It's beginning to look a lot like... we won't be in by Christmas.

Yep, sadly we have given up all hopes of being in for Christmas. We've put up the tree in the apartment and accepted the reality that we still have a good ways to go. Our new goal is now... drum-roll please..... January 1st! Yea, only a week later than we originally planned, but we're so determined that we even cancelled our 4 day anniversary weekend to the beach next week to work hard on the house. We turned in our 30 day notice to the landlord, so now we're kinda freaking out. It's for real now!

At this time, I would like to give a huge shout out to none other than my husband, my father-in-law, and my dad. My dad has been helping a ton on the weekends, and Matt and his dad are at the house literally everyday after work and on the weekends! I get exhausted just watching them, but I am so thankful for hard workers... otherwise, little baby Unglesby would come home to construction. And another little thank you to my sweet, sweet husband who worked his job, worked at the house, then would come home and get supper together and pick up the apartment here and there, while I cried my hormonal eyes out from school and finals stress. He is such a trooper!

Finally, here are a few updates. We have kiltzed baseboards, doors, walls, etc. Matt and Mr. Tommy have sheetrocked like you've never seen before (who knew it could take so long?). We've painted ceilings, textured walls, and finally started painting the walls and I am loving the color! Good thing I do because we've got gallons of it. The cabinets are all installed and the cabinet doors have been ordered! Yippee! The bathroom is completed gutted, gutless, without guts.... empty. I'm pretty sure next on the list is central air & heat which should be happening this weekend. We've picked out our floors except for the in the kitchen. We are thinking brick pavers but that isn't final. We also need to pick out countertops and backsplash which will be lots of fun for me. It's all so exciting, especially now that I have no schoolwork to think about!

Hope you all (that is if I have multiple people who read this) are having a great holiday!

Mr. Dennis getting ready to put in our cabinets.
Exciting!
This is the ceiling in our hallway. The fan had to go.
The nursery. Yep, it's as small as it looks, but I love the windows.
Matt and Evan had a blast in here.
And finally, a picture of the outside! Can't wait to do some landscaping.

We would love to be in by Christmas but I'm not sure if that will happen. How fun would it be to be in a new house and immediately get to decorate for Christmas! I get excited just thinking about it. Better not because we've got a long road ahead of us. :)

Before

So here are a few “before pictures” to give you an idea of how much work we have to do. Somehow we forgot to take a picture of the 2nd bedroom which MUST have been built to be a nursery, because it is basically, a very large closet. I’ll post one soon. Matt, my sweet dad, and sweet little brother spent Saturday taking out the window units and filling in the holes, and then took out the wall between the dining room and kitchen which will be an open bar. They also gutted the kitchen! It was a busy day, i’m sure. My father-in-law is a busy bee and loves working on projects. He is such a hard worker. I’m pretty sure he’s been at the house almost every other day sheetrocking, floating, and patching the outside where the window units were.

In the meantime, Matt and I are trying to decide on paint colors, cabinets, floors, etc. Right now we are loving Gray horse by Benjamin Moore. Hope to try it out soon. We probably have been driving our moms crazy with question after question. Next on our agenda will most likely be central air and heat, painting, and cabinets!! I think the house will begin coming together once we put some paint on the walls. We are getting so excited thinking about all of the possibilities. I am trying my best to stay focused on school, but come on! Between baby and house, there isn’t much room for studying. This is such a fun time! We are so thankful. Really, really thankful.