Doors, windows, and shingles.

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I arrived at the farm earlier than ever this morning – about 5:45. My reward was a nice sunrise over the back field, and relatively cool temperatures for a couple of hours.

The roofers were the first ones to show up, and their rides did not disappoint.

The framers came and finished vaulting the ceilings and installing the doors and windows. I had to go back to Pulaski for three more doors. It took them nearly all day, which clearly caught them off guard. I think they were expecting a much shorter day. One of them left early so I was only able to get a picture of the other two.

So it is definitely looking like a house now. I didn’t get any inside pictures, but will tomorrow.

It really feels great to be at this point. There has been a lot of stress, but I’m relaxing a bit now. I will be even more relaxed once it passes Liz’s inspection tomorrow and the county’s next week.

Getting closer, despite the rain.

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I wasn’t really expecting the framers to come today since it looked like rain this morning, but they actually arrived earlier than usual. Before they came I went by the roofing supply place and ordered everything I needed for the roof. The roofers are due to arrive tomorrow. Next I went to Lowe’s to buy the last two windows I needed. I wanted French doors as well, but they didn’t have the ones I was looking for. Once the framers got situated and the roofing materials were delivered I drove down to Pulaski to buy doors. I got two French doors and a 15 panel glass door. The guy told me that they were getting in a truck this afternoon with the other three doors I needed. I drove on to the Pulaski Home Depot for another two doors that I needed. The drive back to the farm was really pretty.

I took the framers out to lunch at Burger King as a little thank you. They seemed to enjoy it, but one of them went back for a second combo meal! The rest of the afternoon was pretty quiet. I did a bit of cleaning and organizing around the site. The burn piles are getting huge and I will need to burn soon. It started storming around five, so the framers and I left. I went back to Lowe’s, because I got the wrong windows this morning. I also bought a new tape measure and some LED light bulbs for the condo. Traffic was pretty bad once I got to Cool Springs. I think there may have been a wreck. Tomorrow will be a busy day.

This evening there was a rainbow visible from our balcony. Also a vivid sunset. Cell phone pictures do neither justice.

Rained out.

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I arrived at the farm around 6:15 this morning. Thunderstorms and flash floods were in the forecast, but it was not raining. I cut some grass, cleaned up some lumber, and brought some crushed up concrete blocks into the garage for fill. Laudel, who runs the framing crew, arrived around 7:45. We chatted for about three hours. Around 9:30 he called his guys to see where they were. They told him that they had driven about halfway to Columbia, then turned around because of the rain. They promised to come finish up tomorrow. After Laudel and I finished talking I went to the roofing supply place in Columbia and ordered materials for the roof. The roofers are coming on Thursday. From there I went to the lumberyard and got tape for the windows. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of the house today.

I got back to the condo pretty early – around 12:30. Luke was nursing. He was fairly fussy all afternoon and only took a little nap. We did tummy time with him just a few minutes ago.

Eight weeks!

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He slept from 10:00 last night until 5:30 this morning. Hopefully that will happen with greater regularity. He was a little fussy when I got in this evening. Liz said he didn’t sleep great today. The picture below was a calm period before a major meltdown.

Morning walk in the park.

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I haven’t posted much about Luke recently, mainly because I haven’t been around too much. We have gotten in some quality time today though. A bit of that time occurred on the changing table. He had a couple of monster bowel movements this morning.

We took him on a walk at the AG center as well. Even by eight o’clock it was pretty warm and sweaty. It was very nice to be out though, and he seemed to enjoy it.

He spent a little time relaxing in the pack and play, but then got fussy.