71 Days Down. . . 17 To Go

I started to get nervous about the move for the first time since we decided to build.  I am not nervous about things going wrong or this being the wrong decision.  I am nervous because it is the start of the next chapter in our book.  We are officially grown ups in 17 days.  We are going to have a house, new neighbors, new city, essentially a new life.  Our life is going to change soon.  I know that it is going to be for the better, but it's still change.  On the same note though, I can't wait to be in our house.  It needs to be here quicker. 

The rock should be started soon.  They just finished our neighbors rock (which they of course did in 1 day), so ours is not too far behind.  We are very excited to see it.  When we were picking out all of our options, we weren't happy with the rock that they had.  We liked the coloring of one rock, but not how it was placed.  Or we liked the placement of a different rock, but not the coloring.  We were at a loss.  We didn't want to have to settle for something that we weren't in love with.  We have noticed that the rock can make or break how the outside of the house looks, and we did not want that to happen.  After a little bit of a struggle we were told that if we liked the coloring of one rock, they could make it in a different placement that wasn't shown.  That was a game changer for us.  And so that's what we did.  I took a picture of the coloring of our rock, but not the placement.  Because of that smart move on my part, we don't remember what we chose.  I know that it wasn't something awful though.  Otherwise we would not have chosen it.

The outside is prepped for rock.

Now the crazy updates.  Our railing has been stained, and it looks amazing now.  We are so happy with the dark color, and it is easily one of my favorite things in our house.

The railing is stained.

It is beautiful.

Another giant piece of our house puzzle has also been completed.  The cabinets are in and finished.  I would assume that they are finished.  The guy was still there yesterday finishing them when we showed up.  He finished them all in 1 day.  We are super happy with the way that these have turned out.  Everything looks perfect and better than we could have ever imagined.

The kitchen cabinets.

The microwave and stove go here.

They are the same in the bathrooms too.

There are more things that have been finished too, but I couldn't get a good picture of them.  We have all or our walls and base and casing painted.  The colors are 2-toned.  You can kind of see it in the kitchen pictures, but that doesn't show the true colors.  It is my mission to get a good picture of the colors.  It will probably be when we have the lighting in.  We also had all of our windows framed as well.  They look awesome.  There will be more pictures to come of those, if I can get a good one.  That is something that I would like to share because it looks really sharp.  But if I can't, you'll just have to come and see it in person.

It is starting to really look like a place that we can live and eventually raise a family.  I am starting to think of all of the memories that we are going to make while we are living there, and I couldn't be more excited about that.  Am I ready to start Chapter 2 in the book of Chris and Katie?  Bring it on.