final move to vegas month...

i was very excited for may to come as it meant we were moving back to las vegas finally.  when we moved to north carolina 3 years ago i was excited for the adventure of living somewhere totally different and new... and we met some amazing people and had some good fun for sure! loved the southern culture and military life.... but once we knew we were moving home... i was so excited... it took me a bit to get used to the idea of making a 6 month pit stop in tucson but i just had to tell myself it was just 6 months... and it really did go by fast.... and now here it is... the month of may.  i packed up what we had taken with us to AZ... most of our stuff was still in vegas in storage in my grandpas backyard... it only took us one uhaul and our minivan to get everything back to vegas,  our home teachers came and helped chris load the truck as i was at this point very pregnant... 8 months pregnant... i can pack boxes but thats about it.  we also had my dad fly down to tucson to help me drive the minivan back. i was having a hard time driving lately as i was having the worst dizzt spells and blackouts... (i think its because i have super low blood pressure).  chris drove the moving truck with his car in tow and dad and i rode in the minivan... daniel ended up mostly riding in the truck with his dad. every little boys dream.  the drive was slow but good.

first to see las vegas!!! (family inside joke)  once we pulled in we went straight to our new house we are renting.  its a super cute neighborhood.  almost looks like southern homes with houses with siding and porches.  my brother lives up the street from us and emily lives in the gated community next door... literally out our gate and into hers.  jack and greg came over and helped us unload the first batch of stuff.  we got the beds set up and essentials going so we could go to church the next day.  after church we went to the barn at grandpas to load up the rest of the stuff, then jack and greg came and helped load up that load and by the time we got to the house greg had a ton of men from the ward out to help us unload it.  i stood at the door and told them where to take things.  they had the whole thing unloaded in 30 min.  it was amazing! really nice way to feel welcomed to the ward.  the next month was spent unpacking organizing and cooking a baby....

i also finally got the baby crib put together and sewed some really cute bedding for it.  i also made a cushion cover for the rocking chair and curtains.  I got really lucky and found this awesome dresser for sale on our neighborhood garage sale site on facebook... it was already painted white and grey which perfectly matches the baby's room so i bought it... super cheap nice but solid wood.  it all turned out way cute...

daniel has been really cute getting excited for the baby.  he has this baby pluto doll and he would carry it everywhere and talk to it and cuddle it... push it around in the stroller super cute...

daniel is also loving the new house for two big reasons.. one: everyday at like 5 the neighborhood comes alive with kids playing everywhere, riding bikes, scooters, and people on walks... and two: his bedroom has a deep window seat.. he sits there for long periods of time... like over an hour just watching the neighborhood.  the cars that go by, etc...

his other favorite game this month is to be a lizard... or as he says it "wizard"  he puts these gloves of mine on his hands and feet and crawls all over on all fours.  sometimes he puts them on our feet and makes us be the lizard.

he also gets lots of opportunity to play with amanda at antie em's house.  for a while he was still calling amanda "a beta" but it now sounds like amanda.  

he was so funny one day and would not take off this hat and the gloves... wore them everywhere... its nearly 100 outside... but he doesn't care. haha funny kid

we've needed new couches ever since we moved to north carolina, but with moving so much we decided to wait, and now the only couch we had was gross so we decided it was time for new ones.  we found this awesome small grey couch at rc willey clearance center and it was so cheap!!! and then i spotted this turquoise rocking chair recliner.... i love them... and i love them even more for being on sale and super cheap!! 

it was fun to find a pink box doughnuts right near our house.. its sooooo good which is so bad for this super prego mom... but we enjoyed the occasional morning breakfast there... it was closed by the end of the month which is just as well...  

daniel also ate cereal with milk for the first time ever... it was amazing! i was so proud.  haha

we also got to go to the childrens museum with meesha and her kids one day... i asked chris to go with us so he could crawl around and play with daniel... its a little tough being so huge prego... they had a great time...  

chris found this HUGE black widow in the garage while he was organizing and cleaning it.  the whole house had a terrible cockroach problem... i called my friend who does pest control and had them come spray... it was sooooo gross the first time he came.... the next morning there were hundreds.... HUNDREDS of dead roaches in the gutter of the street.  and right after he sprayed in the back yard it was like a mass exodus of roaches trying to escape the poison... running into the sliding glass door... dead all over... so gross.... and freaky.  thats what happens when a house site empty for a long time... inside wasn't terrible.... they had painted the whole place and put in new carpet which probably helped with the bug problem.  

chris started working at the office we are planning on purchasing in january... he really likes it .  the staff is awesome and the environment is really nice..... here is holly the office manager and kim the front office staff/ assistant.  and below is fred the awesome assistant.  chris really loves working with them. 

for memorial day we went out as a family to visit all our family graves.  mom brought bubbles and she had already put out flowers before when she went out with aunt joanie.  i will say it is always a little hard or sad to visit.... grandpa's still seems so recent... he was such a big presence in our lives that it is really noticeable and hard to think of him gone... and my two aunt's we visited there were both just so young... too young.  glad they are in a beautiful place with our heavenly father but wish there were here instead.   

may was a good month that seemed to fly by with trying to get things ready for the baby next month.  June can't come soon enough!!!