Framing 1st floor

We were pleasantly surprised to find the framing had begun!

Foundation week 2

Foundation is done!

Footers and Foundations

The following week we saw the Footers being poured.

Then the foundation getting built.

Clearing the Land

After meeting with the construction manger about where the house would sit on the property, and how much land to clear, we returned to the home site to see the land cleared.

Here the land has been cleared, but the trees have not been cleared.

The next visit the land and trees had been cleared.

Occupying our time

Once September hit, and the pool was closed, we knew we needed to plan a lot of  family outings on the weekends to get us out of our mouse house.

The first weekend in September, we took a day trip to Northern Neck, the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

Exploring the town.

Looking out over the water.

Pretty boats.

Another weekend we went off to explore Maymont, a park with wildlife exhibits and a petting zoo.

Goats!

Koi Pond

Baby L demands to walk by himself.

The last weekend of September was the State Fair! 

This was my first time at the Virginia State Fair, I didn't know what to expect.  I was pleasantly surprised by the whole event.  There was so much to see and do!

They had all sorts of animals, cows, llamas, bears, kangaroos, goats and more!

An entire agriculturaal area.

All sorts of rides, from camel rides to carnival rides.

Selections Process

In September, we began our selections process.    Hubs and I thought we had done our homework by pouring over every home design site we could find, and touring the big box stores.

We spent a full day at the design studio picking out flooring, siding, faucets, cabinetry and more.  It was a lot to take in, and a lot to decide.

It took us another week + to actually finalize these selections.

Our little Mouse house

By August we had moved into our temporary mouse-house and put the majority of our belongings into a garage here on the apartment property.

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The apartment itself is 600 square feet, which would be fine if it was just the two of us.  600 square feet for two adults, two 80 lb. dogs, and a toddler, is a tight squeeze.  When setting up the apartment we had to be creative with the space and make sure that each area was multi-purpose.   For example, the nursery is also the office.


The nice part about moving into the apartment in the summer, was having a pool.   We spent many hot summer evenings at the pool, grilling dinner and enjoying the cool water.