Picture-happy progress!!

We drove by tonight! (And by drove by, I mean we stopped the vehicle and walked around the house gawking with a camera like crazy people.) Our neighbors probably think we're nuts! HA oh well! I know the neighbors to the left of us, and they're very nice people. My husband has met the neighbor to the right and they seem nice too. Driving through, we usually see a lot of children playing and the adults gathered around talking. I think we picked a great neighborhood. It's a smaller neighborhood, and I really like that. 




Anyway... without further ado... PICTURES:

Front 

I believe in love at first sight! HA!

We have a front door!!  

Is this normal? Is this the moisture barrier? I have no clue. I intend to ask.

I am guessing the black stuff is the moisture barrier/grading indication. Not sure?

Our door off the morning room is in! There will be a deck here also. 

Our morning room!! (Notice anything odd about the 3 windows?)

If you said one of the windows was different, YOU ARE CORRECT! My husband didn't notice this, but I sure did. I have no clue what happened, but I do intend to say something about it. Not a big deal.

Windows on the other side of the morning room. These are usually an upgrade, but they are standard in our community, like most of the extra upgrade windows. I love it!!

Side of the house

Other side/back corner

Back of the house. It looks so big!

There were some geese friends in our neighbor's backyard.

There's the pond behind our house.

Our goose friend. I love that nothing will be built behind us!

A view of the stairs and some of the framing.

A view into our mudroom/kitchen/morning room/family room

Here you can see more of the family room

The progress is actually so crazy to see! We are in awe of our dream becoming a reality. We couldn't be any happier! This journey has sometimes been so stressful, but I am certain that it will all be worth it when it's finished! Until then, I will keep documenting this transformation!

(Tips, thoughts, and advice are definitely welcome)

Some Assembly Required

This week as been the most exciting so far.

It started off like this:

Some Assembly Required

 Our LOVELY pile of wood! It's a beautiful sight!

These were taken Tuesday evening:

Driveway & Garage

Basement

Basement

 Does anyone know what the black cable thing is? Is it electrical or is it Fios? Or am I just completely wrong? haha.

Here's a link to another 360° photo sphere of our "basement":

https://goo.gl/photos/1tqnyUkRSGEhQhn19

Here are the pictures from Wednesday night, framing day 1:

I imagine we'll be fully framed by Friday, maybe? This is so exciting! It is finally starting to feel real. We can see the house coming together before our eyes! It is no longer just a drawing and list of choices on paper. 

Stay tuned...

(P.S. Any advice, tips, or wisdom is much appreciated!!)

We have a basement-ish.

Progress, sweet progress. Yesterday the forms came off. Our foundation/basement exists! We're on our way to an actual home!! Here are some pictures:

Looking straight at our house. Garage on the left.

Our front door. Sort of. Soon.

Standing at the right corner of the house

Check out that view from the basement slider!

Welcome to our basement.

Standing in our basement, looking towards the front of the house.

The back of our house from the backyard.

Not sure if this will work, but here is a link to a 360° photo sphere of our "basement":

https://goo.gl/photos/1tqnyUkRSGEhQhn19