Happy times

I continued to bring car loads of stuff over to the new house today.  While I worked on organizing cabinets and closets (way boring) our electrician worked on this beauty (super exciting)…

We also got our first delivery to the new house.  Preston and I tag teamed waiting at the house for 5 hours (no thank you Williams Sonoma) to get these French bistro chairs for the morning room.  Amour.  

There was a silver lining to the delivery guys being two hours late.  We ate our first meal in our new home.  Preston and Madelyn picked up Rustic Eatery (a Geeting family favorite) on the way home from art class.  We sat around the kitchen island eating our rice bowls and the special moment will forever be ingrained in my memory.  And so it begins, filling this house with happy times.   

We are in business baby...

We got our keys (finally!!!!!!) bright and early this morning.  They teased us all day yesterday with the possibility, which was torture.  I had my car filled with stuff ready to bring to the new house.  In the afternoon the sales guys finally said I could put my stuff in the garage.  So I did.  Then I put it all in the house.  A rule breaker I am not but it felt good to be a little rebellious. Today while I schlepped from one house to the next with an overflowing car, the crown molding guys were busy themselves.  They worked on the upstairs rooms so I focused my time in the kitchen.  I totally unpacked and organized our pantry.  Boom!  

I was able to display our first housewarming gift, this cute sign that my sweet friend and trainer made for our pantry.  "Great bodies are made in the kitchen," one of many great quotes from the lovely Adelynn Spiecker.  

Final walk-through

Friday morning Preston and I had our final walk-through.  Our inspector was awesome, he was very thorough and explained every inch of our house.  We have some pretty cool features in home efficiency.  I was amazed at the things our house could do.  So now the real fun begins, adding all the details to the basic construction.  On the schedule this week, crown molding and the electrician comes to install all the lighting.

My clean, sparkly kitchen.  

The last visit

Today was the last "visit" to the house.  Tomorrow it will not be just a visit.  Tomorrow it will be ours. As promised, they had all hands on deck today and got through most of the work that needed to be done with the exception a few minor things that will be finished first thing tomorrow morning.  Hayden and I visited the house one last time.  He is my little sidekick, as our good friends and family know.  He goes everywhere with me so visiting the house has been our afternoon ritual for months.  As we walked through the garage door, holding hands, I started to tear up at what I saw.  They had removed all of the protective paper covering the floors and the countertops and most of the house had been cleaned to perfection.  It was my first glimpse of the house with all the pieces together and it was exactly as I had imagined it in my head a million times.  I know I won't be able to sleep tonight because I will be so excited for that final walk through tomorrow.  There was a cleaning crew working tirelessly while we walked through today, so I only got a few shots…

That entryway.  LOVE.  Just needs a little blingy bling up top.  Crystal flushmounts coming next week.  

Hayden's bathroom is all ready to get covered in tooth paste, hair gel, and pee.  Ugh.  

Bathroom selfie

Hayden and I took a bathroom selfie today.  That means we got our vanity mirrors put up!  You can see in the back they were in the middle of installing our bathtub.  We also got some faucets put in and shower doors.  I spoke to the project manager this afternoon just to confirm our walk through in two days because there are a lot of loose ends to tie up around this place.   He assured me it would not only be completed but also clean as a whistle.  Man, I sure hope he is right!  

From a construction site to a home

I'm still feeling under the weather but coming to the house this afternoon lifted my spirits up completely!  The carpet is all installed and somehow that was the magic step that made it go from a construction site to a home. We all felt it.  They also installed our shutters and toilets today. The to-do list is down to just a few things.  I'm so excited I can't sleep at night.  No wonder I can't kick this cold.  Friday, please get here quickly!!!  

Obsessed with our new entryway

Please excuse the well loved running shoes but I was too excited about the finished product in our entryway to care.   It turned it exactly as I hoped!  

They have covered all of our flooring to protect it as they do the finishing touches this week so unfortunately I couldn't take any pictures.  We carefully peeled off the covering of this little piece of our entryway because I just had to see it.  This Friday is our final walk through and I will be able to take pictures of each room completed.  Well, completed as far as our builder is concerned.  We have 8 incredible contractors waiting in the wings for us to get our keys so they can start on things like crown molding, painting, built-ins, closets, etc.  Exciting times!  Now, back to packing…