Five AND a half!

Emma turned five and a half yesterday and our little family of four devoured half of a delicious cake.

Emma requested a strawberry cake, a white cake with strawberry frosting to be exact.  Schnucks had the most beautiful, sweet berries.

The cake required 450 stirs!  Ellie took the strawberry tops off and I cut the berries.  

Yum!

Kurt started on the bathroom tile yesterday.   It looks excellent, what a difference it makes!  The furnace and air conditioner were also installed yesterday and should be started up over the weekend.

Well our hopes were set on the house being complete a week from today and our closing was scheduled for the 23rd.  This is not looking possible now.  Here's a rundown of what still needs to be done-

-Tile completed

-Plumbing completed

-HVAC start up

-Grading of yard completed

-Driveway, walk, and patio poured

-Front porch finished

-Entire house (trim and doors too) painted

-Kitchen counters installed

-Stairs stained

-Stair runner installed

-Closets installed

-Appliances installed

-Bathroom mirrors installed and trimmed

-A few electrical odds and ends

-A whole list of "minor" things that will need to be done once all of the above are finished

I am disappointed but not surprised.  The house will be finished soon, I know that!  We signed our lease on Rosebury on April 4th, 2008.  It's looking very likely that we'll have movers here on April 4th, 2009.  A year ago I never would have believed it would take a year --although people who have built homes before seemed to delight in telling us how hard the process would be and we'd be lucky to be in within a year.  I am happy to report it has been far from hard (apart from the apartment--and even that has been quite a fun --yea I said it fun experience) and we aren't just lucky, we're blessed!  I know that for sure and one more--or even two more weeks doesn't change that!