So construction is underway!! We are making structural changes to the house. The contractor has everything detailed in stages for us and they are hoping to be done by the end of January. They are taking the month of February for final inspections and finishing touches. I had the opportunity to swing by last Friday. They had completed the framing of our kitchen, new hallway downstairs and the new bathroom. It was so awesome to see our dreams coming together. I am very excited.
I just went through the process of selecting appliances. I had been looking online to get an idea of what is out there. And lets face it, it's not easy for me to just pick up and go appliance shopping! I dropped the kids at my moms one afternoon so I could go to airport home appliance to "touch and feel". The other day I spent the day researching reviews and consumer reports to make sure my selections really are going to be good. This is it!
I would like to bring Nate in but there is still a lot of burned wood exposed. Hopefully soon we'll get him over there.
Nate has been doing well. He LOVES school! He's made lots of new friends. We also got him started in soccer. He played for the St. Cecilia Irish. He wasn't so sure at first. DID NOT want to do it! I did a drop and run on the second practice and he was in like Flynn!!! It is so cute to see him cheering his friends on from the sidelines! They really are a sweet group of kids. All the parents are hoping to have their child(ren) in next years Kindergarten class.
Nate loves Halloween as much as Jim. Halloween was never my favorite day in terms of dressing up and parades. Nate was totally in his element. And LOVES to trick or treat. We went over to our neighborhood to trick or treat. Nate talked for most of the year about being a dinosaur. When the catalog came in the mail and he saw Buzz Lightyear, he changed his mind.
I've got a couple of pictures to update. Still nothing on the house. Hopefully I'll get some up this weekend! Although with the rain, I'm not sure I'll be able to do so!!
Nate cycling with mommy at the Russian River. I guess he can't ride like this anymore. It goes up to 40lbs and he's there now!
He received his first ribbon at La Petite Baleen.
Earlier this year, he would NOT go near this dinosaur! Now it's his favorite thing ever!!!
Visit to Clancy's pumpkin patch with his friends from Happy Times. We had a great time. My mom watched the babies which turned out to be for the best since we would have had to miss out on the hay ride!
Halloween costume!!!
carving pumpkins with daddy
The finished products!
Our soccer team...
This is a new hallway between the room downstairs which is now the master and the sub basement and entry to the backyard. The sub basement is going to be a playroom for the kids.
This has been a long time dream of ours. Jim took this picture from the new entry to the upstairs from our garage. The hallway takes you to the master bedroom.
This is a view of the new kitchen from the door in the hall entering the kitchen. What you are looking at is where the window used to be as well as the wall between the kitchen and the breakfast room. 
