I'm stuck somewhere between shock and excitement that our baby is in Preschool.  She is attending my mother's private school that is in the daycare Charlie already attends.  The location itself takes away any of the stresses I was going to feel towards big kid school just yet.  I drop her off and pick her up just as I have for the past four years.  But in the afternoon of her day she goes downstairs to the preschool room for three hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

I started out the big school tradition as any other mother would - with a sign.  I was thrilled that there were garage doors on Steve's shop that I could snap a photo in the same place year after year.  

Charlie is 4 years old

She is 42" tall

Her favorite color is pink

Favorite food is Cheese

Favorite Movie is Brave

Favorite Game is Duck Duck Goose

She wants to be a Chef when she grows up

She loves swimming, horses, dancing, riding her bike

Class of 2037 

So far so good, she seems to take to it pretty well.  I, on the other hand, do not.  School mom is a position I do not excel.  I forgot the very first show and tell day.  Otherwise known as the second day of school.  Ugh.  I'm behind on her ABC book.  Among a list of other things.  I hope that once this house thing settles, life will settle and I can remember all the little details.  It all seems a blur these days.  

Starting to look like a house

I haven't updated in over a month.  Thats shameful.  Part of my delay was that after my update, it would be nearly a week later that the framing would start. 

So in the time of my last update the pole building got finished! Steve was able to move into his own space with all his things in one place on Saturday the 25th.  He was a very happy man.  The floor heat tubing got installed 22nd and the concrete slab for the house poured on the 24th. 

On September 4th, the framing began! Oh what an incredible day that was.  I can envision a design of a room, colors blending, family snuggles - but trying to envision the size of the room, the wall dimensions?  No, thats best left to the professionals such as much husband.  It was amazing to see this space of ours start to really take shape.  For reference, the front of the house on the left is the two car garage.  Front door will be positioned to the right of the house with a lovely porch [porch TBD]

A close up of the back wall of the house.  The largest opening is my french doors.  I drool every time I look at them.  A window to either side is in the living space.  Farthest to the right is one of the master bedroom windows. 

Its an odd thing to me, but apparently engineered; all of the interior, exterior walls get set before the roof trusses come in.  

(Photo taken in Living Space - Right: Kitchen, Left: Charlie's Room)

(Photo taken in Kitchen - Right to Left: Front door, spare bathroom, hallway, master bedroom)

(Photo taken at front door - Mostly living space.  Steve and Charlie in Kitchen)

Next up roof trusses, September 19th! It's undecidedly much more difficult to get a photo of roof trusses.  But there is the house with the trusses set.  They also started to "dry in" the house, per the green sheetwood type thing.  Proper contractor lingo.  

One the roof trusses were set they put to "dry in" the roof as well.  

It occurred to me the other night that I had no photos of the back of the house. So I snapped one quick

We're definitely at the point in the project that its much harder to update with photos.  There's so many other things getting done as well.  Steve and I took a Sunday morning to go out and lay out all the electrical outlets I deemed necessary and he willingly agreed to.  A struggle when we came to outside plugs for Christmas lights, ha.  All in good fun and I got my upper wall outdoor plugs.  It's been Saturdays of work for Steve and our friend the contractor to get things going.  I know that the rough in Electrical is done, and passed inspection.  As soon as the house is completely dried in (i.e. windows, doors, roof etc) we'll be good to go to get our power hooked up.  

We may just be on track for New Years after all.  Time will tell though.