out and get it done safely. We are saving an immense amount and certainly wouldn’t be able to do it ourselves! Most of the wire for the house circuits has been run – now it’s all about getting everything connected and plugs and all that good stuff. After that comes insulation and drywall – it will be looking fabulous!

On the baby front, we have only about 3 more months to go! It is unbelievable. We are so excited for this. And we are just getting into a lot of the decisions that come along with baby – which is a little overwhelming (though fun!) at times since neither of us has much – ok, any – prior baby experience. We are enjoying the learning process a lot though! (And incidentally, I think there are TOO many pacifier options in the world – just saying.)