We have a second floor!!

My PM texted me today to let me know that we have a second floor! They also scheduled a crane to come out tomorrow to so that they can start on the trusses for the roof! Finally some progress! They also framed the second floor for both of the houses across the street. I think they are trying to keep us on the same schedule so they only have to have the crane come out once. Makes sense but I’m still going to be a big baby and say it’s not fair! We bought our house first and ours should be done first! I feel like that’s what’s been causing all of the hold-ups. They keep going back and forth between the three houses.

I think I'm going to have to copy Thomas and start a night watch! While my husband and I were walking around the second floor of our house checking everything out, we kept hearing loud thudding noises.  I seriously thought we had stepped in the wrong place and that our framing was collapsing on the first floor! It turns out that our neighbors had their nephews over. The two of them were picking up the huge clumps of rock and dirt from our yard and throwing them at the side of our house and through the hole for the fireplace! I was ENRAGED but I did a good job keeping my cool. I stuck my head out the window of the second floor bedroom and saw the kid holding a GIGANTIC clump of rock and dirt. I calmly asked him if he was throwing rocks at my house and he dropped it and said no and blamed it on his brother. Seriously? I'm not stupid. I'm surprised they stuck around long enough for both my husband and I to come downstairs to have a talk with them. They were probably both under the age of 10 but still old enough to know better. I told them that they were throwing rocks at my house and that I didn't think it was very nice. I asked them nicely if they could please stop. One of them didn't even acknowledge me. Their father walked out to check on them and I let him know what was going on. He was super nice and apologized and told the kids they were in trouble and made them go inside. A few minutes later, my neighbor - their aunt - came over and apologized. She said the boys were both standing in a corner in time-out. She even offered to pick up the rocks they had thrown in the house. We told her that we had already done so and that we appreciated her coming over. The situation was handled very nicely. I'm just super sad that someone would want to "hurt" my house, especially after the first incident we had - if you don't know what I'm referring to - click here.

Now for the good stuff - PICTURES! Warning: There are TONS!

We can finally take a straight-on picture without our showers and bath tub blocking the front of the house in the yard! The staircase you see through the front door is actually our basement stairs propped up.

They installed our stairs. Last week they had the basement stairs installed in this space instead of the correct ones. I have no idea why! The stairs on the left are our basement stairs propped up.

Left side of the house - hole is for the fireplace

Back of the house - obviously! The medium sized window is above our garden tub and the tiny window is in our "water closet" 

So glad we got the service door on the back of our garage!

Looking into bedroom #2 from the hallway. This is the biggest of the 3 "spare" bedrooms

Closet for bedroom #2 - you can see all the way through to the other side of the house, into the master bedroom in this pic.

Looking into bedroom #3 from the hallway.

Closet for bedroom #3

Looking into bedroom #4 from the hallway. This is the smallest of the 3 "spare" bedrooms. This will be my husband's music room.

Hall bathroom - the bathtub isn't in the correct location yet. They just need to turn it.

Looking into the master bedroom from the hallway. The wide doorway is for our french doors! We also have a "hallway" that leads into the actual bedoom.

Master Bedroom looking from the entryway of the bedroom. I really wish there was a second window on the side wall. It is there in the model but wasn't even an option for us.

Master bathroom. This will also have french doors. The double vanities will be on the right, then the bathtub, then the shower. Our "water closet" is just past the shower.

"Water closet" and linen closet for the master bathroom. View is from the hallway.

This is hanging on the wall of the master bathroom.

His and Hers walk-in closets!! You can see both in this picture but there is a wall separating them.

Looking down into the foyer. The basement stairs are blocking the shot!

Another view of foyer from upstairs hallway.

Looking from the far wall of the master bedroom into the rest of the second floor.

Looking from bedroom #3 into the rest of the second floor.

Neighbors across the street. They both have 3-car garages and I'm jealous! We are the last three to build on our street. That means no construction once we move in!