A lot, a WHOLE lot, has happened since my last blog. So I'm going to do my best to give a quick and brief overview of all the big moments.
OCTOBER--In October we started the moving process to Amarillo to get set up for Erick's new job at Enviro Ag, he was due to start on December 3rd. But before we could fully move we needed Baby Plum to make his/her appearance. We had movers pack the house and move all our stuff to storage in Amarillo. They packed everything except what we needed to have to stage the house for it to sell more easily. In the meantime, we try to continue as normally as possible, go to the park, have play dates, go to the library and Edward went to MDO on Wednesday's.
As Halloween grew closer, there were lots of fun activities to take Edward to that would keep him busy. We went to a pumpkin patch in McKinney that had a petting zoo and bounce houses and also went to our church "Kids Karnival". The 27th, which was baby plum's due date, came and went and still no baby and then on October 29th at around 11pm I started contracting, finally! I continued to have contractions all day on Tuesday the 30th, but they still were not close enough together to head to the hospital. And then finally at 2 am on the 31st I could not handle the pain ANY longer. So we called my doctor and headed to the hospital.
Eli Tucker Emerine was born on October 31st at 11:52 am and weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long. He was alert and such a beautiful baby and I was the first one to see he was a BOY! I was released from the hospital on Friday November 2nd and we headed to Amarillo on Sunday November 4th.
NOVEMBER--The first few weeks in Amarillo were pretty rough, I for one, could not walk at all! The birth of Eli had taken it's toll on my body and I was in pretty rough condition. Also, Erick was still in Plano finishing up with his job there. I was in Amarillo tending to a brand new baby and a strong willed toddler. It was really helpful to have my mom to help with Edward and cook some meals for us. Edward turned 20 months and Eli celebrated 1 month of life, it was a hard and trying month, but it was also full of beauty and love. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Erick joined us full time in Amarillo. We started house hunting as soon as Erick got to Amarillo to stay and within a few weeks we found a beautiful home on an acre of land between Amarillo and Canyon!
DECEMBER--I finally started feeling more normal physically in December, praise the Lord, because for a while I was weighing my options on what I should do. Thankfully, my hormones weren't quite as crazy as they had been with Edward, so my main concern were of course, the boys, and getting my body back to a functioning condition. Around mid-December, Aften and her new husband, Greg, came to visit and spend the Christmas holiday. It was so nice to have some extra hands to carry and cuddle with Eli and to jump and run with Edward. It was a wonderful Christmas to have our whole family under the same roof celebrating the birth of Jesus and all the miracles of the 2012 year. Around the second week of December we found out that Erick's dad had cancer again, so we all began praying for him and a healthy recovery after surgery.Edward turned 21months and Eli 2 months.
JANUARY--2013! Well, it's a new year and we have so much to be thankful for. We closed on our new home on Friday January 11th and are set to move in the following weekend! Bruce's surgery went well, and now he is just in a tough recovery process. The boys are healthy and beautiful. Edward is still having a tough time adjusting to having to share his mommy, but he is just completely amazing. They both are, thank you God for healthy, happy boys!
