My Second Job...The New House!!!

One of the things (other than the two kids) that seems to be occupying all of my "free" time lately is the new house. Although I am very excited and thankful that we are able to build our new house, I am so ready for the whole process to be over!!

During the past few months Victor and I have dedicated so much time to the new house, I think we are truly ready for a break. I personally am tired of making decisions, doubting those decisions, mulling over them at night and literally driving myself crazy up until the point that I visually get to see what my decision looks like (and I can't turn around). Very stressful. And, that's just how I'm feeling, so you can only imagine how stressed Victor must be about this whole process!

But, I keep telling myself to keep our end goal in sight, and it IS getting closer, I think. We are supposed to close on December 1st so that we can get in and situated before Christmas, but at this point it's going to be tight, so please keep your fingers crossed for us.

So far I think it's looking pretty good. Of course there are already things we would've done different could we do them over again, or if we were on an unlimited budget, but all in all, so far so good. The outside is pretty much complete and the inside is on it's way...sheetrock and texture is complete, cabinets are delivered (but not all installed:/), trim work has begun, and some interior doors hung. But there's A LOT to get done still inside, definitely going to be tight until the end.

Anyways, here's a few pictures of the progression of the house from the beginning until now. I'll post more pics of the inside as it comes along!

Poring the slab - June 23

Framing begins - July 10

Still framing (lots of rain!) - July 21

Looking like a house - July 25

Getting some detail inside - August 10

Front doors are here - August 13

Sheetrock, tape and float - September 11

Working on the outside - September 24

Outside pretty much complete - October 3

Oh So Silly!

Seems like Tristan is always up to something silly these days!!!!

Elefun game nets or hats?? hhmmmm...

In between the toes is a good place for quarters, right?

Future Longhorns!!!

Just a few shots of my two future Longhorns! We hit up yet another birthday party this past Saturday and since it was game day for Texas, the kids decided to sport their new "football shirts" (aka jerseys).

It took me a few trips back and forth to WalMart and Target to make sure I had the right sizes (who knew Parker needed a 5T?) and the right numbers on the jersey (Tristan had to have the number 3 because that's how old he is...lucked out on that one), but finally everyone was happy. They were both dying to wear them but I was able to convince them to wait until Saturday and this will now be their regular Saturday apparel for the next two months!

Hook 'Em Horns!

Woohoo, MDO Has Begun!

Last week BOTH boys started Mother's Day Out. This is Tristan's 3rd year to go, but Parker's first, and he definitely had a case of the first day jitters, or maybe I should call them the "first day screams"!

Both boys were up early Tuesday morning and I made them each their favorite breakfasts, TRistan had cinnamon rolls and Parker had waffles. The boys got dressed, Parker of course had to pick out his own clothes but at least it was two solid colored items so it wasn't a fashion disaster and Tristan let me pick his out (whew!). They then got their backpacks and lunch boxes and took the traditional first day of school pictures by the front door.

As you can see, both kids were all smiles at home posing by the door...and they both actually listened and allowed me to take all the pictures I wanted to!

But, only one child stayed all smiles once we got to school! Tristan went straight in to school and to his classroom...he couldn't wait to get there and see his buddy Peyton. He walked into his classroom, scanned the room looking for Peyton, didn't find him and looked at me and asked "where's Peyton?" He couldn't have cared less about me or the fact that I was leaving him...guess we are past that stage. I snapped a few pictures of him with his teachers, got my hug and kiss and headed out the door to take Parker to his classroom. As we were walking away I heard Tristan yell from the door "Bye Mommy, see ya later, love you"...yep, defintely over the fear of separation phase!

So, on to the child who has not got over the fear of separation phase,my little baby Parker! He was not happy at all about going to school once we got there. He loves his lunch box and carrying it in to school, but that's about the extent of it. I knew it was going to be rough for him. Long story short, he cried for an hour after I left him Tuesday morning until finally one of Tristan's old teachers came into the room and took him to her class (the other 2 year old class), where he finally calmed down and now has been moved to permanently.

He doesn't like to be left in unfamiliar places or with unfamiliar people so I think he was a little more comfortable in the other room with the other teachers since he was used to dropping and off and picking up Tristan from that room all last year. He was all happy when I picked him up that afternoon and even took pictures with his teachers. He still gave them a pretty hard time when I dropped him off on Thursday, but I have hope each week will get easier!

Maybe by kindergarten I will have BOTH kids happy to go to school!!!!