We have a roof

Not much has changed since the last pics I posted but they do have the roof on! They also finished the electrical and the plumbing completely and had all the sheetrock in the house ready to start. Once they have the insulation in they can start on the sheetrock!

More house pics..

I really can't believe how fast they are moving on our house. They started framing last week and are basically done. They are close to being done with the electrical and have the plumbing done. They have all the windows and doors in and even the bathtubs!  It's so fun to go up there and see the progress.

These pictures were taken at the end of last week, just after a week of framing.

Chris took these pictures on Friday, so one week after the pictures above. I can't believe they have the tubs in!!

 

This is the island in our kitchen.  

This is the outside of the house. We are hoping that they put the roof on. We've had a lot of rain and don't want the inside getting any more wet.

 

I am SO EXCITED!!!!!

The framing has started!

They started framing our house this weekend! Woo hoo! My friend Lenina lives just blocks away from where we are building so she stopped by on her way home last night and snapped these awesome pics! It's really happening!

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Chris hear today that it should be done the first of December. I was hoping it would be a little sooner, but I'm glad we will be in before Christmas. I'm just so excited!!

15 Months Old

I thought I would update this month since we went to the doctor and have some new stats. Chase is still a little one, weighing in at 20.2 lbs. (15) and measuring 30 inches (10%). He has moved up in percentiles since his last appointment, so we're happy about that. This appointment was a little more dramatic than the previous one. He had to get four shots and as soon as they laid him down, he started crying, so I knew he was going to have a hard time..........and he did. He cried for a few minutes and was fine. Afterwards we went and saw our house, got some lunch and then went home and put Chase down for a nap. All was well until Chase woke up from his nap. It was the saddest thing ever. He was in so much pain. His legs hurt him so bad that he didn't even want to walk or stand up and when he did he would just cry. He just cried if I wasn't holding him, it was so unlike him. I did get some really good snuggles though.

I put in Despicable Me and he sat with me for about 30 minutes and watched it.

These pictures were taken after dinner. I stood Chase up and he had a slight meltdown. It was really sad to see him hurting so badly, but it was also kind of humorous to me for some reason.

f there was something to lean on, he would. He was very sluggish for a couple days and laid around more than he ever has.

He woke up two days later and was back to normal! Thank goodness!! He's back to never stopping and always going!

Let the building begin!!!

So, we sold our house in June and signed on June 16th with Alpine Homes to build a house. There was a slight delay with the purchase of the land, but once that was figured out they submitted our permits and we just waited. Well.....last week they finally were able to pull permits to start on our house! They dug the hole on Thursday and poured the foundation on Friday! Chris was out of town most of the week and Chase and I drove out to the house everyday. It was a lot of driving, but we were just so excited! I'm really hoping we will be in by Christmas. That's all I want!

Here is the lot where our home will eventually sit. This was taken just after the hole was dug.

 

These pictures were taken just hours after the foundation was poured.

This was the next day after they ha taken the boards down. It's finally seems real now that we can see some actual progress.

 

Stay tuned for more pictures as it's built!

Watching Collin..

Remember Collin, the little boy that went to Wheeler Farm with us? Well, his mom and I are really good friends, and her mom who usually watches Collin during the day when she is at work, recently hurt her back and can't watch him, so Cammy brought him over to our house one day. We had a lot of fun. Collin is so chill and easy going, total opposite of Chase. It was really cool to see the different personalities between the two boys, I really enjoyed it.

Chase hadn't eaten breakfast yet when Collin got there so we sat them both down and ate some breakfast. It was nice to have two high chairs!

 

 Chris was flying out to New York that day but didn't have to leave until 9:00 so we took the boys on a walk. Chase was a basket case on the walk for some reason so it made the walk seem really long. He was being carried by the end of it. Collin of course was a perfect angel.

It took the boys a while before they played together but they finally did. They were playing cars on the giant car seat box we had.

We also went with Nan to pick up Cole after school. Chase loves his cousin Cole so much! He was having fun playing in the box with him.

Splash Pad

Sorry that my blog posts really aren't in any sort of order, but I sometimes just randomly see pictures that I forgot about and have to share.

We went to Orem one day to hang out when mom was in town and decided to take the kids to the splashpad. It was the first time Chase had ever been so I wasn't sure if he would like it, especially because he hasn't liked most things we thought he would. Well, I was pleasantly surprised because he LOVED it. He had no fear and just went for it. He had so much fun, it was awesome to watch.

 

 

 

Chase adores his cousin Clara, he just wants to always be right there by her. She doesn't appreciate it as much, but it's cute!

 

Chase is also very social and will just walk up to people and say hi or grab their hand, so he wanted to play with all the big kids as well. Most of them didn't say anything to him but when they did, he was so excited!!

I was able to get these cute pics of Quincy too while we were there. I just want to pinch him!!