Catching Up on Lot 2 -- Sold Sign and Forms

The building of our house is getting exciting! Last week they started framing it. Visiting the lot and looking through our windows (holes) made it feel so real. It was the single most exciting house moment in a long time. I don't have any pictures of the framing to post right now, but I do have to catch up on other pictures.

Before last week, the exciting news was a sold sign on the property and forms. If you are anything like me, you may not know that forms are the wooden parts that they lay down before they pour the foundation. They are not paperwork. ;) Hee hee...




I realized after receiving emailed questions from friends reading the blog that I haven't supplied much information about our new house. So here goes... It's a four bedroom, two and a half bath, ranch that is a little over 2,600 square feet. The square footage is extremely exciting, considering that right now our house isn't even 1,100 square feet. Our new house will be more than double the room! Some of the features that I'm most excited about are the covered porches -- front and back, less mosquitoes in the back yard, an island in the kitchen, marble countertops, a giant master closet, a laundry room (that's not in the garage), a powder room, a giant play room for the kids (we'll be using the combined formal living and dining room) and maybe most importantly, having enough room so that everything will have a place. I'm enjoying the process of watching it go up, but in some ways, December can't come quick enough.

A surprising highlight for the kids so far in this building process, has been visiting our dirt. In many ways, I think they were both a little sad when all the dirt got covered with a foundation and hay. Here are some of my favorite pictures of my Red Georgia Clay Kidlets.