Nathan's First Visit to the House!!!

Nathan had his first visit to the house today!! He slept through it all though. Maybe next time he'll open his eyes for a quick peek.
The house is really looking different these days. We really only need the front garage wall, the big wall (with all the windows) at the back, a wall in the front of Joshua's room and some more rafters on, and then we are close to having a complete shell. All of the the sheathing would need to be finished, but it would really look like a complete house with those last few walls up and the rafters.
We received our one quote back for heating, and it came it at what we were hoping it would. We are still getting a quote from one more company, just to be sure that we are getting a reasonable price. Things seem to be slowing down a little bit here in Calgary in terms of construction, so we are at least hearing back from contractors now. Their prices are still slightly elevated though. We are going to put in our own in-floor heat--in the basement slab, ensuite bathroom, laundry/mud room, and upstairs in the kids bathroom.
We have received a couple more quotes on drywall--both from companies in Ontario. On my "To-Do List" this week, getting some quotes from local companies.

Getting Closer

The house is getting closer to being locked-up. Over the weekend, a fair number of rafters were put up, and several more inside walls were put in place. It is really starting to look like a house. I will hopefully get out on the weekend to get some updated pictures, and see for myself the progress. Todd is probably going to be backfilling the rest of the trench the next couple evenings so that Fortis can hook-up power. We are getting one quote back for heating today, so we will see how that turns out.