Building Our First House - Waterproofing, Backfill & Foundation Poured + Progress Pics

Hi Beauties!
Just a few progress photos of our home construction. Last week they waterproofed the foundation walls, did the plumbing in the basement and backfilled. I was especially excited to see everything after the backfill, because we can finally get a sense of how big our house will be, and what size yard (or lack thereof haha) that we are looking at ;) 
Early this week, our foundation was poured! Which means framing should begin sometime in the next week, so excited!
The builders are running about a week behind at this time, so please cross your fingers for us that the weather stays nice and dry so that they are able to catch up and we can avoid crazy loan lock fees!


7/22 Waterproofing 



7/26 Backfill, Support Beams & Rebar





7/26 Backfill, Support Beams & Rebar






7/29 Foundation Poured






7/29 Foundation Poured



Also, I FINALLY uploaded a new video on my Youtube channel this week! It's a current "Hits and Misses - Products I've Used Up" video :) Be sure to check it out! Loads of fab finds and some CRAP too! 
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