Taking Shape

Our house is taking shape and it's been so exciting to see all the changes.  Here's all the pictures of the progress of the house beginning where I left off.

Footings

Setting the forms for the foundation

Emma looks at the foundation

The first walls framed in the basement

Emma and her friend look at the gulf (storage under the porch) separating them from the house.

Sun setting through the back door

Three walls

We came a little late to see the trusses lifted on the house. When we got there the crane was finished, but still up.

This is what the house looked like with the new trusses on. It looked crazy and nothing like a house. I felt like it was naked and I wanted them to cover it really quick. What a strange, funny feeling.

After they covered the floor and created stairs Christian and I went up to take a look.

The entire floor wasn't covered and there weren't any walls. We took two steps and I told Christian to turn around and go back down. This is his "look mom, I'm getting closer to the edge" look. Anyone home in the neighborhood at that time probably thought I was the meanest mom the way I was yelling. I was so scared Christian was going to go off the edge. 

Finally some walls and more flooring upstairs

Kids looking out Brooke's window

Almost! Just missing a front porch and some other things.

Voila, a house!