My wife and I bought a house in January. More specifically, we bought the rights to buy a house that will someday be built. We’ve looked at our lonely foundation in the four months since then:

We’ve watched our neighbors houses get framed in a week or so, while (somewhat) patiently waiting our turn. But something exciting happened on Sunday – they dropped off the lumber in front of our house:

Once the lumber lands, the game is on and you have to be persistent to see it in action. I went back yesterday and the first floor was already framed:

I’ll go by one more time today, but I’m going out of town tomorrow and will be back on Sunday. When I post the next set of pictures, the entire house will probably be framed. But we still have to wait three months until closing. Alas. I’m looking forward to the demise of apartment life.