a few new ones from today

Looks like the siding will be going up very soon :)
They are working on installing the sheet rock today. Hopefully once that is up the siding will go up as well.
Enjoying her morning mini-wheats... in a big girl chair.

Peek-a-boo!!

a few new photos- House

Kitchen and dining
Front door, entry closet, and stairs
Great room, Fireplace moved to corner
"Keeping room" off of master bedroom
Kennedy in her new room

a few new photos- Kennedy

Kennedy was REALLY enjoying her spaghetti at Pie Sano's. Luckily my Mom had her camera :)
Balance beam at gymnastics
Fun with sidewalk chalk, one of her favorite outdoor activities
Blowing Kisses to Daddy
She is a girly girl for sure!! Playing with her purse and cell phone :)

Since I am not going to be able to use motomail to send photos to Pete I will be posting them on here, please bear with me, there will be a lot going up throughout the next several months. I have been taking pictures like crazy with my new camera. Since I am posting several photos right now I have split it into categories- Kennedy, house, and other misc.

updates

I have heard from Pete a few times via email since he left last week. It is hard to believe he has been gone for nearly a week already. My mom came out this weekend which helped pass the time. There is lots going on right now which has made the time go fairly quickly over the last week. There are only how many weeks to go... too many!! Based on his emails, Pete seems to be doing ok over there. They are finally in country and it sounds like they are working and have gotten on some sort of schedule. He hasn't been able to get a call in to us yesterday, so I am hoping to speak with him soon. I also was disappointed to find that motomail will not work on our mac. I am going to keep trying and hopefully will find a solution without having to spend any money to get it to work properly. 

The house is coming along nicely. The roof is on completely now and they have the inspection for all of the wiring on Monday. Once that is done they will start on the interior and getting the siding up!! When I spoke with Chris, I belive he is in charge of all of the construction in the neighborhood he said everything is on schedule at this point and should move fairly quickly once that inspection has been completed!! 

Saying goodbye

Last night was difficult for us. Pete had to leave for his deployment to Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan. I haven't blogged about this because I was waiting for them to leave, but Pete recieved orders on Tuesday of last week for a new unit. He found then found out that the unit he was attaching to was leaving yesterday... not the notice we were hoping for!! We got there at 12 am and they headed off on the bus about 1:45am. It was a very late night for us. Kennedy was awake the whole time, but quickly fell asleep on the way home. Today has gone ok so far, although I don't think it has completely hit me yet that he isn't coming home soon. I think it will take some time, but Kennedy and I will get into a new routine and everything should be fine. If you would like his address and the address for motomail please let me know. At this time, motomail will probably be the fastest method for letters.

We drove out to check on the house today and the windows are going in!! I am going to go back tomorrow and take pictures, hopefully with my new camera if it gets here in time.

Current progress on the house