26 Days and Counting...

until we have keys to our new house.

When we first arrived to our house yesterday, we weren't sure if we could even get in to look around. The doors had been locked but fortunately the garage door had no lock on it and could be opened. The front porch is finished except for painting the rails. The inside had all floor covering down except the carpet. I'm pretty sure the vinyl in the bathrooms was not what we chose but it still looked nice and I'm not going to be picky and go back and have them redo it. It may even be nicer than what I had originally chosen.

There's no electricity inside so I didn't have the best lighting to take this picture. Our countertops were installed also this past week. The dishwasher and microwave were sitting in the floor. All that's left to the kitchen is installing the sink and locating the stove. We have to provide our own fridge. We also never paid the builders to put knobs on the cabinet doors or drawers and they did. It's plain silver ones but that will do until one day we decide to replace (long way down our list of "to do's").

Our built in bookcases were installed this week also. There's one on each side of the fireplace/tv niche. There's definitely not enough space on these two for the books we have.

Light fixtures are going up this week I'm sure. They were sitting in boxes in our bedroom. We're also still waiting on toilets, sinks, carpet, yard work, more trimming and patching a few places in the walls, knobs and faucets for tubs, and I think that's it. The rest then will be up to use to get it exactly how we want it which will be a long project.

I'm going to wait a little longer after we move in before calling Nathanson's Adoption Services for an updated homestudy. I think it would be best to wait until we're living box-free and maybe have Madelyn's room set up with some things of hers we have already bought.