Where we're at today...

It's been awhile since I updated, but in my defense it was slow going between the demolition of the old house, and laying the foundation for the new one. The excavator made a mistake with our pad, so they had to come back and fix it, which obviously set us back a bit. BUT - We're making quick progress now! Here are the latest pics...

 

A side view of the finished pad

 

A view of the foundation footing

 

Completed foundation!

 

Walls!

 

Kids checking out the first floor :-)

 

 

Lots of progress is being made now! We should be looking at painting within the next few weeks. Lets hope the weather cooperates, it's cold and rainy right now...

 

 

 

 

House Demo: Day 2

Today the excavator came and started tearing down the house. The kids, in-laws, and I watched for awhile (in the pouring rain). We had to take a break to drive Juliana to school, but I was lucky enough to get back just in time to see the house actually fall in on itself. It is a little sad, after all Juliana was born in that house, and it's where I brought Madison and Daniel home as newborns. But change is good right? Out with the old in with the new! Check out this short video. Daniel thought it was a dinosaur eating the house!

3 years later...

So almost 3 years later and I'm finally getting around to updating the blog. Pretty sad I know, but my life is pretty busy, do that's my defense!
Madison is now 7 1/2 and in 1st grade. I'm not really sure how that happened, but there it is. She's doing great in school, reading at a second grade level, learning math and all that.

Juliana is 5 1/2 and almost done with preschool. She's a very smart and compassionate girl She'll be in kindergarten next year, I can't believe it!

Daniel will be 3 in July, and continues to be a very big boy. He is and pretty much always has been in the 95th percentile for height, that comes from his dad's side of the family! We have plans to send him to preschool this fall (100% completion of potty training pending).

Rich still works at Gig Harbor HS, although he is no longer coaching. He found that it was just taking up too much time, so much to my happiness, he quit right before Daniel turned 1.

I'm still working my labor and delivery job, and I still love it. There have been a lot of changes, not all of them good, but overall it's still a good place to be.

Shortly after Daniel turned 1, we moved out of our tiny 888 sq ft house. We didnt go far though, just next door, into the house where Rich's grandmas used to live. It was really nice to move into a house with more space! We've been here almost 2 years, but we won't be here too much longer because....

We are building a house!! We started the process the 1st of the year, and finally a week ago, we got our permits approved. Demolition of the old house started today, once that's done, the property will be excavated and prepped, and then construction will begin! You can see our house plan here: http://www.adairhomes.com/homes/plan/2512 We did make a few changes so it won't look exactly like the photo, but you get the idea. I'm hoping to blog throughout the process, so we'll see how that goes. For now here are a few pics of the kiddos, and a few pics of the beginning of our house project.

 Before

 Today

 Looks a lot bigger without walls!