Siding and painting!!

Well, I must start with the celebration of our first child's birthday!!!! Dash turned 2 on September 18th. Denny and I bought him a McDonald's ice cream cone and took him to the park. At first, he smelled it and wanted nothing to do with it!!!!!!

Then Denny took it and said "Fetch it up!!!!!" He then downed it and was looking for more!!!! So cute:)

Back to the important house stuff. With 3 sides of the house sided, waiting for rock for the front, Denny started the painting process. He painted almost all of the 3 sides in 3 hours!!!




Here Denny is mixing mortar for the wonderboard that is laid down before the tile in bathrooms, mudroom, and laundry room.

More mortar to seal the shower in the master bath.

As always we take small little breaks to give Dash some entertainment. Here he is staring at his duck that Denny is teasing him with outside the second story bedroom.



Finally got to start siding the front of the house!





Dash protects the front yard while keeping me from working, because he is laying on my rake and protecting his duck.

The top is almost finished. Maybe if it stops raining we can finish painting. Rock should be arriving soon!!!! So many projects to finish.....which do we do first?!!!!



As you can see things are coming along. It seems slow sometimes, but the progress is fairly steady. Keep praying for the financing so Denny can keep working and finish as soon as possible. He is a tired boy and doing all he can to stay motivated!!!! A big thanks to everyones support and love and prayers!!!!!

Denny and Angie:)

Messy Sheetrock

We now have a beautiful garage floor. It was laid so fast by Don, Denny and Andrew that I missed the progress pics. Doesn't it look great!!!!!

Mudding the sheetrock. We had a great crew. Tim and Ted (The twins), Denny, Don, and Andrew.

Hard at work, mixing mud and putting it on the walls.

Andrew is our steady. Not sure what we would do without this guy.

Be careful Don. I don't want to be responsible for you falling!!!!

Okay, so here's a belly pic. I'm not a fan of it, but Denny thinks it's adorable. It's weird to watch your body change in such ways. I'm trying to get used to it.

Lovely!!!!!

That's all for now. Texturing the walls begins Friday!!!! Not sure the timeline from there, but hopefully finishing soon!!!!!

Love you all,

Angie:)

A Front Door!!

After searching the Internet and many door stores, we actually found what we wanted at Lowe's. Go figure!!! This is our front door. It has an easy speak in the middle of the bars, so you have to figure out the secret password to get into the house. Also, the side light also opens.

Don is finishing up the heating/air conditioning unit. Sorry, I forgot to flip the next one. Just tilt your head a little, or believe that Don is holding himself up horizontally.

Heating/air ducts that don't look like they were very much fun installing.

Electrical, plumbing, mechanical and framing have all passed. Insulation was put in on Friday. Sheetrock is delivered to the house on Tuesday and it starts to go up on Wednesday. We couldn't be more pumped.

On another note, for those of you who don't know yet. We had an OB appointment on Friday. Everything looks great for me and for baby, which we now know is a little GIRL!!!! The last 18.5 has been a hard road for me, spending 6 of it in bed, but things are looking up!! I'm excited to get into our new house and getting our new little girl, KEELEY JORDAN DAHLGREN's room ready for her arrival in January!!!!!!

Lots of love,

Angie:)