Let the race begin...

So, it is a  race between baby P's birth (due June19th), and the house being finished (May 31st pending no weather delays. In order to capture all the excitement, we decided to take belly pics in front of the house to share both! Here is Jenny, about 19 weeks along, in front of the front porch/steps of the house. After we are further along (the house, that is), they will bring in dirt/clay just 2 inches below the mel-rol stuff, leaving only two steps to enter the house.

Another Pepin update

So, things are moving along in our world. Jenny is doing well in her second trimester, almost 19 weeks along. Juliet is still very excited about her little brother.

We had our meeting with the builder this past Saturday, and it went very well. We went through some of the changes we requested, to make sure the house is built exactly how we imagined it. The only bad news, and it is not too bad (yet) is the expected completion/move in date...May 31st! That will give us just under 3 weeks to move in before baby P is due. Hopefully there are no delays and all goes smoothly. Below are some pics of the house in progress, foundation is pretty much done, support columns are done, and brick on front porch is done. You can't really see much from the shot from the street, so included some others as well. Next they treat the ground in the soon to be crawl space, then on to framing! Will keep you posted.

Update

No, this is not about the house. For those of you that don't know, Jenny is 17weeks pregnant! She is due 6/19/15! For those of you that do know, here are some pics from our sonogram today.

Profile of Baby P

Baby P's foot, toes on the left and heal on the right

Here is the confirmation that Baby P is a BOY!

And here is my glowing wife, and yes, she has elmo pj's

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Jenny and Juliet on the land

Thanks for the comments! This pic was before they started the foundation, Jenny and Juliet walking the muddy land in their boots!

Going Vertical!

Hello All!

So, we are now moving forward, from the theoretical idea of our three-dimensional dream, to a physical, three dimensional structure... well, the start of it.

So, since last post, there has been some forward progress. The footers were poured about a month or two ago (pic to the right), just after my last post. After that there was some movement of earth, and I am sure planning. Now, in the last week or two, they have been working on the rest of the foundation, laying the block. Now the foundation is about 1/2 way done, maybe more. Once completed (hopefully I the next week or so, weather pending) they will treat the ground, then move forward w/ framing. To the left you can se a view from the back of the house, towards the street. From what I can tell so far, it looks like the back of the house will be about 7-8 feet off the ground, which will be perfect for my crawlspace workshop! We are meeting w/ the builder next weekend for a onsite walkthrough of the house across the street (similar plan, and already framed/insulated, soon to be drywalled), and discuss the changes we requested for our house. Will probably also walk around our foundation area and discuss progress so far, and planned completion.

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Hope everyone is doing well, we are just trying to stay warm in our NC winter!