The Stair House Progress

We have been in the apartment for over 9 weeks now.  During that time, the house has been torndown to the studs on the non-bedroom side, stairs were added (hence the reason Collin refers to it as the stair house), dry wall hung, molding in place and the kitchen is starting to take shape.  The contractor says we have about 6 more weeks to go.  We are ALL ready for this to happen...even Collin.

Day 1 of the remodel.  Lots of walls that need to be torn down.

Day 2 of the remodel.  They are not wasting any time at all are they?




New kitchen area ready for dry wall.  Look, we have a pantry now and no more vaulted ceiling.

  

As the kitchen area looks today. 



I know that Collin is ready to move back into the stair house because of the questions he asks or because of what he journals about at school.  He does want to move back because he knows that we cannot have a dog in the apartment.  So, he thinks that moving out of the apartment will help him get a dog that much faster.  Great logic but Mommy is still not convinced about this whole dog thing.  I have had many dogs and know that work that it takes to have one.  Plus, a dog in our newly remodeled house?  Yikes, I cannot even think about that right now. 

Collin also journals about being in his house.  I can't tell you how often they journal at school but every few weeks, he brings home his journal.  I cannot wait for him to talk about the pages with me because this helps me understand what he has on his mind at least during those weeks.  The theme does change, however, I am always mentioned in it.  This week, he talked about how much he loved swimming, his mommy and walking his new dog (several pages were about these).  He also likes apples, a purple Python, hearts (Valentine's Day during this time) and his Mimi.  It's been a long time since he has been to Mimi's house because she is busy taking care of Grandma Filla right now. 

Here is is walking the dog on the left and loving his mommy on the right.

He loves swimming and his mommy.

 Speaking of, Grandma Filla is feeling much better and looks really good these days. She has lost a lot of weight but was on the heavy side to begin with so she does not look frail after all of the weight loss.  Here she is at Leah's birthday party with Paul's brother.