Well, it's really late or really early which ever way you want to look at it. I have to try to be quick and that's not easy for me but I know that many of you want to know how my appointment went before I am unable to post anymore. First off the baby is still very active. The ultrasound tech was chasing the baby the whole time. The baby is also pretty big. Other than that everything looks pretty good. I do have to go back in a month to check on some anatomy that she couldn't see this time but she didn't seem worried or anything so I think everything is good. At the last visit where she checked before I could tell her that I didn't want to know the legs were closed and that has always meant girl for me. The ultrasound tech confirmed that if the legs are crossed it is almost always a GIRL.
I was not surprised, I have known since the beginning that I was having a girl. I am just fine with the idea of having 5 daughters. I just thought I would go ahead and confirm it though at this appointment. The poor tech was so nervous that she checked and re-checked the gender because she didn't want to be wrong. Imagine my amazement and utter shock when she said, "It's a boy". I didn't believe her at first. I thought she was playing a joke. Then she showed me on the screen the little boy parts and I couldn't deny it. We're having a boy!! I wanted to shout it from the roof tops. Anyway, we couldn't be happier. We didn't care one way or the other because this child will be loved, but to finally have a son makes it all the more sweeter. I have to go (I fell asleep while proof reading, lol) I hope to write more soon.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
I want to cry...
I got some really bad news when I called the cable company to switch to the new address. That part of the neighborhood is too new, they don't have cable lines out there yet. WHAT???!!! I just got cable and I love the high speed internet through cable because I've never had a problem with the connection and it was so much cheaper. I asked when they plan on installing the lines and all the operator could tell me was, "not in 2009". I was crushed, this means that the girls will loose cable (not a bad thing in my opinion but they actually cried) and I will have to go back to Qwest for internet. So I called Qwest to re-start our high-speed internet. I was floored when that operator told me the same thing that the cable company did...they don't have high-speed internet available for that area yet either. NOOOOOO!!!! The internet is like another part of me. I might as well crawl into a box and never come out. What am I going to do without the internet?! I was told that they did have dial-up internet available. I thought, what's the use, dial-up is such a dinosaur that I will go crazy waiting for each page to load. Our only other option is UTOPIA, a very expensive internet available in only a few cities and ours is one of them. I can't believe I am faced with this option. It's like going to buy a car and all they have is a Model-T or a Lamborghini. Like I said, I just want to cry. Well, this is what's going to happen. We probably will get dial-up so that I can still pay my bills and hopefully check email, but blogging probably won't be an option since dial-up can't handle it. I might be able to blog occasionally but definitely not with pictures. I will try to keep up on your blogs but it may take an hour just to read one post so I don't know that it will be possible. If our budget allows we will think of getting the very expensive internet so that we can be part of civilization again but who knows how long that will be...a week, a month, a year. Until then, know that I'm doing the best I can to still be a part of the blogging world.
By the way, my ultrasound is tomorrow morning. I will be taking the computer down tomorrow so you may never know what the results are. You can blame the phone and cable companies for not putting cables in EVERY neighborhood. Just kidding, the appointment is in the morning so I should be able to blog one last time before the move. However, my day is so full tomorrow that I may forget to blog. Let's just hope that doesn't happen.
By the way, my ultrasound is tomorrow morning. I will be taking the computer down tomorrow so you may never know what the results are. You can blame the phone and cable companies for not putting cables in EVERY neighborhood. Just kidding, the appointment is in the morning so I should be able to blog one last time before the move. However, my day is so full tomorrow that I may forget to blog. Let's just hope that doesn't happen.
Open House
Well, the open house went really well. The day before the open house the wind was horrendous. I thought I was going to blow away. The wind was blowing dirt inside the house, the car, and everywhere else. I was so covered in dirt by the time I left that I didn't think I would ever get it all out. We prayed very hard for good weather the day of the open house so that the house wouldn't be ruined by dirt getting trampled into the floor, all over the walls, etc. As you can see in the pictures it was cloudy and threatened rain but it did not rain. The wind was also cooperating and did not blow until the end. I feel very blessed.
This is the little tree that CJ and I planted in the wind. It held up very well and looks cute in the yard. It isn't getting enough water to the roots though because of the slope in the yard and we are loosing it. I will be very sad if our first little tree dies. I really like the tree and think it will be beautiful. Pray that we can save tree.
These are the official ribbon cutting scissors. I thought they were plastic but they aren't. They are real scissors just humongous. Dakota has been hoping they would let her cut the ribbon since the day she heard about the ceremony so I thought that she would really like to hold the scissors.
They usually tie the ribbon on to the garage but they ran out of ribbon about 3 feet short of the garage opening. They decided to tie it to the porch instead. I think that it looks so much better picture wise here than it would have if they had tied it to the garage. It makes the house look like a big present.
Here are the families in the build (minus two families who thought they were too good for the picture), the mayor, the Rural Housing staff, and who ever else wanted to be in the picture waiting to cut the ribbon. If you look really hard you can see that the ones they chose to cut the ribbon were Rebecca and, you guessed it, Dakota. She was sooooo happy.
And the ribbon is cut!
Look at the amount of people in my driveway. The camera lens isn't big enough to show everyone so there were even more than you can see. I don't know the actual number of people that came through to tour the house but it was a lot. At 6pm on the dot we got to lock the doors though. We weren't sure if we were done with the build or not though since the inspections on the homes still hadn't been done and we could not get our certificates and keys until all homes passed inspection. At about 5pm the inspector finally showed and he quickly went through all the homes. At about 5 min. to 6 we got the news that all the houses passed and the homes were officially ours. The build is officially OVER!! It won't sink in for a while though. We won't get the certificate of occupancy until they copy them at the office and that won't be until at least tomorrow but they did give us the keys and told us we could move in. We are packing the moving truck this Tuesday and moving in on Wednesday. We are excited and scared at the same time. I wanted to be more ready for the move but I just feel so unprepared. Oh well. It's almost over. I just want to thank everyone again for their love and support and especially their prayers while we went through this trial. We feel so blessed and we know we couldn't have done it without you.
This is the little tree that CJ and I planted in the wind. It held up very well and looks cute in the yard. It isn't getting enough water to the roots though because of the slope in the yard and we are loosing it. I will be very sad if our first little tree dies. I really like the tree and think it will be beautiful. Pray that we can save tree.
These are the official ribbon cutting scissors. I thought they were plastic but they aren't. They are real scissors just humongous. Dakota has been hoping they would let her cut the ribbon since the day she heard about the ceremony so I thought that she would really like to hold the scissors.
They usually tie the ribbon on to the garage but they ran out of ribbon about 3 feet short of the garage opening. They decided to tie it to the porch instead. I think that it looks so much better picture wise here than it would have if they had tied it to the garage. It makes the house look like a big present.
Here are the families in the build (minus two families who thought they were too good for the picture), the mayor, the Rural Housing staff, and who ever else wanted to be in the picture waiting to cut the ribbon. If you look really hard you can see that the ones they chose to cut the ribbon were Rebecca and, you guessed it, Dakota. She was sooooo happy.
And the ribbon is cut!
Look at the amount of people in my driveway. The camera lens isn't big enough to show everyone so there were even more than you can see. I don't know the actual number of people that came through to tour the house but it was a lot. At 6pm on the dot we got to lock the doors though. We weren't sure if we were done with the build or not though since the inspections on the homes still hadn't been done and we could not get our certificates and keys until all homes passed inspection. At about 5pm the inspector finally showed and he quickly went through all the homes. At about 5 min. to 6 we got the news that all the houses passed and the homes were officially ours. The build is officially OVER!! It won't sink in for a while though. We won't get the certificate of occupancy until they copy them at the office and that won't be until at least tomorrow but they did give us the keys and told us we could move in. We are packing the moving truck this Tuesday and moving in on Wednesday. We are excited and scared at the same time. I wanted to be more ready for the move but I just feel so unprepared. Oh well. It's almost over. I just want to thank everyone again for their love and support and especially their prayers while we went through this trial. We feel so blessed and we know we couldn't have done it without you.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Building: Week 33
It looks as though it takes 33 weeks or 8 months to build a house (and 6 others), well 34 if you count this week since CJ is still going out at night this week too. We are still working on little things here and there but if all goes well we will be completely finished with the build TOMORROW!!! It's all pending on each of the home inspections. The open house will go on as scheduled even if the homes don't pass inspection. All that would mean if a home does not pass is that the build continues on.
There was a railing installed in the garage. I didn't expect that one.
The sod was planted. We did have many volunteers from the group and we were able to get all 6 houses planted in one day.
It doesn't look so pretty in the picture but now that everything has been cleaned up and the sprinklers have watered the grass it looks so much better. We will be planting our trees today and that will give the yard a more finished look. We still have a lot of landscaping to do once we move in but it will be on our time and not something we're being rushed into so I can't wait. We will also get a fence in about 2 months as part of the build but we don't have to have it to move in so that's why it will be done after we move in.
I am going to be at somewhat of a loss now that I won't have the house to blog about on a weekly basis (after I blog about the open house of course.) I wonder if this is a tiny bit of what JK Rowling felt like after she wrote her last Harry Potter book. lol It's been a long road but we are at the end and it feels great.
Okay, so it's really hard to read, at least on my computer, but this is the post card we were given to hand out to invite people to the open house. I've been looking at it for almost a week now and seeing it on the computer made it more real to me. This is the open house for us and not for another group...WOW. The house pictured on the post card is the Parade of Homes house but the address in ours. That's right, the open house ribbon cutting ceremony will be at our house. Everyone is invited so if you would like to come please feel free.
Here are a few of the things done last week to finish our house.
There was a railing installed in the garage. I didn't expect that one.
The sod was planted. We did have many volunteers from the group and we were able to get all 6 houses planted in one day.
It doesn't look so pretty in the picture but now that everything has been cleaned up and the sprinklers have watered the grass it looks so much better. We will be planting our trees today and that will give the yard a more finished look. We still have a lot of landscaping to do once we move in but it will be on our time and not something we're being rushed into so I can't wait. We will also get a fence in about 2 months as part of the build but we don't have to have it to move in so that's why it will be done after we move in.I am going to be at somewhat of a loss now that I won't have the house to blog about on a weekly basis (after I blog about the open house of course.) I wonder if this is a tiny bit of what JK Rowling felt like after she wrote her last Harry Potter book. lol It's been a long road but we are at the end and it feels great.
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