Monday, October 5, 2009

Progress

This is me at 23 weeks standing in Grant's future nursery!

So much has happened in the past few weeks! So much is progressing in our lives! Grant is growing, and therefore, I am growing! Grant has been kicking and moving for the past month or so, but yesterday was the first time that Brent was able to feel him. His kicking isn't too hard (yet), but enough that Brent was able to feel it. I can already tell that these two boys are going to be good buddies! Brent is always rubbing my belly and talking to him! It is the sweetest thing!

The other big progress has been our house! We have a house standing and all walls are textured and trimmed and cabinetry is in place! It is beginning to look like a house! We are expecting for it to be finished at the end of October, and hopefully, we will move in mid November! Just enough time to move in, settle, have the holidays, and finish preparing for Grant!

We are having fun planning Grant's nursery and our home decor! We have made a few choices! We decided on the Chase Nursery bedding from Pottery Barn kids! We decided to not go with a theme, but simply blue, navy, and white in different patterns (stripes, polk-a-dots, etc)!
Enjoy the latest house pictures. Sorry they are in a random unorganized order, but technology is giving me fits!

This is our master bedroom!
This is the master bathroom vanity. To the left is the garden tub, shower, and closet. To the right is the toilet closet!
This is the dining room, which is to the left of the entry way!
This is a view of the living room when standing in the kitchen!
This is the kitchen nook, which provides a view of the back/side yard!
This is the front of the house! As you can see, bricking has begun!
Below is our kitchen! The cabinetry will be stained Walnut and will have black granite countertops! We are excited to have a kitchen large enough to store all of our dishes, appliances, etc!

3 comments:

A Blessed Wife and Mom said...

Girl - you have the cutest little belly! I can't wait to meet that sweet little baby!
You r house is going to be gorgeous! I love your kitchen/breakfast nook with all those windows - beautiful! Keep the pictures coming - I love seeing the progress!

Ashley Gartrell said...

Thanks! Brent went away for business last week, and when he got back he kept commenting on how much I had grown in 4 days!
We are excited about the house! I can't believe how fast it is going up, but we are so happy that it will be done soon! I have enjoyed looking and reading about the progress on your house as well!

Rachel said...

Super exciting! You are going to LOVE all of those windows looking out into the backyard in a few years!! :)