Here we are in Massachusetts. Eric made it safely, thanks for all your prayers! And Jack and I made it through our 7 hour flight with two layovers Saturday. (Much better than a 36 hour drive, and even our 12 hour drive to California a few weeks ago!) We are still looking for housing, but are hopeful we can find the right place for us. Just a little hint for other house hunters, labor day weekend is not the time to start looking as most people are out of town or not available until tomorow. But tomorrow we have a few more houses set up to look at, and Eric starts his classes- so life is still exciting. We are feeling so well taken care of as we are staying with a family friend from when my parents lived here 20 years ago, and so loved by so many other people that are offering to help us. Someone even said hi to me on my run this morning that I didn't know, and it was so beautiful and filled with trees- kind of like running in the mountains, but without any hills- I think I'm a fan! And Jack was so quiet as I was running with him, I think he was also stunned by the beauty of it. I have to say I don't think I'm going to ever be able to go anywhere without getting lost however. The streets are CRAZY, but maybe we'll finally get that GPS we have been talking about for awhile. Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers, it really is still a miracle we're out here and Eric's starting a graduate program tomorrow, but we're excited, and know this is where we're supposed to be.
Well well here we are. A long road of pregnancy, a long way from home, and a VERY short labor everything came out perfectly (pardon the pun). At 12:01 a.m. on December 8, 2009 Avey _____* Stevenson was born. She weighs 9 pounds, 2.2 Ounces and measures 21 cm in length. She has red hair (arguably strawberry blond), dark blue eyes, chubby cheeks, and a fabulously pleasant disposition. *We are still torn about the middle name. The competing middle names are JoAnna, Kristine, or Anne. This was a miracle in timing. I guess that means that Avey will be a punctual person throughout her life. Brooke called me (Eric) on the way home from picking up Sharon (Brooke's mom) from the airport stating contractions were coming every 4 minutes. We hadn't even gotten to our house when she called with "the voice" that told us to hurry up 'cause the baby is coming. That was a little after 10:30. We rushed her to the hospital down the road, I dropped Jack off at the neighbors house, an...
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Keep blogging. We miss you, but reading about your life will help. Glad you made it safe.
It is 9:00 and I was just saying my prayers and was thinking of you and got up and said "Steve I have to go look at Brooke and Eric's blog" so I did and here is the news. What a whirlwind and blessing all at the same time! I am sure you will love the trees! I grew up in NC and I love trees! Best Wishes and hopefully we will see you at Christmas. God Bless!