Photos to update all of the progress lately

My little man

Hardwood floors were laid today in the living room, dining room, hallway and all 3 bedrooms

Kitchen cabinets (without the doors or molding on top on yet)

The pantry

Our doors that need to be hung inside

The vanity in the kids bathroom

The tile in the kids bathroom

I realized I never posted a picture of Taina's room and fan

Cabinets and grout

Dad has been busy working at the house. Yesterday he hung up all of the wall cabinets in the kitchen and placed all the base cabinets where they need to go. The pantry is in place and everything looks awesome!! Today he grouted the master bath and the kids bath. We have to order our sink so the granite guy can get to work on the counter tops. All of the inside doors will be delivered on Tuesday and we'll have hardwood floors on Tuesday. We still have so much to order (or so it seems). We have to pick out hardware for the kitchen cabinets, faucets (narrow down our choices), appliances, door handles, trim and molding...I probably left something out.

We are getting close to a move in date and it is all so exciting. We owe Dad a trip to where ever he wants to go for as long as he wants to go when this is all done. He has helped us so much with knowledge besides all of the hard work he puts in everyday. Sometimes I think he likes to "escape" to the house to do things. Little Manny thinks it's Pop Pop's house being that he is ALWAYS there! Little Manny is going to have a rough transition moving to the new house because he has gotten so attached to my parents, especially Pop while living here. I hope Pop will come up and visit him often, or else we'll be here and it'll be like we never left!!

Heat and lights

This week has been a productive week. We now have heat in the house upstairs and Dad is working on the radiant heat downstairs. There is a leak somewhere in one of the hoses so he has to pin point it and then break up the cement floor to fix it. It won't make a difference that he has to do this to the floor because he'll pour new cement and it will be covered by tile. The electrician came yesterday and put in all of the light fixtures upstairs as well as the outlets and light switches. I stopped up there last night and it was awesome to go in each room and see the lights at night!! I'm assuming he'll be back today to finish up downstairs and outside lights. Our kitchen cabinets were delivered Wednesday. Dad is putting down the sub floor and then he'll put on/up the cabinets then tile. Hardwood floors are going down Tuesday. There is still so much finishing work to do, and it all falls on Dad. Tile has to be put in all of downstairs, the kitchen and two more bathrooms (he did the master already). The kitchen cabinets need to go in and all of the molding/trim work has to be done. We are so thankful for my father and how he has done SO much in our house!!!!

Tile and sinks and vanities, oh my!

We had a very productive day yesterday (good thing I am on bed rest). Manny went and picked up all of the tile for the downstairs, bathrooms, foyer and kitchen. He and dad unloaded the truck and dad laid out a few pieces on the floor so I could see the design downstairs. We then made a trip to Lowes to look at molding. While there I found a vanity set for the kids bathroom and we brought a grill (Manny had been looking at it and it was on sale so we had to get it.) I couldn't find any other vanity that I was thrilled with so we went across the street to Home Depot. We picked up a pedestal sink for our bathroom and I found a vanity I wanted for the downstairs bathroom (the color is a little darker than I wanted but I still love it!!)

More color

The boy's room

Our bedroom (I want to do blues and browns)

The stairway up from downstairs

One half of the family room; the paint looks darker than it is in person
The other half of the family room; I think this shows the actual color better

Painting

So much has been going on lately. The guys started painting the house and got the two upstairs bathrooms done and the living room/dining room/kitchen done. I went with all one color there being that it is a "L" shaped room. Dad went up yesterday and tiled our master bathroom...the tile brings the light color out that I chose for the walls. Today they were painting another coat in the "big room" and doing down the upstairs hallway. I don't know if they are working in the bedrooms or not. He put a little bit of the downstairs color on for me to see and I love it!! It is so exciting to see all of this progress. I'm sure you'd all love to see the pictures I took yesterday of the color, but that will have to wait until I find the adapter piece I need to connect the camera because Little Manny put it somewhere and I can't find it!!

Friday, I didn't get much bed rest...we finalized the kitchen cabinets and got them ordered (should be delivered the 22nd), ordered bar stools for the kitchen, checked out a sectional, got the answer we wanted about the tile and placed that order and then Manny and I went to Lowes with Little Manny (mistake) and were there about 3 hours. We looked at appliances, got more light fixtures, snuck in the employee lounge for a drink and snacks for Little Man (wouldn't have made it through without them), looked at vanities and I don't remember what else. I just know it was WAY too long to be there with a 2 1/2 yr old!!! We have to get out in the future and leave him with grandma!!

**************UPDATE************ I couldn't find the little memory stick adapter but I did find the USB cord so I have pics.....

The tile dad is laying in the master bath

The contrast above the bathtub to see the wall color

The kids bathroom....a dark gray but with no light it kind of looks green

The kitchen

Looking through the kitchen to the LR

Manny's friend came yesterday and primed all of the walls and painted the ceilings. We've decided because he is giving us such a good price that we are just going to have him paint all of the house. After my doctor's appointment yesterday I ran to get the guys lunch and when I dropped it off at the house I was told I had a half an hour to pick out colors for each room. Now panic set in! I had narrowed down to a handful but I hadn't made any final decisions. I came home and just couldn't make up my mind. The only room I didn't need to make a final decision on was Taina's room because I let her decide. I showed Manny and he told me all of my choices for each room looked the same...example the blue for the boy's room was just a hint different in each selection I made. I got through it though and all of the paint was mixed and brought to the house. The painter is coming back tomorrow to get started in the house; yes I am having him paint every room....I had to choose 8 colors....and I may change the color of the hallway yet.

Carl, the excavator is up at the house today digging for the leech field. I feel like I've been saying he's gonna do this for a while now. I hope it is finished soon!!

We are still trying to solve our tile issue from the Bid & Buy certificate we have and hopefully we'll have a final answer today.

Manny and I ran out to Lowes last night and
picked out a ceiling fan for the living room and
for Taina's room (on the right). I thought it is cute and girly
and being that she picked a very soft pink out for the walls
this will compliment the room nicely. I didn't find one I like for
our bedroom or the boys bedroom. They had a baseball one
but I wasn't crazy about it. We found the chandelier we
want for the dining room, but the only one they had was opened and damaged. We have to check another location. We were able
to find lights for the hallway upstairs and down and the entranceway. I feel very accomplished for this!! While we were there we also looked at vanities and I found one for the kids bathroom, but it again was opened and damaged and I have to pick out a pedestal sink for our bathroom. The vanity I want for the downstairs bathroom I saw in a sales flyer somewhere and need to find it in a store. We also picked up tile for our bathroom at Lowes and saved a ton of money compared to the tile store (and it looks exactly the same).
We still have a lot to get, but I feel good about last night.

Tomorrow morning we are meeting with the kitchen lady to finalize cabinets and get them ordered....so many great things happening!!!

Updates

The driveway has been put in, the excavator cleared out the brush in the back and will start digging the leech field to finish up the septic system. Manny's friend is coming tomorrow to prime the entire house then paint the ceilings. From there we will paint each room with all of the offers of help we received (if they still apply). I guess that means I had better narrow down to one color choice from the 5-10 I have for each room. I am not leaving anything white...I want color everywhere. We also need to finalize the kitchen and get that ordered, solve the tile problem, and buy light fixtures. After that will be buying new furniture for our bedroom, the living room, bunk beds for Manny and TVs for upstairs, our room, and the playroom. It doesn't sound like much but I know it's a lot. Oh yeah....we also need to decide on kitchen appliances....I'm gonna win and get the fridge I want!!

Sheet rock has been hung

The guys came Monday and hung most of the sheet rock...they will finish tomorrow.

The playroom downstairs

Looking from the living room into the kitchen

The dining room

The living room

Another shot of the kitchen