Introduction to me, myself and I!

Greetings blog readers!

My name is Erica Lynn Elmore and I am a wife to a wonderful husband and mother to four beautiful children. Let me start of by telling you a little about myself, this will help you understand why doing this blog is so important to me as it will be a guide to others. I am a college graduate and was a working full time single mom just a little over four years ago. I was raising two children. My son Jaylen who was 7 at the time and my daughter Sherie who was 3.

I just moved to a new state (Louisiana to be exact) on December 2009. The move was strictly a financial one. I was living in California, which is where I grew up but the economy was not in my favor and caused me to be out of work for two years. Making the choice to uproot myself and my kids from everything they have known was not an easy one, but it was best for all of us.

Fast forward to 2011 when I met my husband Kelvin. We met on E-Harmony and he was living in Miami at the time. We seemed to hit it off pretty well and ended up getting married in February of 2012 (Valentines Day)! He decided to move up here to Louisiana to be with me and my kids since I had been at my place of employment for well over two years. My kids seemed to love him and we all got along well.

In 2013, I became pregnant with my third child Kelvin Jr. and he was born on October 12th 2013! Soon after this, I was laid off from my job. Many married couples face this in their marriage and it can make them or break them. I felt like this was going to be California all over again and this time I will have three kids to take care of! I felt scared and didn't know where I was going to be working, how much it will pay and if and when this would happen. I used to joke to my husband about being a stay at home mom and he go out and be the sole provider for our family and he was always like, no way we need every bit of money coming into this house! Well that changed when the layoff happened and we both agreed that staying home with the kids would be more beneficial to us than paying for a sitter or daycare center and having to live from paycheck to paycheck.

I just had our forth and final child, a daughter and I am a stay at home mom and a wife. Trust me its not easy, but for others that are thinking about being a stay at home mom or have questions about marriage or just want see how others handle things, I wanted to share my story, my day to day, my life! Maybe hearing what I have to say and seeing how I did things will have you think about how you can do it. Being a wife and a mommy ain't easy but it can be done.

If you have questions, comments or concern, please feel free to email me at mrselmore@icloud.com or mrselmore1806@gmail.com. I am also on twitter as misslynn1206. I look forward to sharing experiences and stories with you.

Erica
aka wife and mommy