Lots of Progress!!!

So much progress on the house! It seems like once they started framing, it all started happening very quickly. Things are going really well. All of the rain is NOT happening but I'm just happy that the tornadoes that went through last night near us didn't come about 10 miles further north. That would have been a disaster!!!

It's fun now because I can actually see where rooms will be, where doors will go, etc. I can start better thinking about interior decorating at this point which is going to be fun for me! Tommy has been working extremely hard every day. I'm helping out as much as I can at this point. I'm the official "holder" and "cleaner". HA! We are building the screened in porch ourselves so that is a focus right now. The roof should be on within a week and we will also begin wiring. Busy busy! Here are some pictures that I have taken over the past few days:

This is the looking in the house at the entry from where our front door will be. This will all be open so you will look straight into the kitchen and breakfast area.

Though you can't tell it, this is a very exciting part of the house for me - a piece of my closet! This is where my shoes will be!

Exciting to have windows in!!! This is our breakfast area which will look out into the back yard. Can't wait to watch the deer from here!

This is a small portion of our master bedroom - this little nook is going to be my reading area. This also looks out onto the back yard.

This is the beginnings of our screened in porch. It will have stone arches all around it though you can't tell that now - HA! This will probably be one of my favorite areas of the house.

This is kind of a side view of the house. This is what you see when you drive down our street - the garage, basement and side of the main floor.

This is our front entry from the outside.

Front view! What a muddy mess HA

Oh! It's a house!

Wow, wow, wow! It's amazing how fast this is all happening! One day it was a big hole in the ground and now it is actually starting to resemble a house! It is very cool to see our vision and our floor plan that we designed actually coming to life.

A lot of different things have been going on at once with the house process. Last week Tommy went to Loogootee to purchase the lumber he will use to build the built in's and all of the cabinets and island in my closet. I've never been so excited to see a trailer full of cherry in my life! I mean look at it - can't you envision my dream closet already? HA

This week has been full of progress. The basement floor was poured on Monday which was a big step. The framing began yesterday which is kind of what I've been waiting for - to me, that is when you can really actually start to see your house! It is amazing how quickly it goes once they begin framing. I took some pictures this morning and by this afternoon there was even more progress!

The above was taken this morning - this is the basement being framed. It will be a walkout - this will be a big family room, Tabi's room & bathroom, storage, and our garage on this level.

This is our main floor being built ^
This afternoon when I went back by to see the progress I couldn't believe it! Check this out!

Tonight we were able to go down and actually walk around and see where all of the rooms will actually be. It's awesome to now have an idea of size, etc. on everything. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!