Fight the power!

Merrin on her birthday. Showing her support for the solidarity and rise to power for babies everywhere.

Merrin Halsey Grigg

At 5:47 AM on Tuesday the 18th of December Merrin Halsey Grigg was born. LaNae was only in labor for about 3 hours and everything went very smoothly with the delivery. Merrin weighed in at 6 lbs 14 oz. and she was 20 inches long. She has a pretty good amount of blondish hair, a good amount for a Grigg baby anyway. Mom and baby came home from the hospital today at around 1:00. On a sidenote and with more photos to come later, we moved into the new house about a week ago. We still have a lot of unpacking to do but it's really nice to be here and have all the space that we need.

Getting closer

The exterior is almost complete. They finally started doing the stone-masonry around the front and the garage as you can see in this photo. Inside they have been laying tile in the bathrooms, laundry, and mud room. On Tuesday and Wednesday they will sand and finish the hardwood flooring. There's still an awful lot of little things that need to be done, but we're hoping to be in by the first week in December.

Shop is being built

Here is the garage side of the house and the 30x40 pole building that will be my dream shop when it's done. It took a long time to get it started but now it should move along pretty quickly. I can't wait to have a seperate shop for woodworking and such and a garage that is just for cars to live in. That's like a lifelong dream for me.

Hot back door pics

Here is a current photo of the back of the new house. All of the siding is pretty much done, the drywall is being taped and textured this week. Interior paint is scheduled for next week. Also the exterior doors should be delivered tomorrow and installed. They are gorgeous by the way. We're picking countertops and paint colors and all that stuff these days. I think we finally settled on the paint colors inside and out. That was a huge decision.

Finally an Update.

So I finally had a minute to take an updated photo. We've been crazy busy getting moved from our house on the northside. We got it sold and hopefully will have a big fat check in our hands any day now. We are getting situated in the little cottage on our property and hopefully will have ourselves organized soon. The house is coming along nicely and they should begin the drywalling process soon.

Windows goin' in.

So today they put in all the windows, and finished all of the plumbing. Tomorrow the roof shingles go on, and the HVAC gets installed. They are just working like crazy out there everyday. It's pretty fun to go out and see all the busy little bees working away.