One Month!

Well, I can't believe it's been a month already that our little man has been home!  Amazing how time flies.  Trace is doing very well and is growing every day.  He is already about 9 lbs!  We are starting to see glimpses of smiles too, which is so fun!

Trace also got to finally meet Uncle Nathan, who returned home from Germany this week.  Yahoo!  Nathan tried speaking to him in German, but Trace started crying, so it's English from now on :-).






As I said before, this will also be a blog to update you on our building project.  Below you will find some pictures of the basement being moisture sealed, the door on the main floor being moved, and some of the wall framing that is up.  The electrical is almost done as well!  Things are moving along!

 So exciting!!!  Pray that as we go before the zoning board again that they will approve the roof lift so we can fit a 3rd bedroom!

"We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope."  Romans 5:2-4

Welcome to our Blog!!

Hello friends and family!!

Since I am not blogging for my classroom this year, I thought it would be fun to start a blog for our new little family and the many adventures we are experiencing!  We hope you enjoy our updates!

So what has been happening with the Prichards?  Well, we just celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary.  Already!  Time sure has flown.  In keeping to our "5 year plan" for starting a family, we had our first little one, Trace Owen Prichard, 10 days after our anniversary :-).  He was 6 lbs 10 oz and 18 inches long.  Such a peanut!  He has been an absolute joy and we are loving watching him grow and change.

 

We are also starting our building project!  As many of you know, we have a barn in our back yard that is an unfinished "shell" of a house.  We finally received permission from the zoning board (after 9 months of paperwork and meetings) to actually make the building into a second house on the property!  Yahoo!!!  So the building has begun!  Hugh took a month of paternity leave to take care of Trace and I, and also to work on the barn.  We were also so blessed to have both our dads take time off to work with him.  So far we have almost completed all the electrical on the first 2 floors, and have framed in the entrance from the garage, the rooms on the second floor, and moved an existing door to make more room in the kitchen.  After much dreaming, it is wonderful to see physical progress.  The next step is to work on getting utilities to the building and to go before the zoning board yet again for approval to dormer the back roof.  

Well, that's all for now!  There will be many pictures of both the babe and house to come, so stay tuned!  We love you all!