The house

The house has grown in the last few months. The progress is slow and steady. Since these pictures were taken the roof is complete and we have a garage door. The siding is coming this week and I am thrilled to see the project turning into a real home.

Soon our VERY frequent trips to Menard's will be worth it as we can turn on more than a plain light bulb and maybe flush a toilet.

I've got a ton of ideas of how to decorate and can't wait to get started.

Gavin grows...

Gavin is 2 months old. Time is flying. As you can see he is now giving us the best smiles. He is also growing like crazy. As of 2 weeks ago he had gained 4 lbs since birth. He is healthy, and for that we are thankful.

We did take the kids trick-or-treating, Gavin slept the whole time...and as you can see did not enjoy picture time. Adelyn was a great monarch butterfly. Her wings would bounce as she ran up to the houses.

I came into the living room one day to find Addie reading to her little brother and fortunately was able to catch a picture of the moment.

The proud big sister is happy to hold her little brother for mommy. "Say cheese" :)

Changes

I just wanted everyone to know that things are going well in the Rainsberger household. Adelyn had a hard time adjusting at first but is doing much better. I am feeling great, however, I still don't have the energy I think I should. I do lots of laundry and wash a lot of dishes, however, it is a challenge just to get myself cleaned up without many interruptions let alone, keep the house neat and tidy. Gavin is doing good also. He is a bit gassy and is still adjusting to night/day time in the real world, but his schedule is improving. Jayson is working his real job and on stuff for the house. For some reason he doesn't feel as rested in the morning as he used to, but he is doing a great job and is being very helpful. My maternity leave is already half over....very sad, but it is exciting to see Gavin growing and changing already. It is also a blessing to see Adelyn's obvious love of her little brother. I am trying to take 1 day at a time and enjoy the ride.

Excited Big Sister

He's Here!

Gavin Philip Rainsberger is here! He was born on 9-9-09 at 4:35 PM. He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 20 1/2 in long. As you can see in the picture he has some bruising and abrasions on the top of his head from the vacuum. The Doctor had to really pull to get him out because his pulse started to weaken during the contractions. It ended up that Meghann was really close to having a C section because the cord was wrapped around his neck one time.

Other than that Meghann had a relatively easy delivery. She was induced at 7:30AM and didn't really start hard labor until 3:30 PM. Meghann and Gavin are doing very well.

Adelyn was very excited to see her little brother, she couldn't wait to hold him.

Progress on the home front

As you can see we have had a lot of help with the process. Here Luke, Adelyn and Courtney are helping to prepare the ground for the foundation. We like to keep them hard at work. :) Actually they love to do anything that allows them to get dirty and this project definitely has offered a lot of opportunities.
We had a company out of Michigan, Superior Walls, precast and set our basement walls. This was something new for our county so it was and exciting step. There are wood studs on the inside so when we are ready to finish the basement we can hang the drywall directly to the existing walls. They also have enough insulation so that we do not have to add any additional unless we choose to.
The men setting the walls used the huge crane to life each section from a trailer bed and set them precisely where each needed to go.










Jayson, my dad and Dave all were a big help in setting the floor trusses. We have rough framed the bedroom, bathroom and mechanical room in the basement.

Since these pictures were taken we also have a sub floor and steps into the basement. The kids started school about 2 weeks ago and after about a week of safety classes they have put up most of our exterior walls. The process is exciting and it is amazing how easy it is to spend money. We have had a few surprises, spending more here, getting a good deal there....so our hope is that it all works out in the end.

We are still awaiting the arrival of the baby, and are hoping for this week. His big sister is ready to meet him, as are mommy and daddy. We will post the important information when we have it.

Doing well

Hi everyone, just wanted you all to know that we are doing well, just busy. The pregnancy is going well. We are expecting a boy in September and we are both growing as expected. Jayson built Adelyn a swing in May which she is enjoying as well as her friends. We are getting closer to starting our building project which is exciting, but makes me nervous also. I am currently looking for the battery charger for our camera battery....when that is found we will update our pictures. :)