Another house update

I'm all moved from my apartment to my parents house! Thanks everyone for all of your help! It would have taken a lot longer than just a few hours if I hadn't had all the help. So, I am "settled" in at my parents. And by settled, I mean, I have crap everywhere and I am living out of bags etc. :) It's just temporary though because I found out today that we are closing on the house on August 20th!! I have to call the underwriter for the loan tomorrow and make sure that we have everything in that we need to as far as the mortgage goes. The construction is on track. We have a walk through on the 17th at 2pm and then another walk through on the 20th at 9am and then we close at 11am. Yay!! I am taking the 20th off which is a Thursday. I am going to work Friday though because it's the bank and Fridays are usually busy. I am going to have that weekend off though to get things together.

Jesse has thursday through Sunday off and he is going to get blinds put up and some other things he wants to do before I move in. We are so excited that it is almost here. It has gone by so fast!

Updates

It's official, I am moving back in with my parents tomorrow until the house is ready. ;) Tomorrow is the big moving day. Mom and Dad, Jesse and Timmy are helping me move. Thankfully, we should be able to get it knocked out pretty quickly. I will miss my first apartment. It was so much fun living on my own in my small, cute apartment. I am moving on to bigger and better things though and for that, I am grateful.

Jesse and I went by to see the house today and they have even more done!!! They have poured the concrete for the driveway and sidewalk out front. They have the floors in all the bathrooms, the kitchen, laundry room, and foyer. It looks great! They have also put on the countertops in our bathroom and put on the shower door. In addition to all of that, they put the shelves in all of the closets. They also have the front of the house prepped for the stucco. Jesse talked to Mike, the superintendent, and he said they will be doing that this week. We should be closing within the next few weeks. I can't wait!!

The cake business is going very well. I just completed an order friday night for Jesse's great aunt and cousin. They requested a Gator cake for Trey's birthday. It was fun to do. I also have orders to do a welcome home cake for my brother, an alligator cake for a double birthday party in August. Not to mention, the cakes for caylee's birthday parties. That's right I said parties!! lol We are having a family party on her actual birthday and then a big party on September 5th. It should be fun!! I am also making Jesse's dad a cake for his 50th birthday. Amanda and I ordered business cards and have been handing those out. The lady who took our engagement pictures is going to take a stack and hand them out to her clients. She does a lot of baby pictures so for their birthdays etc.I guess you could say, business is really picking up. ;)

Jesse has been working on getting plants and trees for our landscaping for the new house. He really enjoys working out in the yard and doing all that kind of stuff. This doesn't bother me a bit because as it happens, I do not like working out in the yard. :) He has been on craigs list and to all kinds of stores looking for trees and plants. Our yard will definitely be the best looking in the neighborhood!!

More pictures!!!

Pictures

It looks like I finally figured out how to put a slideshow on here so I am going to add another one while I'm at it. ;)

Updates

We haven't done much lately, just getting ready for me to move out of my apartment on the 31st of this month and checking out the house as it moves along. I have some new pictures of the house that I am going to post on here so everyone can see. It's really looking good. We are so excited for it to be finished. My apartment is a mess right now as I have boxes everywhere and things strewn about trying to figure out where to pack them.

Wedding plans are moving smoothly along as well. Haven't done much with it lately because I really have a lot done and don't need to do anything else until the date gets closer. I am trying to just slowly get things done in between work and the house stuff.

4th of July 2009

Picture of the House 6/09

Jesse and I at Animal Kingdom before it rained....again!

Taken at Kristin's after our engagement party.

Max and Roscoe on the 4th of July. They were smiling for the camera. ;)

My mom and I at Aunt Ruth's house for the annual 4th of July extravaganza!

Our 4th of July was great, although Jesse did have to work so I'm sure he wouldn't say the same. ;) I went over to my Aunt Ruth's to spend time with family as I do ever year on 4th. It never gets old. It's fun to see how everyone changes in only a year's time. The kids grow up fast! I remember going when I was kid. It is always so much fun! A pool for everyone to hop in when they get too hot and plenty of yummy food. There is always a ping-pong table and Volleyball net set up. Although I don't really participate in either of the events, it is always fun to watch. I hope the tradition keeps on when we have kiddies! After Jesse got off work, we went to a friends for a BBQ and fireworks! The food was great and fireworks were amazing. Who needs to go to the beach or the Landing when you have great friends who put on a show in their own backyard?? They even had a "grand finale." It was a fun time but a very tiring day for me. I went to sleep around midnight and woke up by Jesse calling me at 10:30 to make sure I was still alive because I normally don't sleep that long. :) We always text each other in the mornings to say "Good Morning" but mainly he likes to make sure that I am okay since I live by myself. He's sweet!

Sunday was a relaxing day. I didn't do too much but Jesse worked. After he got off, I met him at his house so we could check out our new house!! Things are coming along so fast. They have the drywall up so it's really looking like a house. ;) My parents met us out there to check it out. We are so excited for it to be finished. There are a few other houses being built on our street right not. We walked around in those just to see what they are like. No one has bought them yet, they are just spec homes but when our neighbors move in, I can say, "I walked around your house when it was being built" lol I doubt I will say that. hahaha Anyway, after that we went to my FAVORITE restaurant, La Napolera, with some friends. We had a great time. They are the ones that are moving in across the street so we were talking about house stuff the whole time. It was so much fun! Overall, it was a great weekend and its back to the daily grind tomorrow. Work is a little overwhelming right now. The new banking center is very different from my old one so it will take some getting used to. I have worked overttime the past 3 weeks. Good for the paycheck, bad for the body. I am so tired everyday after work that I don't feel like doing anything productive which is not good. Especially since I need to start packing since I have to be out of my apartment by the 31st of this month. yikes! I wish I could just move from the apartment to the new house but it won't be ready in time and I wanted to save that one months rent money so I am moving back in with my old roommates (my parents, lol) for a little while. Luckily, my old roommates are so sweet that they won't make me pay any rent while I am there! A few conditions, one being that I have to bring Max! haha that is always my mom's condition. "You can come over as long as you bring Max." ;) Well, I will finish up by posting a few pictures from the weekend.

Engagement Pictures/House update

Well, we are having our engagement pictures taken next Tuesday at the Cummer Museum. Yay! It's about time right? ;) One of my co-workers has a sister that is into photography so she is going to do them for us. She has been working with baby pictures and family pictures so I believe we will be her first "engagement" photo shoot. Her other pictures are really good. Bebe Prints is the name of her company. We are really excited about the pictures.
The house is coming along just fine. The windows are in and also the back sliding door. They delivered the sheet rock yesterday so I am sure they will be putting that in soon. We are getting the final items into the loan processor this week so we should be good on that end until closing. It's very exciting to see everything come together.