Jiggle.....what?

There are lots of things that I should post about that have happened over the past few months. I seriously need to catch up but I don't have time for that at the moments o you get a short story about my kids. If you read my post classy moments this story falls into that. I do not even try to pretend that I have it all together and our days go perfect all the time. We are that family that I'm sure some people would be totally embarrassed to clam as friends or that they know us. But lets be honest we all have our imperfections and embarrassing things and why not share some of the things that make us laugh! So here you go....
Yesterday I was bathing the kids at the same time. Who cares they are 3yrs old and 10 months and right now they love it and laugh and splash and it cuts down on my work load. Well after I got them out Austin wanted to be dressed first which I usually dress Alli first so she doesn't pee on the floor or something. But since he was very adamant about it I went ahead and dressed him first. Well to my surprise Alli did NOT pee on the floor. Instead she decided to go streaking and took off out of our bedroom and down the hall. I wasn't worried just frustrated that I was going to have to go chase her down. As I was in my irritated state I hear a little voice say "Jiggle Butt". Yep that's right my son called his sister a Jiggle Butt as she crawlled bare bottom out the door. My frustration melted and all I could do was laugh. Lets give her a complex before she's old enough to know she might be a little on the chunky side! Then I had to text my mother-in-law and thank her for always teasing ace about being a jiggle butt. I just hope he doesn't say it to some adult and then I really have some explaining to do.

Say Cheese!

Austin loves playing with Jacob's old cell phone that does NOT work. He pretends to take pictures with it. And don't you worry about not getting a copy of the pictures he takes because he'll ...."text 'em to you tomorrow". I'm still waiting for that text to come through! :)

Alli's new thing is this:

And NO she is NOT crawling yet! She just likes to get like this and rock and torture us all with that cute smile like keep watching me...I'll take off when I feel like it!

this and that

This may be a little all over the place but that's how we are here at the Eck house so you can hop in my brian and travel with me or you can wait and take then next train, which who knows when that will be, of me blogging a normal on track blog.
Thanks to my wonderful inlaws for keeping our kids, Jacob and I have done several house projects. We have painted the porch (2 times, still hate it, about to get color #3), painted the front bathroom, painted our master bedroom, torn out the kitchen back splash, re-did the kitchen countertops, and repaired our fence. I wish I had taken more before and after pictures but all I have is of the bathroom:

I'd like to tell you all of these projects went wonderfully but that would be a serious LIE. The original bathroom mirror broke, Jake cut the countertop wrong, and about 2/3's of a bucket of paint was spilt down the wall and onto the carpet in our master bedroom. And just for your information if the paint is somewhat close in color to your carpet dumping loads of water on it and using a powerful vaccum will SAVE your carpet!

Moving on...
We have been spending some time at the VA. We have two special guys that live there that we like to go see. Jacob's Papa and My grandfather are both there now. They enjoy my kids and I think it is good for my kids to be around those two!

Alli had her first trip to the "Big Park" ....As Austin likes to call it. We have a small park in our neighborhood and we take the stroller and walk there often but yesterday we drove to Austin's favorite park. We had a great time but it was HOT.

Oh! and another bit of new info (as I type this statement he is asking for it) Austin is ADDICTED to the IPad!

And my favorite thing of all right now is now my kids are loving each other. They act like best friends. Alli get's all excited to see Ace and babbles to him and pats him. He wakes up and ask for her first thing. He always wants to know where she is and if she starts fussing or crying he says over and over .."it's okay...bubba's right here" I am enjoying this so much but I figure it will end way too soon!

What the girl REALLY wants is...

......Dr. Pepper and Popcorn.
Last night Jacob got home from work and he was holding Alli and drinking a Dr. Pepper. Every time he raised it to his mouth Alli leaned and worked as hard as she could to get her mouth to the can

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That little girl has such an opinion! Later last night after the Dr. Pepper inciden, I walked into the living room and Jacob was sitting in his chair rocking Alli eating popcorn. Alli has her hand over her mouth and is very content and quiet. I said to Jacob...Did you give her popcorn...in that voice of you better not have. He quickly and confidently responds back to me NO I DID NOT. Well then what does she have in her mouth. Yep you guessed it...Girlfriend snagged her some popcorn when daddy wasn't paying attention! She was going to town gumming that popcorn. Jacob fished it out of her mouth and she got so mad at him. I guess it was gourmet if you only get pureed baby food and formula!

my wonderful crazy life

Who's life isn't always crazy busy? I like busy....I don't sit still well (it drives my hubby crazy). But in the grand scheme of things I really wish our lives would slow down a little. I wish my kids would quit growing up too fast. I wish we were home together as a family more with less "busy" stuff to do. I wish we weren't spending half of our life sitting in traffic to get from here to there. Life is just too short to stay too busy to enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, I feel like I have a wonderful life. I have awesome kids, a very loving and extremely understanding husband that puts up with my shenanigans and rarely/maybe never complains when I go and do what I want to do (i go out of town a lot to see family). I also have a wonderful family and in-laws. I guess my point is that right now I'm trying to slow down,and enjoy life more.

Thank you!

A big thank you to my parents for getting us this:

The kids love riding by each other!

My Baby Turns 3

I can't believe that Ace is turns 3 today. He has changed our lives in so many wonderful ways. He has brought many smiles, laughs, adventures, hair pulling moments, and most of all a new type of love that Jacob and I could never have understood. He is constantly keeping us on our toes. As active as he is, he can be such a cuddle bug and always knows exactly when to say "I love you mommy" and give me a kiss. He adores his new little sister and has taken on the role of a big brother like a pro. We are so proud of him, thankful for him, and blessed beyond measure to have him in our lives. Ace we want you to know that Mommy, Daddy, and Alli love you very much and we wish you a wonderful birthday!

random

Last week the Eck family went to Pettijohn. Alli stayed one night then headed to my parents for the week. It was just too hot for her. I am sooo thankful they were able to spoil her. Thanks Mom and Dad. Apparently my dad is her new favorite because he can just look at her and she will smile the rest of us have to work to get her to. Camp was great and Ace and I enjoyed our usual cabin 2 with grandmommy. It was nice to spend the week with grandmommy, Jacob, Dani, David, and all of our pettijohn friends. Next year Miss Brittany has to come and Biff too! Then the Eck fam will be complete out there!. I already miss camp friends but I'm enjoying showering without flip flops. Moving on...

We returned from camp and my computer is not working. So no posting pictures for a while. Jacob has been nice enough to let me use his while he is at work.

Uncle Bubba is flying in this week...we are looking forward to seeing him.

Ace turns 3 next week. WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE!

And for now that is it...my random post!

Simple things

I have been finding pure joy in the simple things lately. And I must say that these simple things make my life pretty great!
Like watching this little girl roll over, giggle out loud, & how when i hold her up on my shoulder she opens her mouth and puts it on my cheeks as if she is trying to give me kisses. I enjoy that I get to sit in the rocking chair and feed her every bottle during the day. And as much as I miss sleeping in I enjoy that it's just her and me awake in the house at 4 in the morning and she is her chatty self. I also enjoy that she only stays up for a short time and lets me go back to bed too! :)


I have also been finding joy in watch this little guy spend countless hours running through the sprinkler in his undies. It's amazing that he has tons of toys and his favorite thing to do is run in the sprinkler. I am also enjoying listen to him tell me that he is 2 and on his bithday (yes he says it with no "r") he is going to be thwee (or three). I enjoy how he tells me that big boys wear underwear and not diapes (yes he says diapers with out the "r")


Call me old or plain or blah but I am truly finding joy in the simple things of my life. And just being home with my kids everyday all day is exactly where I NEED to be and I find pure joy in that. I know I need to be with them and there is no place in the world I'd rather be.
What are the simple things that give you pure joy?

Top 10 Reasons You Know you are Married to a Thunder Fan Addict

#10. We have a mini basketball goal on the back of our front door (with a Thunder Logo) that mini Thunder Games are reenacted on!
#9. Even after being at the entire Thunder game in person He hurries home to watch the highlights on TV.
#8. If you heard the conversations at our house you'd think besides Ace and Alli that we had children named Kevin, Russell, Nick, Serge.....
#7. Asking him to sell his tickets or not go to a game is like asking him to cut off his right arm.
#6. He keeps you up yelling at the TV when the Thunder go into a triple overtime and it's midnight.
#5. The majority of shirts on his side of the closet are blue.
#4. His idea of an awesome birthday party even at age 28 would include Rumble the Bison.
#3. His son notices every car you drive by with a Thunder Flag on it and says "Daddy has a flag like that"...."Daddy need 2 flags"
#2. It doesn't matter what awful noise that flag makes when driving in the Oklahoma wind it is NOT coming off the car.
#1. The number 1 reason you know you're married to a true Thunder Fan is it doesn't matter how little vacation time he has left he takes a day and half off of work and talks his Dad (who never takes off of work) into doing the same and buys tickets for Game 2 in Dallas against the Mavs.

Even though sometimes he drives me crazy...I LOVE MY THUNDER HUBBY!

"Classy Moments"

So I was talking to my BFF Jennifer on the phone today and we were laughing about the funny stuff or embarrassing stuff that our kids do to us, in front of us, and most importantly in front of others! I am constantly shooting her a text of what I like to say is how "classy" we are or what "classy" thing my kids did. Well, today we were talking about it and Jenn said if I had a blog it would be hilarious. I said I have a blog and it's not. It's not funny or good. I said I really need to start telling blog land about our "classy" moments. As embarrassing as they are, I KNOW you all have those moment's too. And I KNOW that if you have days like I do you would enjoy reading about someone elses. So here it is....my goal now is to start blogging about our "classy" moments! And to be honest these moments will forever be some of my favorites. They may not seem so at the time but they are truly what makes being a mom so interesting, fun, and wonderful! So thanks to my BFF you get to hear about our "classy" moment from Wednesday!

I have been sick and sleep deprived. Not a good combination! So tired that on Wednesday morning when my child who usually sleeps awesome but must be going through a growth spurt was up for the 3rd night in a row at 2AM spit up all in my hair I wiped it the best I could and crawled right back in bed as soon as she went back to sleep....I KNOW "CLASSY"!!! I slept as late as the kids let me that morning and the rest of the day was a stay at home day...try to stay awake...and SURVIVE! As bad as I wanted a shower it was not working out that day. So when my hubby's friend Dave came by our house that evening to meet up with him to go to the BBall game, I was still in my fat mommy sweat pants, spit up in my hair, my house is a total mess, and my two year old is in his t-shirt and underwear state of being. I KNOW "CLASSY" Well he got here a little early and had to come in for a bit before they could go. We all visited for a bit. And I as they were about to leave...all I could think of was HOW EMBARRASSING this visit had been...SO GLAD IT'S ALMOST OVER! Well just before they left ACE man who is pretty much potty trained climbed up behind me in the chair put his arms around my neck and peed all down my back. THANK YOU ACE for ending that already embarrassing visit on a real "CLASSY" note.
And that folks is how us "classy" folks roll here at the Eck house!

Mothers Day

I feel like there are so much I need to say on this day and about this day. First of all I must start with my mom.
My Mom: She is amazing. She has always put us first. I am so thankful that she is my mom. Mom stayed home with us when we were little and we always had something fun going on. Now that we are big with kids of our own not only does she still take care of us when we need her but she also helps with our kiddos a ton! For all of the big and little things you do mom...THANK YOU! You are truly amazing.

Now I am very blessed with a wonderful mom but there are a few other ladies in my life that I must mention. They are also wonderful examples of good mommas and they are very good to me and my kiddos too! I am thankful for my grandmother, my Mom-in-law, and my hubby's Mimi. They are all wonderful women who along with my mom are great examples of what should be celebrated on Mother's day. Thank you all for everything you do for us and the beautiful Christian examples you are! You are so very loved! Happy Mother's Day to you all!

I hope that I can learn from these women and be even a fraction of the momma's that they are. I have to say thank you to my hubby on this special day too. Thanks for making me a momma to our two beautiful kiddos. I love them both so very much and they have forever changed my life for the better!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

My mini-circus...

All I could say at the end of yesterday was WHAT A DAY. And today I think about it and smile and laugh a little. I took Ace to school yesterday and everything went smooth till I went to pick him up early for his ENT appointment. We get to the appointment and there is not a close park anywhere. So I park out in the boonies and lug a 3 month old in her carrier, a diaper bag, and a 34lb 2.5 year old about a half a block. And the whole way Ace is so good to hold my hand but that parking lot was chaos and everyone is more worried about finding a spot and are not watching out for my mini-circus trying to get from the car to the office. We get in the office and Miss Alli who rarely fusses gets very upset and decides that even though she only ate 45 minutes ago she is starving. So I get her bottle out to feed her and Ace says mommy I need to potty. By the time I gather up alli and stuff and walk him out of the office across the hall to the bathroom it is too late. So I clean him up and it was one of those days that I was not messing with dirty little boy undies so those went straight to the trash! I. DID. NOT. CARE. We head back into the office where I get alli situated and eating again and they call us back to the exam room. We get back in there and Ace crawls under my chair while we wait. I'm feeding Alli still and I feel this horrible pain on the back of my calf...the little toot bit me! Lets just say that he hasn't done that in a while and I don't think he will do it again anytime soon. So the doctor comes in and I put fussy Alli back in her carseat and drag Ace out from under the chair. The doctor checks his ears and says if he gets 2 more ear infections that we will be looking at our 3rd set of tubes...lovely. So we gather up all our stuff and make our half of a mile (or block that feels like a mile) walk back to the car. Both kids fall asleep in the car only to wake up when we get home. Come in Ace wets his clean undies on the couch (praise the Lord my cushion covers come off and can go in the washing machine) and Alli wets all over her changing table. So once again WHAT A DAY
But then I wake up this morning in the middle of our king size bed between two kids and my hubby and all I can think about is..Life is good. I don't care how many peoople frown upon kids sleeping in their parent's bed..I have to say that is my absolute favorite way to wake up is our bed full with our two beautiful kiddos.
Then Ace tells me this afternoon..."mommy you a pwincess" Makes days like yesterday really no big deal.

Our Easter Celebration

Our Easter celebration took place over two weekends! The actual Easter weekend we went to Dallas for a camp meeting with Tracy and Neil. I had a blast shopping with Tracy. Ace stayed with Grandmommy We enjoyed church with my in-laws and then ace and alli got their baskets and ace did a little egg hunting.
Our second Easter celebration took place the weekend after Easter. My mom went all out and got Jesse and Ace baskets full of goodies. Plus she filled 40 eggs with fun little things. Alli got clothes and formula for Easter. She is one happy girl...she looks cute and has a full belly! The boys hunted eggs in my grandparents backyard. We use to do that growing up and it was so fun to watch them hunt in the same yard we did. Thanks to my mom the weekend went smooth and was a ton of fun. Shanda came down for the night too it was nice to spend some time catching up and watching our boys play together. Dad was so helpful with Alli. He held her a lot so we could visit and control the chaos with the little boys. Such a fun weekend that we plan on continuing for years to come. Thanks Mom and Dad for planning such a wonderful weekend!

The Kiddos!

I have missed so many updates and things I should have blogged about but maybe i'll catch up eventually. Today both of the kids had well check ups. They are both doing great. Well with the exception of Austin's ears. So here is the scoop:
Allison:
3 months old
10.13 lbs and is in the 17th percentile and is 23 inches long and in the 40th percentile.
She is doing great! Sleeping through the night, holding her head up, and cooing all the time. She is just a small little peanut.
Austin:
2.5 years old
32 lbs 67th percentile and 37 inches tall wich is the 64th percentile. He is very active, independent and assertive! He is working on potty training and doing a great job (so proud of him)! He lost his second set of tubes in January and has had 2 ear infections since then. We go see our ENT in May and his pediatrician said she is leaving it up to him to decide but she guesses he may need a 3rd set of tubes in his ears.
Overall our kids are doing great. I am so thankful that God has blessed us with these two precious little ones. I am also so thankful that I get to stay home with them and enjoy every minute!
A special thanks goes out to Grandmommy today for enduring the doctor visit. Both kids got shots and needless to say there were lots of tears and it was so nice to have a second set of loving arms to help hold my sweet babies who were crying!

Alli Jane

So little Miss Alli is now two months old and we love her so very much. There are so many things that we think she does that is cute and sweet. And Ace, Jake, and I think she is pretty perfect! So here are a few things that make us smile:
-When Alli looks at a bright light or TV her eyes get really wide and open.
-She is very laid back. When she wakes up she will coo and grunt till you pick her up to feed her...but....if you wait too long and she gets really hungry there will be crying with real tears until you put the bottle in her mouth!
-But really overall she is sooo laid back. She tolerates Ace man holding her and picking at her for many hours during a day, all because she knows that he only does that because he loves her.
- She is an awesome sleeper...which mommy loves.
- Our favorite thing is she will work up to sneeze and if she doesn't actually sneeze she lets out this long coo of like relief!
- And when she can't actually get tears out to cry she will stick out her bottom lip and work at it until she can get a cry going to get what she wants!
We LOVE YOU ALLI JANE!

Family Vacation

I love vacation and to my husbands surprise I do love to travel. More than anything I enjoy getting him away from his work and seeing him relax and enjoy spending time with his family and me! We had a wonderful time in Breckenridge. As with any vacation we had a few things go wrong. Jacob's cousin's little boy who was 10 weeks premature when he was born and is actually only a week older than Alli got RSV. Well he had RSV and didn't know it and the higher altitude brought on the symptoms even worse. He spent several days in the hospital while we were there. Also, the relief pharmistist for my inlaws store did not show up do to the company he works for writing down the wrong dates. But Jacob's uncle Mark came to the rescue and filled in while we were gone! So after all of that our trip was FANTASTIC. And lets just say I was spoiled on the trip big time...along with my kiddos. Jacob's Aunt Marsha, cousin Holly, Mimi and Grandad, and Aunt Sherry spoiled our kids rotten while we were out skiing during the day. Plus, it was so nice to have the help with my kids in the evenings when we got back from skiing. My kids miss them and so do I! I will say that I have a wonderful family myself but little did I know that I was marrying into such a wonderful family on the day of our wedding. I love Jacob's family like I am related to them by blood. They act like I have been apart of their family as long has he has and I am so thankful for them! So enough rambling...you get the point...vacation was great, family is even better and as always we are still being blessed by our awesome God! So here are some pics!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

So I'm writing this post early because the next week and a half are going to be busy and besides that, lets be real, I have two kids now and blog time/me time is rare. Next week is our 5 year anniversary. In five years we have managed to buy a house, get a dog, buy a car, have a precious little boy, lose a baby, and have a beautiful little girl. The last 5 years have been up and down, sad and happy, and wonderful. Here are a few pictures to of the past 5 years:

Facts and Funny Stuff

Facts:
- Ace needs to wear underwear and potty train.
-We are crazy...we are going skiing in a few weeks and driving 13 hrs with a newborn and a 2 year old.
- 1 more kid = more laundry
- I'm married to Mr. Fantastic. He stays up late on a regular basis so he does any late night feedings for Miss Alli and tells me to go to bed. And I'm pretty sure we had the best Valentines day ever and it was with our kids!

Funny Stuff
- Ace has a new rubber ball that has cars on it that his grandmommy got him...the funny part is he is so afraid zeus is going to pop it so he keeps it in our mini frig that we keep drinks in. I laugh everytime I go and open that frig.
- Ace saying "you can hold my hand, i show you"
- Me. "What do you want to drink"
ace."Dr. Pepper" (thoughts in my head...YOU ARE 2!!! you should NOT be drinking Dr. Pepper)
- Jacob was laying on the floor on his back and ace was sitting on his stomach bouncing up and down. Well one time he bounced and jacob said "oh that hurt..I think I about pooped my pants." Ace hops off and starts pulling on Jacobs pants and underwear asking "where'd the poop go?"

Just for your FYI: not that we don't have funny moments with Alli but they are usually due to our mess ups not hers...she's too sweet to be funny right now! And here she is in all her sweetness...

In Love

Well it's official. Miss Allison is just fitting right into our family and I must say that we are all in love with her! Especially her big brother. For now it is super cute and she loves looking at him when he holds her and talks to her. But for her I see PROBLEMS in the future. I have a feeling that daddy won't need to run off any boyfriends when she gets older because her older brother will be taking care of all of that. He loves watching her, holding her, kissing her, you name it..he is right there. He has even been really concerned about her belly button because it looked like a booboo till the cord fell off. In the mornings he wants me to put a blanket on the floor in the living room...then he runs and gets her a diaper, him a diaper, and two pillows. We change diapers then it is time for him and sister to watch cartoons together. I keep waiting for the new to wear off but I'm not sure that it is going to. He seems to really love her. Does he get a bit jealous once in a while when we are feeding her and can't hold him or get what he needs...well sure...but those times are the few and rare. I am so proud of him and how he is dealing with all of this. He gave up his paci the week before she came, has taken on the big brother role very well, and now all we got to do is get the boy to wear underwear! I know I know..baby steps....

Success....

Well after being in the house for almost 2 straight weeks due to having a baby, lots of company, and bad weather, we finally left the house this weekend. We took a short road trip to see how Miss Alli would do riding in the car. Plus she had not met my grandparents so that was something we had to get taken care of! She started off screaming as soon as we put her in her seat....all I could think was this is going to be bad, but once the car started moving she was great! We enjoyed a wonderful visit with my grandparents then went on to Jacob's parent's house. Jacob's cousin Holly and his Aunt Marsha came over to their house and took pictures of Alli. I can't wait to see them! We had a great weekend overall and it was nice to get out of the house.
We did have some excitement. After Holly and Marsha left we were settling down for the night when our dog Zeus starting barking and going crazy. Jacob went to see what was going on and the house across the street from Jacob's parents was on fire. There were flames shooting way up in the air. We set inside and watched out the window for a long time as the fire department put it out. Austin enjoyed seeing the fire trucks. I feel sorry for the couple that owns the house but thankfully nobody was in the house or hurt.
Today we are back home and it is my first time alone with two kids. I started this blog yesterday and am still trying to wrap it up! So far today is going great...but it is only noon so I shouldn't say too much. It still has the possibility to fall apart! Well Alli is waking up and Ace has gotten into a bottle of baby lotion...time to go!
Here's some Pics:
This is how I've changed diapers this morning and Saturday morning! While they watch cartoons together!!!

Baking with Grandmommy this weekend

Alli meeting Grandad

Alli Meeting Granny