Monday, July 28, 2008

Our New Home



James and I are officially home owners!!! We signed our loan docs on July 21st and on July 23rd we were able to pick up our keys to our very first home! On Wednesday night James and his friend Brent went to our storage and in less then 4 hours moved everything into our garage. On Thursday James and his brother were able to get almost all of the boxes and furniture in their appropriate room and start to get some things organized. I spent all night Thursday, Friday and Saturday getting everything unpacked. We only have a few boxes in the garage left but its all storage so all we need to do is put them on shelves and we are finished!! It is the greatest feeling in the world to finally have a place to call home.

The funny part is James and I were talking the other night and we were laughing at how excited we were to have our home but also to own our own refrigerator, washer and dryer, be allowed to own a pet without asking permission, or paint the walls if we want to. We no longer have to wait on the owner to get someone out to fix something if there is a problem within the house. We finally are allowed to be the decision makers!!! It is just so exciting!!!And for those who are in town we moved to Mountains Edge Area off of Blue Diamond and Buffalo.

Anyway, Brock loves his new home and absolutely loves his room. He was so excited to have all of his toys back and his own bathroom and couch. LOL He was running around like a kid in a candy store re familiarizing himself with everything. Alyvia finally has her own room and is sleeping wonderfully in her crib! She is able to lay on the ground and play with her toys now that we have carpet in our living room, whereas at our last house it was just tile.

Alyvia also hit a big milestone in her young little life. She finally rolled over on her own!!! I thought it would never happen and on Thursday night 7/24/08 while she was playing on the ground while I was putting her crib together, she started talking loudly and as I looked over she was on her side concentrating really hard and what do you know, she rolled over onto her belly and looked up at me with this huge smile on her face like "Look mom, look what I just did" It was so neat and brought back those memories of when Brock was her age and did those things. She is just growing up on me to fast. She is now 5 months and 1 week and the time keeps passing by so suddenly.

Brock is still the best big brother ever. He just absolutely adores his sister and is always trying to talk to her and get her to play with him. He still loves school and his teacher said he is very smart and a great listener. He is so eager to learn everything!

We are hoping to get the backyard done soon so we get back to having our barbecues and Brock can play outside more.

Thank you Nana for the T.V. and hutch it looks so beautiful in the home, can't wait for you to come over and see it!

Hope everyone is doing great, hopefully sometime soon all the Vegas clan can get together, seems like forever since we have had a big family get to together.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Brock and Alyvia

Well, here is a little insight on what is going on within the Morris household. We are still currently living with Mom and Chad. Hopefully only for another week and a half. We have our final walk through for our house next Monday and the lender and Pardee homes are telling us that we should close within a week from that. Cross your fingers we are hoping for next Friday to be the day!!!
The kids started daycare this past Monday and it has been very successful. They are now going to Sunset Station Children's Choice Learning Center. Its only 5 minutes from my work which I love because on my lunches if I want to I can stop by and visit. Brock has made a ton of new friends and actually looks forward to going to school. He is now in preschool so there is a curriculum and he is learning new things everyday. I can't figure out what his new friends name's are because when we ask him he will reply with "Mom, they are my boys they don't have names." Except he did inform me yesterday when I picked him up that he has a new friend and of all the names this little boys name is Brock also. And yes it is true his teacher told me the same thing. I thought it was so funny but I don't think our Brock is liking the fact that someone has his name! Anyways, his teachers told me that he is such a wonderful child to be around, he is so polite and always listens, and he is a true leader. He is very outgoing and will take control of any situation but when there are to many people paying attention to him he will become very shy and try to back away. That's my boy alright!!!

Alyvia is also in daycare and I have to say I am so happy with the teachers she has. There are only 4 babies per room so she gets the attention she needs. Her teachers everyday say she is such a joy and always happy. She never cries and is fascinated by the other babies. She coos at all of them and giggles like crazy. I feel so comfortable with her there but of course I still call all the time to check up on her.

The newest news that we have to share is James and I signed up Brock for soccer!! The national youth sports has a league for a 3 year old to play soccer. His season starts on September 27 and ends November 15. We are so excited because he will meet new friends and also James and I will be able to meet the parents. It will be something for all of us to look forward too for Saturdays. I don't expect him to understand the game or play competitively but for him to just have fun and be around other kids his same age and who knows maybe create a lasting friendship from. So we'll see how much he likes it.

Our new blog

Hi everyone. One of my coworkers sent me a link to his wife's blog. I must be a hermit crab because apparently these things are very popular. I thought I would start my own after reading hers and realizing that this is a perfect way to keep all of our family and friends updated on our lives and more importantly on the kids. LOL We have a lot of family and friends that live out of town so this will be wonderful to let them see how we are all doing and we also have a ton of family that live here in town but unfortunately with all of us having our own families to care to and work we aren't able to see all of you so this will keep everyone up to date. If time allows I am hoping to do this weekly. Love everyone and miss everyone!!!

The Morris Family