Tony's Birthday

Tony had a great quiet Birthday on March 13th. Things have been crazy this year so far, so a great gift was just relaxing on his birthday. Here Eldin is helping Dad open his gifts - Simpsons Season 12 DVD and a book on how to play the bass guitar. Later that weekend we went out to dinner with friends and also shared the amazing Jeremiah's Gelato Ice Cream.

Update

I wish I could post tons of new pictures and list all the numerous crazy things that we have done. Things are good, but as far as pictures - our boy is a blur! He is ALWAYS on the move and it is nearly impossible to capture life in photos at this moment. This past week Eldin and I have come down with a cold, so the pics would only involve snot :(. We are going to get better soon and I hope to start updating and giving fun stories.

Eldin has been enjoying puzzles a lot more and always wants to ride his bike. He is speaking new words and loves to count: 1..2..3. He has also learned the dreaded Temper Tantrum. We are working through it. He is such a good son and we are immensely blessed! He is growing so fast and is already out of the crib:This year has definitely started out with a bang and we are very excited to see what God continues to have in store for the Bowicks.

Sick

After our wonderful news and the holiday, the new Baby B decided to make life interesting. I got so very sick that drastic measures had to be made. I got so sick that I was dehydrated and losing weight.
Susan G. watched Eldin for me all day Wednesday and Kelly M. watched on Friday. By the following Monday my mom was here. I started to improve and then dove again. Long story short, it has been a crazy rough journey, but the baby is ok and I am SLOWLY getting better. My mom is staying an extra two days and leaves Saturday night. I am hoping by that point I will be able to take care of Eldin and myself enough.
I welcome any prayers and hope that this phase passes sooner than later.

Christmas Surprise

This year God gave us a wonderful Christmas Surprise. I was able to record the surprise - so please enjoy and watch.

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

While Daddy returned to work, Eldin and I went to work on the house. We need to unpack and make sure the house looks ready to sell. In doing some of this Mom went on a mission to put up Christmas stuff. We surprised Daddy Tuesday night with the tree being up and then Wednesday we decided to decorate it. To my pleasant surprise Eldin really helped out. He even put up (set in tree) a couple of ornaments! It was too sweet for words - see for yourself

Which Ornament to put up?

Putting on my 1st Ornament

The house is looking better and we enjoyed decorating and dancing to Christmas music! This time with him was precious and I am so thankful.

Moving

So, at the last minute (~2 week notice) we had to move back to our Orlando House Downtown until we can sell it. During a week of time we went through a lot of things and try to minimize our life some. We packed and packed and packed. We used a box as Eldin's first fort to keep in out of unpacking the boxes as we were packing them - cute, but it wasn't helping. The move went really well and we are now in Orlando. This event had a big effect on Eldin that I had not planned, but through God's Grace, friends, and prayers he is doing great now.

Surprise

1st Fort - Awww...moving boxes

We are going back this weekend (12/12-12/13) to do our moving sell. Please pray this goes well as it could really bless us if it does! (p.s. this is hard for me as I want to keep a lot of stuff and pricing is going to be very difficult for me)

Sorry it has been so long

I love looking at everyone's blog sites and get sad/frustrated when people don't update more often, and here I am not updating a bit.
The Bowicks went to Gatlinburg, TN at the beginning of October. This was the first vacation that we had taken in over 3 years. We had such a wonderful and needed time of rest and fun. We went to many sites, including the Aquarium. Eldin learned the word Bear and the sound a bear makes - roar :). Although his word "Bear" sounds like he is from Boston or he is from Australia saying "beer". One day we were stopping in a store where they had numerous carved black bears and Eldin proceeded to run around the store saying: "Bear, Bear, Roar, Roar, Bear, Bear..." - you get the picture.
We returned and I (Mom) had my first craft fair selling my products. It was a success and I had a wonderful time with my dear new friend Heather.
Next on the calendar came Halloween. We did Trunk or Treat again this year (thanks to the help of some people from church). The theme we did was Bob the Builder. Eldin was perfect and Tony turned out an amazing Bob the Builder Helper (a friend let him borrow his work-line belt). Eldin had a new tool bench that we were able to fit in the back - it was great.
At the beginning of November we had some crazy things happen in our life, including a friend in MOPS losing her dear 1 year old. Peyton was a miracle baby and so sweet. Her mother, Sarah, is so sweet and has blessed my life in MOPS. Their family is in our prayers & I know they could use yours - Thanks in advance. Tony joined me and Eldin in our trip to VA. We spent a whole week with my parents. Eldin had an awesome time with his Cappy and Gram-Gram. We had a wonderful time and it was a blessing to find rest and some healing.
We reluctantly returned, as we knew the next adventure involves us moving back to downtown Orlando. Our house in Orlando is vacant and has been for a few months. This is not acceptable and we have to return and live there until it sells. Our current plan is to move on Dec. 5th and have a huge Moving Sale afterwards.
Yesterday was my birthday and Tony surprised me by taking us all for a Birthday Dinner at Dixie Crossroads - a famous seafood restaurant. The Rock Shrimp was everything they are claimed to be and we had a great time. Eldin was like a Walmart Greeter - he said "Hi" and waved to everyone that entered and walked by us (we were stationed in the front). He also flirted with the Hostess - He was a big hit.
I promise to update with pictures soon of all the events listed above, but for now I should be asleep - Thanksgiving is in the morning and we are very excited about spending it with friends.