Day 4 (evening)

These pics were taken last night as they were putting the pre-fab walls up. Its amazing how big the house is going to be (3000 sq ft) on a 50 ft lot.

Day4

Mike took a walk to the construction sight this AM. They are about 12 hours behind schedule and have put up the footings, and the foundation walls overnight. They are currently working on the floor to the crawl space since they are not getting a full foundation.

They also waterproofed the outside of the foundation with a rubberized mat type thing. Here are the pictures. It is hard to see because there are so many volunteers and workers there. And with all of the spectators today, it is hard to get close to take pictures.

We will post more pics later today.

Excavation

Some good looking spectators.....

















As of right now they are only about 8 hours behind schedule.... but every show they are always behind schedule and they always manage to get everything done on time.

Momma and Baby

My own Ty Pennington....

So, finally after being in the house for a year, Mike has decided to put in the deadbolt on our front door. He also installed the second door upstairs and the doorknobs for those doors. It looks GOOD.

The only good thing that Ty Pennington brings to the table besides his shirtless body is an unlimited budget...which would be nice :)

Day3

Today is day 3 of Extreme Home -Make-over. Today they actually started construction. For those of you that watch the show, in the beginning of the show they have what is called RUSH. Where lots of people (supposedly the builders and designers) wear hard hats and t-shirts and walk towards the house.... If you watch the show you know what I am talking about. Anyways they were filming that this am. Here is shot we caught from our front steps. Gotta love ZOOM.

Day 2

Well apparently none of our readers are interested in the fact that our neighbors have won ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as we couldn't even garner a comment for the craziness and insider pictures.

So, in lieu of anymore insider pictures (mostly because of the rain and the lack of anything eventful), here are some more pics of the queen of our house.

They will begin actual construction tomorrow at 12:00PM...and apparently will have a spectator area setup on Sunday after they pour the foundation.

And more pics

The local news anchor doig "live' coverage.



































Our resident parking pass... so we can get by security and into our neighborhood.
















No parking signs all over the neighborhood....

More pics

Mike, Keira and I took a walk around the neighborhood ( okay we took about 4 walks today) Didn't see Ty though... :o(

Scenes from Day1 of ABCs Extreme Home Make-over

YUP THEY WON!!!

Somewhere on that bus is Ty Pennington... :o) I took these pics inside the house. Luckily we have a good zoom... although the bus is literally in front of our house right now!!!
Well I guess our neighboorhood is going to be ann exciting place for the next week or so.

Such exciting news...

1) Keira slept for 11.5 hours straight last night!!!!!!! An all time record. I however was petrified that she might not be breathing- so every hour that she didn't wake up I had to get up and check on her, so much for a good nights sleep for me. :o)
2) We aren't positive yet... but I think one of our neighbors won ABC's extreme home make-over. We have been getting flyers in the mail for the past 2 weeks telling us if they won that our street would be closed... etc. Well yesterday we got a flyer in the mail saying if our neighbors won that they would be here at 6 am today with lots of trucks etc- well this am Mike and I looked and didn't see any unusual at 6 am- But now at 8 am.. there is a growing number on trucks on the street and guys with Extreme Home make-over jackets walking around....hmmm. As soon as Keira gets up we will take a walk with the camera...... :o)

I have feet???

Don't feed my baby chicken!!!

Keira has suddenly gotten really interested in food. She watches us intently while we eat and grabs our plates or glasses or whatever is in her line of reach. We are waiting until she is 6 months to start solids. Mike

likes to entice her with things.... here he is holding up some grilled chicken.

Fall has arrived.

I guess the 80-90 degree weather is finally over. It was in the 30's last night for the first time this season. Currently its in the 40's and very breezy. Here she is all bundled up getting ready to go for a walk. She doesn't like putting the fleece snowsuit on, but she still loves being outside and doesn't seem to mind the cold ....yet.. :o)

Trying to escape....

Here she is looking all angelic... :o)


















Here she is formulating her escape plan. She normally sits peacefully in this thing. Content to be sitting up.Thankfully we were sitting at the table when she attempting to jump/climb/wiggle out of the Bumbo seat.


























I know its hard to tell from the pics... we didn't get an actual shot of her falling out of the thing because our arms and hands were to busy catching her and plopping that cute little tushie back in her seat and keeping her hands out of our grilled chicken salad. But you get the idea... I'm thinking we will be strapping her into a high chair before too long.

lesson in patience..

We know you all are mourning our lack of posts the past few days. Its not our fault. REALLY. Its the fault of Verizon- most definitely. Our Internet keeps losing connection- again. I didn't have the heart to write a post, wait 10 min (its soooooo slow) for it to load pics- only to lose Internet connection. I figured I would give it a shot today, even thought for almost an hour this am we had no Internet. But since our only other option for Internet is double the price of what we are paying now, we hesitate to switch Internet providers. So if this posts. I will attempt to post a few pics...
Tanya

snapshot(s) of the day...

My first jeans and new toys

Keira has been getting bored with all her toys. So Mike in his creative genius came up with some new "toys" for her to play with. Yes she is chewing on the Parmesan cheese container.
































This is the first pair of jeans Keira has worn. This am when I was putting the jeans on her- I said to Mike." Awww aren't they cute- her first pair of jeans." Mike immediately says"I can see it now- Your post on the blog today- my first pair of jeans" Actually that wasn't what I was thinking but since he gave me the great idea......

Keira and Great Grandma

few pics of Keira and her great- Grandma. My mother's Mother.
The pic of her in the hat is from yesterday. Just a cute pic.