Goodbye Boiling Springs

We have said goodbye to Spartanburg after 3 1/2 years. I spent about a month packing up our apartment. Can I just say that moving with an 18 month old is...interesting. Daniel loves to help and he loves to be involved with everything. So we had my parents bring up their pack n play so we could set it up in our living room. I could not believe how much stuff we had accumulated in 3 and a half years though. I think that is the worst part of moving. If all I had to do was pack up the apartment it would be easy but first I have to go through all the junk and decide what we actually need and what we can trash. I absolutely hated having boxes everywhere for the month of November and some of December. The boxes were mostly used by Daniel as stairs. It didn't take him long to figure out that he could climb them. Silly monkey boy! Most of the time he was happy and alright to play in his pack and play but if we did have to let him out every now and then for little breaks to let him run around. One of the biggest problems we had was that he wanted to help take stuff out of the boxes. So sometimes packing boxes took just a bit longer if he was trying to help. Daniel also sometimes went to find things to pack, like his pacifier. That meant we had to unpack boxes sometimes while searching for it.

It was pretty sad once we got everything packed up. Daniel was so confused about what was happening. On the morning we left he was running from room to room looking for all his stuff.

We are excited to be moving to Vegas and very happy for Mike's new opportunity. We are not going to miss the rain and humidity or the tiny roads around Spartanburg but we have friends that we will miss a lot. Its also sad to leave our apartment that was Daniel's first home. I was very sad on our last Sunday at church. It was hard to say goodbye to friends and it was really hard to say goodbye to my parents and brother. It will be hard to be across the country from them especially since I know they will miss Daniel. Hopefully we'll be able to visit and they can come see us in Las Vegas! Thank you to everyone who came and helped us pack and load the truck. We love and miss you all! Come visit us in Las Vegas!!