Side walk yard - day 2

I am past half way with this project and I think the last half will go much faster. I did not disturb the area around the tree. Looking at the areas I have re-done I think the turf I have laid down is still 1-1/2" too high. I would like to have more gravel in there as well. The turf is a mixture of mostly crab grass, a little Bermuda, and a little centipede.

I am going to go ahead and finish this project in this manner, but I am going to make an addition to my plan for this area. I am either going to get Becky to spring for some sod for this area, or I am going to grow my own somehow. By the time I can get either of these things done the sod I am laying now will have grown into a single layer. With the soil under the sod being so clean and cultivated, I should have no trouble removing this sod, adding some more gravel and scraping off another inch and a half of soil and laying down some nice sod. But this will do for the time being. I would like to have this re-done and sodded by Thanksgiving, but if I have to wait till next spring, I should still have a good window of opportunity to re- grade and re-sod this patch with little trouble.
I am recovering some good topsoil from this site which was part of the plan to begin with.