well hello, second floor

We're posting a lot of pics on the photo stream we have going with family, but I realized the last picture I posted was barely a first floor. The builders finished the first floor framing, and then the house basically stood still for a few weeks - boo. 

The reason was that all manpower was getting pooled to our neighbor's house, which is now officially  closed! While they installed the carpeting upstairs, we were able to walk through it, which is the first time we've actually walked through a house by our builder. The floor plan is very different than ours, but our neighbor picked similar fixtures and house basics were wonderful to see in person since our house will have the same feel. We still love it, YAY! 

Here is our neighbor's house. We were impressed with the finishing touches, and have our fingers crossed ours will have much of the same - especially the magnolia tree. 

And here is our house after a few more weeks of work. It's massive and we are so So SO excited to see where is goes the next few weeks. The builder said he'll have a better timeline once the drywall is in, but as of now, things are still on track for completing the build at the end of October. Happy Halloween to us!

Progress!

The house getting built next to ours has been making moves over the last two weeks, while our house has become rather stagnant. Today, however, I did by daily drive-by after work to find... walls!!!

Glorious, wonderful, day - our framing has begun! It's amazing how much wood boards can excite me, but it's just great seeing the rooms start to take shape, where our windows will be, etc. It feels real, and it feels wonderful. We're hoping to meet with the builder at the end of the week to pick out all our stuff, but no set appointment, so I have a feeling it will get pushed back til next week.

We live close by, so we've been aiming to take a picture of the house almost everyday. At the end, the idea is to make a giant collage. I know everyday might seem like overkill, but we think it will be neat at the end to see periods where not much changed, and periods where huge changes happened day by day.

In the meantime, here's a few photos from the say we signed the papers, up until today. The first few are from the last 3 weeks. You'll notice not much change to our pile of cinder blocks and wood, but take a look at the house next to us and their garage.

And then came today. Look at those WALLS!