Busy as usual

Last week Logan was sick with a cough. The cough has continued, but he seems to finally be on the mend. Unfortunately, Landry is on day 3 of her cough/sore throat, and last night was terrible. I think we got about 4 hours of sleep off and on. I am so tired. Hopefully she feels better soon.

Yesterday we had a meeting at the bank...oh yes, ANOTHER one. It was pretty simple really, we were just going over numbers and talking about when to order the final appraisal of the house. The house has to be 100% complete before the appraisal can happen and sent off to USDA, then two weeks from then for the final approval before we close. I have written about this before, and for those of you who have ever built a house you can understand the construction delays. For those of you who ever bought a house you can understand the delays that come along with the bank or the owner and what not. So, according to our builder the house will be 100% complete by the end of next week (Feb. 10). WOW! This date has moved up and back and up and back again so many times, that I really hate to get my hopes up. They put the counter tops and sink in the Kitchen yesterday afternoon. Today they are FINALLY putting up the door to our closet in the Master, and the doors to Landry's room and closet and finishing the trim in her room. I seriously dont understand why they would not put all the doors on at the same time, but whatever. They also put the front sides of the gate to the back yard yesterday, but didn't do the back of it...again, why only to half of the job and have to come back later to finish it??? Ughh. Our counters look AMAZING though.!! I am hoping that when I go to get Logan this afternoon the plumbers will be there. We still need the counters in the bathrooms, and the things like shower heads, and faucets and toilets...so hopefully that gets done today and tomorrow. During our weekly update last week they said they would be laying the flooring (carpet) by the end of this week, which means that next week should just be touch ups...at least I would assume. I guess they are going to put some sort of plastic over the carpet so it doesn't get dirty??? Again, that is just my guess. They still have to put the shutters on the outside of the house and finish painting the front door and the garage door, and do the touch ups around the trim. Anyway, there is still a lot to do, so it's hard to believe that they will get it all done in 10 days...well 9 since they dont work on Sunday. We are going to try to get the appraiser out there somewhere between Feb.8 and 10th, meaning we should hear back from USDA around the 24th and HOPEFULLY be closing on the 27th. I am soooooo hoping this happens and we can stay on this schedule, because this would mean no staying with my parents! Plus, if it works out like this then I should be able to make it to my friend Nikki's baby shower on the 26th without conflicting with the move. I really want to go, so I hope it all works out!