I'm so excited! We are going to build our house this spring! I cannot wait! There will be so much to do. We have our builder and our basic floor plan, but there are some tweeks that the builder is making for us on the plan so we are waiting now for him to get the plan itself re-done so we can approve that and move forward.
So I have to start looking at flooring, tile, appliances, stone, cabinets, lighting, etc. to figure out what I want and of course what we can do in our price range. This is very exciting but also very nerve wrecking. We will also need to get our house ready to go up on the market. We will be listing in February, if I have anything to say about it.
We have a long road ahead of us to get to the ground breaking point but we will be there this Spring! So by this time next year I will be sitting in my new home!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Things are coming together
Since my last blog, Madison has decided to sleep through the night again. Although for a few days she was getting up at 6:30 instead of her normal 7:00 am, but we are now back at 7am! Woohoo! Dan is settling into his new job and coming home every night. Its starting to not feel so weird having him home all the time too.
We've had a pretty busy week this week. We spent Tuesday morning with my friend Jill, her daughter and the 2 boys that she watches. Madison had a blast playing with the kids. She is usually very standoff-ish with kids, but she just dove right in a played. I had a good time catching up with Jill and playing with the kids as well.
Wednesday, we went to the dealership to get an oil change done on my truck. Come to find out they need to drop the gas tank in my truck to look at the fuel sensor again as my gas gauge isn't reading full when it is. So I get to go sit at the dealership for 3 hours on Saturday!
Today I went to spend some time at the bank, while Madison played with her Aunt. We have been talking about building a house forever well, we are moving forward and have an estimate and no a pre-approval! Woohoo! We need to discuss our next steps and then fill in our builder and our realtor. So things look like they are going to get pretty busy around here for me with picking out stuff for the new place and getting this one ready for market. I can't wait!
Madison seemed to have had a blast with her Aunt today as I came home to almost every toy out of her toy box and the 2 of them sitting on the floor playing with all of them!
We are also ready for Halloween! Madison has her costume. She is going to be a Zebra!
We are also working on a new routine/schedule for Madison as she keeps trying to skip her afternoon nap. So I'm trying to ditch the morning nap and keep the afternoon one. So far so good.
We've had a pretty busy week this week. We spent Tuesday morning with my friend Jill, her daughter and the 2 boys that she watches. Madison had a blast playing with the kids. She is usually very standoff-ish with kids, but she just dove right in a played. I had a good time catching up with Jill and playing with the kids as well.
Wednesday, we went to the dealership to get an oil change done on my truck. Come to find out they need to drop the gas tank in my truck to look at the fuel sensor again as my gas gauge isn't reading full when it is. So I get to go sit at the dealership for 3 hours on Saturday!
Today I went to spend some time at the bank, while Madison played with her Aunt. We have been talking about building a house forever well, we are moving forward and have an estimate and no a pre-approval! Woohoo! We need to discuss our next steps and then fill in our builder and our realtor. So things look like they are going to get pretty busy around here for me with picking out stuff for the new place and getting this one ready for market. I can't wait!
Madison seemed to have had a blast with her Aunt today as I came home to almost every toy out of her toy box and the 2 of them sitting on the floor playing with all of them!
We are also ready for Halloween! Madison has her costume. She is going to be a Zebra!
We are also working on a new routine/schedule for Madison as she keeps trying to skip her afternoon nap. So I'm trying to ditch the morning nap and keep the afternoon one. So far so good.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
How are things?
Things are going pretty good here. Better than I imagined they would since Dan is now home. I really pictured us bickering and fighting for the first few weeks or so of him being home every night as we got use to being around each other all the time again. Its really been quite the obvious. He doesn't mind coming home to find the house with toys strewn all over from a good day of playing with Madison! He actually has told me that I don't have to cook as often as I have been and said I could make easier meals (boxed/mac n cheese type instead of the stew/soup/roasts I have been making). I have, honestly, enjoyed being able to cook big meals!
Madison has really been the problem, well more like Madison's sleeping has been our problem. She's been waking at least once a night lately. We can't really find the problem to make it better, so we are just hoping it stops soon. It actually started the night before Dan started his new job. I had hoped that she would realize Daddy was home every night and that would end it. Oh well, She is at least falling back asleep sooner and easier than she really was.
Madison has really been the problem, well more like Madison's sleeping has been our problem. She's been waking at least once a night lately. We can't really find the problem to make it better, so we are just hoping it stops soon. It actually started the night before Dan started his new job. I had hoped that she would realize Daddy was home every night and that would end it. Oh well, She is at least falling back asleep sooner and easier than she really was.
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