Caution - Men at Work

I have talked of the affectionately coined "baby suite" that is getting added to our house but I haven't really gone into much detail. When this whole pregnancy thing happened, one of the big questions was "Where were we going to live?" Luckily, my parents (among other very generous offers) came to my rescue and decided to add on a room off the back of our house. I secretly think that they have been wanting to do this for a while but lacked motivation. Well, a pregnant daughter sure can motivate!!!

So far everything has been progressing great, cross your fingers. Adding anything on to an already old house can be challenging and we did not come out unscathed. One major issue that arose was the roof line. To correct it and make it as ascetically pleasing as possible, they had to add on to Rebecca's room on the second floor as well. Believe me, Rebecca is not complaining. It looks amazing, now that it is done, but was traumatizing especially for my father. But all in all, the addition is progressing amazingly thanks to a very task orientated contractor. I would recommend this contractor to anyone. He has been brilliant. When do you ever hear that?! The Bean and I are getting a rather large room with cathedral ceilings and a beautifully renovated bathroom, Rebecca is getting an extra 5 feet in her room and a water view, and my parents are getting the new deck of their dreams. We are all quite happy!

All this construction means that we now have three open door ways that lead into the new portion of the house. I would like to remind you all of how cold it has been lately. Yes, our house is a tundra. Forget putting on your coat to go outside, put it on to come in. They insulated and started the siding this week so it might get a little warmer for the holidays. Forget decorating for Christmas because all of the furniture is moved around and everything gets dusty in about 10 seconds. Suddenly, I am reminded why no body in their right minds do major construction in the middle of winter. But we are on a dead line and February 10th is fast approaching. I am hoping it will be finished by mid-January to give me enough time to move all of our furniture in and decorate. Cross your fingers and send your prayers!!!