Today was a big day! We finally got all the house plans and documents submitted to the city. It was pretty exciting to finally get that done. Its taken a lot of work and research and we have learned a TON over the last few months. Now we wait. It takes about 2-3 weeks to get the building permit from the city but luckily, my cute husband knew several of the people in the city offices, so it just might get done a little faster. :) We have excavation planned for the end of May, foundation the first week of June, and concrete flatwork for the third week of June. Fingers crossed that we get the building permit and our construction loan ready in time so nothing gets delayed. The land still isn't ready to build on but it should be within a week or two. They finally paved the road, added most of the sidewalks, and put up the concrete fence. This was really exciting to see and we're finally starting to be able to visualize our house on the lot! Big things are in the works and ho