The ground floor is nearly complete

They continue to frame the house in rapid fashion.  The ground floor is nearly complete.  It is funny though, the house feels so small compared to what the house actually feels like in a finished state.  Even the yard seems small at this point, but I look at the other homes on smaller lots & know once the house is done it won't feel quite so small.  Here's what the house looked like last night (thank goodness for light at 9:15pm!)

Family room - windows & fireplace (center)

looking from the front door to the family room

the back of the house

view from the kitchen windows

view from the downstairs office window

House Progress - going up

The house is no longer just a foundation....they are framing now!  We have a bottom floor (well, some of it) as of this morning.  I'm eager to go back tonight to see the progress from today.  It will be completely framed in 3 weeks.  Here's a few progress pictures since the last post:

Titan checking the perimeter

Standing in the garage

This is protected land across the street from us!  This view won't change :)

The first wall!

Getting there....

This is where the fireplace will be (center)

House Update

The foundation is poured & the house is ready to have the framing begin!

Concrete just poured!

wet concrete

Shannon sitting in what will be the garage

The garage

This is looking at the dining room & kitchen

I'm using this same spot to take the photos as the house progresses

San Antonio trip

It was so good to get out & see Darren in Texas this past week.  I don't get to see him often enough & we tend to expect him to visit us rather than the reverse due to his hectic work schedule.  When I found out D was going to be static for a week, I jumped at the chance to run down to see him.  We had fun, even though his schedule & home were turned upside down on account of Shannon!

Some photos:

Shannon at the Alamo...getting her Texas on

Hangin' with Uncle Darren

Shannon, Grandma, & Mom

Uncle Darren keeping me out of trouble at dinner

Sea World - feeding the Dolphins

My favorite picture of Darren & Shannon - I might frame this one!

House Progress

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Getting ready for pouring the foundation

The corner in front here will be the dining room

Front Door & Porch

This is what resides across the street from us - this won't change!

This is the easement....this won't change either, unfortunately!

Looking East - its lonely down at this end of the neighborhood right now

U2 Concert - June 4, 2011

Tom & I went to the "make up" U2 show last night...it was supposed to have been June 20, 2010...but it was postponed.  Worked out for the best, I think we'd have been a little freaked out leaving Shannon at all of 2 months at home while we rocked out at a concert.

A few photos of the stage:

Amazing stage they had including this screen that seperated & moved down

Qwest Field lit up

All those lights?  Those are people's cell phones!

The state before the show began

Interesting factoids ran on the screen prior to the show...I liked the top one

The Big Dig

They have started the house!  The foundation was dug yesterday (on Shannon's 13 month birthday).