Lots of News!!!

WE HAVE A BASEMENT!!!!!!

We hadn't gotten any word from the PM since last week when they broke ground.  The email he sent said that they'd pour footers next week (meaning the week that just passed).  So, after taking our Cody to the vet on Thursday, I headed over to see if I could see the footers.

Boy, was I surprised when I turned the corner onto our street! We have basement walls!  A foundation!  A real house is actually starting to take shape!

Hubby didn't get to see it til Friday, but we have good reason for that, haha!!  (I'll get to that in a minute)...

Here are some photos of our amazing basement!! It looks so gigantic!

Me!!  This is standing where the soon-to-be front porch will be located! It's so crazy how high this house is going to sit!

This will eventually be the garage.  Kinda weird seeing the piece of land kinda just hanging out right there, and all that trash inside....

Us. With OUR basement behind us!!

This is the "exercise room" that's under the morning room.  You can see the little window we will have in that part.

Another view of the back of the house. The morning room is to the very back.

The view from where our walk out will be!  There was a little moat-like thingy so I didn't want to get stuck, so we just peeked in for now.

Front porch on the left side, and the living room will be the back side, looking left to right.  This is the view from a future neighbor's yard.

So crazy that just 2 weeks ago this was a piece of land.  Then there was a hole and now we have a basement!!!!

Our PM did email us today and let us know that next week they'll be installing plumbing in the basement, along with the steel beams, and then waterproofing and backfilling.  The week after, they should start framing!!!!!

We probably won't be out until next weekend before one of our Reds games to check out any more progress.  But we are thrilled with what we have seen so far!

And now for some great news!

We have a new addition to our family!

Internet, meet Crosley J. Honaker:

He's already stolen our hearts.  We had a couple of good talks and weighed the pros and cons, and decided that NOW was the right time to add a new little guy to our family.  We have been devastated by the loss of our little Chase, and we really wanted to give our Cody a buddy.  We hate thinking that Cody is alone without his brother, and thought a new buddy would be good for him.  Plus, it makes a TON more sense to start potty training a new pup in our apartment rather than on the brand spanking new hardwood floors in our brand new house in a few months.  We will at least have a head start on training him and getting him trained for his new house!!

We are only 2 days in with this little dude, but Cody and Crosley are getting along SOOOOO good!!

 Check them out on our car ride earlier out to see our Sales Rep (we took the two dogs out to meet their "Aunt Shelli".. we also met some of our future neighbors that will live further down the street.  They LOVED both the dogs!)......

They're becoming fast friends!  He's a 4.5 pound ball of fluff that loves toys and bouncing around and chewing on everything.

So lots of great news for us this week!  We are hanging in there and loving on our new pup, and the progress on our home!!!