More digging!

Well that's about all to report! The digger has been hard at it since Monday morning; there's a lot of dirt to be moved! The cut is enormous; the kids are going to have some fun with that!

Until tomorrow,

xMel

The first sod has been turned!!!!!!

I thought I'd drop by the block this morning after school drop-off, not expecting to see anything happening at 9.15am on a Monday morning! How wrong was I?!!!!! I was so excited to see the digger getting stuck right in and the dunny was delivered a couple of hours later!!!! To say I was excited was an understatement! So now the fun starts! Can't wait to watch the action!

xMel

Well bugger me!!!!

Absolutely nothing to do with the house but we had our 20 week scan today! Bubs is going great and all organs, arms, legs, fingers and toes are accounted for. Only one thing missing: a willy. Yes, we are having a PINK one!!!! You could have knocked us down with a feather! I was so sure there was another little bloke in there, but sometimes the strangest things happen! The shock is slowly starting to wear off!

Anyway, on the home front, nothing to report other than they should hopefully be 'turning the first sod' sometime next week hopefully - fingers crossed! As usual, I will keep you posted!

xMel

Building Permit....

As I said below, we sent off the Planning Permit to Rawdon Hill on Thursday. We'd been told that it would take around 2 weeks to then get the Building Permit and another 2 or so weeks to order materials etc. before things started to happen.

Dave rang the Builder yesterday morning, who gave us the fabulous news that the Building Permit was all ready to go! They were hopefully receiving it today and will then forward it on to us! How quick was that?!! So we could quite possibly see 'action stations' within the next two weeks!!!! We are very excited!!!!

xxMadmel

Spew......literally!!!!!

Well I was very excited that I was going down to pick our Planning Permit up this morning! Preppie Jett decided to do the "I don't feel well, I don't want to go to school" thing for the first time! "Here we go", I thought! "Forget it", I said. "You're going!" So we got ready and went to school and he was decidly 'green' by the time we got there. Hmmmm. Better to be safe than sorry, so I relented and decided to let him stay home.

Off we went to the Council on the way home. The boys went to play with the toys while I went to the counter. With Planning Permit in my hot little hand, I turned to get the boys. I took one look at Jett's face, thought "Oh oh", he said, "I'm going to be sick", and proceeded to start throwing up! I carried him through the foyer and outside to be sick in the bushes. Not quick enough though; leaving a trail of vomit all over the Council carpets! Well, if they hadn't made us get a Planning Permit, it would never have happened!!!!! Unfortunately, I had to clean it up though! I remember thinking, "Thank god I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't suffer from morning sickness", or it could have been very nasty!!!!!!

So what an exciting morning for us!!!!! I express posted the Permit off to the Builder and now it is all up to them! Hopefully no more of those surprises along the way! I will update when I have news from the Builder on start dates etc.!

xMel

The wait is over!

Firstly, here's a peek at our babe in-utero - at 12 weeks, so over 5 weeks ago but we just got a new scanner!!!!

Yippee!!!!!!!! Had a phone call from our Council chick today who told me I could go and pick up the Permit tomorrow!!!!!!! So excited!

It took 8 weeks rather than the 12 they had told us to expect, though I still find it hard to accept that they have wasted 8 of our precious weeks to end up saying, "Yep it's fine, no changes". What a waste.

Anyway!!!!! It's done and we now move on! Dave will be talking to the Builder at first light tomorrow to let them know so that we can get this ball rolling!

In the meantime, the first whispers of feathery movements in-utero have begun; I'd forgotten what it felt like! So cool! We have our 20 week scan in two weeks; can't wait to find out if it's another little bloke or whether all hell is going to break loose and it's a little chick!!!!

Will hopefully update again tomorrow with news from the Builder!

xxMel

Still waiting...

We're still hanging in there!!! We received a letter from the Council about three weeks ago, asking for more money to pay for them to 'notify persons in the immediate vicinity who may be affected by the proposal'. Me being me got straight on the phone and demanded to know why they needed more money, considering we'd had to pay $400 odd to apply for the Permit. Basically the reply was 'because you just do, so pay it or nothing will happen'. So grudgingly off I went to pay. Hubby saw it as a good sign though, in that it more than likely meant that they had accepted our reasons for the solar orientation and were happy enough to accept it, so were moving on to the next step.

Seems he could have been right! I emailed our contact during the week, asking for an update. We were told that the 'advertising period' was ending that day (neighbours have 14 days to go and check out plans and complain if they wish), she would wait until Monday to see if any mail arrived and if not, all going well, the Permit would be issued next week!!! Woo hoo I say!!!!! So, we'll just wait and see! I'm not holding my breath! If it does, then we'll be rapt, especially as it will be 9 weeks rather than the 12 they had originally told us. Every day counts!

So that's where we are at. I will update next week, hopefully with some great news! Cross your fingers for us!

xMel