"What's in the BOX!"

 This last week we FINALLY got our stuff! Yay! It's been over a year since we last packed it all up. You could imagine that I had(still have) no clue what I truly own. As the boxes came I started to get all excited. "Yay, it can finally be a home" I thought, but as the men left me there with all my stuff, I had no clue where to start. My excitement quickly changed into more of an overwhelming anxiousness. So as you can imagine our weekend was mainly just unpacking . We did two more trips to Ikea. I love Ikea, but I think that going over there as many times as we have in a month, is ENOUGH. Unfortunately,  now that I have unpacked most of the boxes, I see there is still a butt load of stuff I have to get there. ANNNNYYYYYYWAYYYY, in-between all the unpacking we did get to take a few breaks playing "cars, singing ABC, going to the park, AND on Saturday we got  to go to  The Grove. There we were lucky to meet Susan Petersen from Freshly Picked at her Nordstrom launch. She was so sweet and such a cool lady. We also walked around for a bit and ate some disappointing Louisiana cooking at the Farmer's Market, but it was nice to get away for a bit and spend time with my boys.

This boy and his cars.....oh how he LOVES his cars

Playing at the same playground I played in when I was a little girl......Cool

We went out for dinner a few times since cooking in a tiny cluttered kitchen was just not happening

Looking to see if there is anywhere on this page that says "just move in here"....nope, you can't do that. "It's frowned upon"

My baby was eight month last time we had these couches, he had NO clue what all this stuff was but he was really excited

mystery of "what's in the box, WHAT'S IN THE BOX!!!!!!!!", I could not for the life of me read what the boxes said. 

Another awesome perk of LA, fruit on the street....YUMMO

Mr. Bashful meeting Susan, he did bat his eyes at her a few times, little flirt

David ordered Jambalaya and I got Pasta Salad, who the heck orders pasta salad as a whole meal....big mistake, Baby D liked it though

This kid is just like his Daddy. He loves to help building and using tools for the furniture

Ahhhhhhhhh, naps, if only I was as good as he is at taking them.....Those lashes....

Oh hey

We have been here for one whole week! I still don't believe it. Mainly because our moving van has yet to arrive (one more week). So as you can imagine it's been a bit challenging to really settle in. My brother-in-law did us the favor of selling a few of our things so we bought what we knew we didn't have, a dining table and a bed for the baby. Well I think I should stop referring him to the baby, he's almost 2!!!  Anyway D doesn't have a crib/bed anymore so we bought him a daybed. One, because we didn't want to buy a crib to have to soon do the whole "big boy bed" and because when people come to visit we have where to put them. It's also been OUR bed for the last week, and will continue to be for the next week or so. Like I mentioned we also got a table and two chairs, yep just two for now. For dinner we were doing David in one chair, Baby D in another chair with his booster chair and I in the stroller. I called it a chariot when my cousin Estefania came over and had to use it. The next day she came over with two chairs. YAY, I guess I'll be dining like a peasant again. That's all we really have with the the house and all, but it's been nice to sit down for meals like a "normal" family (whatever that means).
David's first few days of work have been good. It's so weird to see him be home at a decent time, I can sure get use to that. Also today he even came home for lunch, a great perk of living a few blocks away. Though I do miss some of the excitement of traveling and being a bit more careless, I've really enjoyed being with my boys and starting to "settle" down in our little apartment.

Here are three pics that show exactly what we've been doing:

Building

Furniture testing

And Shopping

Happy weekend everybody!

Settling

As I mentioned before we are settling down back in the US of A. It's all been happening so fast, but I am so excited to say that for the next year and a half or so we will be living in the Los Angeles California area. AHHHHHHHHH! I know I know, how freaked exciting. For those of you that don't know, I was born and raised in L.A county so I am SO SO SO excited to be coming back "home" and calling it home for the next couple of years or so. David and I flew in a couple of days after receiving the official news. It hasn't all sunk in quite yet and apartment hunting/furniture window shopping, plus car shopping has been a little ( a lot) stressful, and we decided to have my parents babysit my little baby. I MISS him SOOOOOOO SOOOO much. Oh gosh Sunday can't come any sooner.  BUT geez this stress gets me all out of whack, both physically and emotionally. I'm crying, nauseas and just plain uncomfortable in every way. "Ohhhh she's prego" you might all be thinking, but no, I just have all the ridiculous symptoms with no cute baby at the end of it all. Hopefully by the end of the week we get all if not a least most of these things taken care of  so I can get back to feeling normal again.

While we've been here we have been able to have a little fun doing some fun L.A things. Labor day we spent our night at Dodger stadium with some of my favorite people here.

Someone is a bit excited he has a ball from the game

some explaining

These couple of weeks have been filled with lots of emotions and change. If you haven't noticed I've been a bit more absent than usual but this time it was with good reason. Our little adventures abroad have come to an unexpected end. While in Mexico, we seemed to become a target of some not so nice people. There was no physical harm, but it was enough to scare us. This event had  us reevaluate everything that we were doing. After a lot of talking, praying and counsel from those we love,we came to a conclusion that these Budus need to stop moving so much so often and settle down for a bit. It was NOT an easy decision. Sometimes I wish we could take it all back and be back in our "element", traveling, having no true or difficult decisions to make,(finding a place to live, bills, etc.) but then I realize that already things seem to be falling into place.

So hang tight, hopefully I'll be back soon with a real post. Lots of changes but having a lot of change seems to be the most consistent thing in our life

Oi

Our first full week  in Brazil!!! Oh how we are loving this place. As always though the first few days are very hard on me, but then I realize I need to get over myself and enjoy everything around me. Another downer was that we all got a cold. We are barley getting over it and we haven't been able to go enjoy the beach....and we are only four blocks away!!! What a tease right? The internet we were given is a pain to deal with, besides the fact it's a USB that hates me and works only with David works his voodoo magic on it, it is SLOW.....but I'm learning to just deal with it and get use to it. There might be places we end up living where it will be worse.

The three semesters I took of Portuguese were not enough for me to understand everything here. In fact I feel I barley understand anything at all. It's a lot different hearing the real thing than seeing it on paper. Regardless of the language barrier and minor bumps we have with technology I can say I love it here so far. The people here are so happy and nice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like what you feel when you go to your grandma's house (or at least how I feel going to my grandma's house). Automatic love, warm welcoming, and hugs. If you have a problem with people being in your personal space don't come here because people talk to you everywhere, ( I have yet to really know what they are saying right..) complement your cute baby, (if you have one) and are genuinely interested in making you feel welcomed. We have seen this in restaurants, stores, and at church of course. We loved going to our ward, people were so sweet, and I was especially proud that I understood almost everything that was said. But seriously back on the topic of the people here, they are wonderful!  In Switzerland I was totally out of place with the language and how things were done, here same thing, but I don't feel so out of place because of the way people treat me. I'm not saying Swiss people aren't nice, I'm just saying that the people treat me here have made me feel very comfortable.

We have been in heaven with the food. We LOVED the food in Switzerland  (I'm missing it like CRAZY)but it really burned a hole in our pockets so we (I) ate mostly bread and cheese for most of my meal......though I didn't mind at all with THEIR bread and cheese.  Anyway here the food has been DELICIOUS. I am in heaven with the fruit, and David with the meat. I honestly don't think any vegetarian would last here.

The first weekend here we did lots of shopping for things we needed for the house including groceries, but this weekend  we hopefully finally make it to the beach, and get this internet thing fixed.

Loves melon juice!

This bag was FULL of the chocolates! David works at the factory, and though they are not Swiss chocolate, they are quite delicious....and almost all gone thanks to me.

Sick but happy as always! Love my baby boy.

I forgot to mention, I have honestly never seen so much beauty in my life. The people here are gorgeous! It is no wonder half of the supermodels are Brazilian. Baby David notices the beauty too. Love at first sight it seemed. He just stared and stared.

Next stop

The day is here. Goodbye Vevey, see you soon. It's been a great month here. At first it was difficult to get use to so much peace and calm surroundings that I didn't really know what to do with myself but now I'm sad to leave, but then I realize I'm on my way to Brazil and I get super excited. I finally get to go! I'm anxious for what's waiting but I know it will be good if I have the right attitude (that sounded really cheesy, but it's true). Who cares if there is no AC and I can't samba, I'll get by.

This last weekend we went to Lausanne and it was so much fun. It felt so "European ". That sound dumb since I've been in Europe this whole time, but I mean it was what I had pictured in my as far as what Europe was like.There were musicians playing everywhere and boy they weren't your average street musician they were AMAZING, so much that we felt compelled to give them money. I absolutely loved Lausanne that I went back on Tuesday just to walk around....ok also to shop (I found Zara and Massimo Dutti... I mean come on) and my buddy and I would just stop and enjoy the street music. As always it sucks to leave a place just as you start getting comfortable, I still can't get use to that part but at least we have Brazil to look forward to.Though the trip to Brazil will be a VERY long one I can't wait to get there!!!! Au revoir Switzerland !!!!!

Of course I HAD to try these! They didn't disappoint.

Most delicious salad EVER

Also best pizza we've had, and we've had A LOT

Some pictures in Vevey our last few days

We FINALLY had fondue here!! We love fondue, and now we've had legit fondue, we can leave in peace.

One thing the baby and I will miss the most is the park/beach we have by this beautiful beautiful lake. The water is so clear and you have the beautiful mountains in the background, gorgeous.

Oh and the food, oh gosh the food as always is what we miss most. It's good we don't stay, we (I) eat a lot of bread and cheese, it's truly all I need to survive. Also it's best baby David doesn't eat much of these fine cheeses and delicious freshly baked breads, he's going to go back to the states and expect the same thing, poor kid he will be so disappointed.

Checking in!

Hello!!!!!! Finally all the chaos of moving is over, (well sort of) and i can squeeze a post in! We are in Switzerland and its surreal. I honestly can't believe it. I left Chicago so sad, and while I was in Utah I felt so stressed and worried about everything, but finally getting here I've been able to forget it all and start over. Besides the fact that I (we) don't speak a lick of French it's been so amazing here. I feel so happy and giddy. The only thing that broke my heart is the fact I forgot my camera and I almost was about to tell David, "I'll be right back" and just fly back to go get it. For now my iPod will have to do.

I'll post more later but for now I just wanted to show you all we made it here alive and well.

  Flying will never be the same. We got to fly first class and got spoiled.
                               

                                    

Baby David sure enjoyed the in-flight entertainment. 

David found some friends

Woke him up for breakfast and still had a smile on his face

I found a mall, and in that mall was HM...and it's only a few blocks away....DANGER