We're in our house!

So, it's been a while since I've updated my blog. That's because this week has been crazy busy. Last Friday, the parish sent the permit for permanent service to the power company which meant that they wouldn't be able to hook up the power until this week. So, Monday morning I called Entergy to make sure they had received the permit. The lady said they did but wouldn't be able to go to the house until the following day (Tues.). Well, after work on Mon. Ben went to the house to set up our pantry shelves. He had been there for about an hour when I showed up. I went to the main breaker located outside the house to make sure it was off. I noticed a red tag hanging from it and wires running from the house to the street pole. I called Ben and told him that it looked like the power company already hooked us up. Sure enough when we went inside, we turned on the breaker and we had electricity. YEAH! It was funny because Ben was working inside sweating and unaware we had power.

That same day I called the inspector and he came out Wed. morning to do the final inspection. We passed and he said it will only take him a day to get the paperwork sent to the parish. The parish will send us the certificate of occupancy which will allow us to close on our mortgage. \

We slept in our house Wed. night but we had a hard time falling asleep because of excitement and also noises from a hollow, brand new house. Once we fell asleep we slept great.

I'll post pictures early next week and let y'all know of our progress.

God is good!

Here's our back porch. We are grateful to Brock for helping us. He did a great job. We put in our request for power so we're waiting on the power company. Things are working out just in the nick of time. God's timing is perfect!!

Ben's sister, Rebecca, got married this past weekend. We had a great time with family and it was a beautiful wedding. We flew direct to Birmingham which only took about an hour. Coming back, the baby was moving a lot so Abby had a hard time getting comfortable. Abby also got to see her parents for a few hours. They hadn't seen her with a belly so they were excited.

Just a matter of days!

All three bedrooms now have floors. Abby's brother installed them in 2 days and we're grateful for his help. This is the nursery (not much to see yet).

Ben helped Brock with the porch during the Labor Day weekend. They got a lot done working together.

It rains so much here that it's difficult to get things done as fast a we would like. However, the front porch is finished. Yes, the steps are wide. Abby wants enough room to put potted plants on the steps on either side.

The parish is working on the necessary paperwork to finalize. We need a 'permit for permanent service' to give to the electrical company so we can have power. We also need a 'certificate of occupancy' so we can do our final closing. These are being worked on and should be available for us next week (we hope).

B'ham Shower!

Our friends in Birmingham had a couples baby shower for us so here are some pics. It was so much fun getting to see everyone.

Ben was sitting sort of behind me and couldn't see very well so I had to show him later what all we got. I can't wait to use them on our little one.

Thanks again!!