My Baby is Growing Up!

I can't believe ACE is 2 years old today! WOW time flies. We had such a good day together yesterday. I drug him all over town from 11:15 till 2:30 and part of that was taking him to the doctor for his well baby visit. The only time he fussed or complained was while I was holding him down at the Dr. office for her to check his ears. He was so pleasant and sweet yesterday! Then last night his daddy and him hung out while I went to a girls activity with some of my favorite ladies from church (I just love those girls!!!). When I got home his daddy had him in bed and almost asleep but not quite. So I went in and laid down by him and he was so excited to see me. He kept patting me, touching my face, smiling, and saying mommy over and over. I am so glad that I get to stay home with him. He melts my heart and makes me smile on a daily basis. I will admit that there are days I want to rip my hair out but it is so worth it! And to my wonderful hubby....Thank you for working so hard so I get to stay home! So....HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACE! God has blessed our lives with your presence! You keep us on our toes and full of life!

Catching up

I feel like I have so much catching up to do! We had an amazing week at Pettijohn and we have been home for over a week now. Camp is always such an uplifting time. We have so many wonderful friends that we often only see once a year. I really would like to change that. Ace went to camp with us but he only stayed till Wednesday. My mom and grandparents came and got him and as much fun as him and I both had while he was there, I was ready for him to head to my mom's house. His Grandmommy on the other hand was not so thrilled for him to leave. They had such a good time together at camp and he even mananged to sneak his way into her bed for a couple of nights. And for those of you who don't know, the beds we have at pettijohn are smaller than a twin! Camp is a great time but it is good to be home. Jacob and I are so blessed to have such a wonderful congregation here at home that I feel like I miss out on so much while we are gone. The girls in our class at church are amazing christian women. I enjoy seeing them every Sunday and Wednesday night and then all the extra times I get to see them outside of church too! They are always there no matter what you may need.
I guess when I reflect on the people in my life I feel overwhelmingly blessed. I an amazing family and that does include Jacob's side, a wonderful church family, and my pettijohn family! God is so good!

time for a post

I feel like it's been a while since I posted. Not that I have anything really important to say. We have been spending time with family and I have really enjoyed that time. Jacob's parents kept Ace over Memorial Day weekend and Jacob and I cleaned out the garage....ROMANTIC...NOT!!! We did join them for the end of the weekend and had a good time as always.
ACE and I have also been getting to spend a lot of time with my parents and grandparents. He loves getting to play in my grandparents backyard and they enjoy getting to watch him. He also enjoys jumping on and off of my dad. Someday he will realize that poppy is not a trampoline. He also thinks it is really funny to steal Poppy's chair. As soon as he runs in the door at my parents house he starts saying Poppy's chair, Poppy's chair. And of course my dad likes to act like he is really mad that he stole his chair, which Ace thinks is hilarious!

This is totally random but it is for Uncle Bubba. I thought of you today. I was watching Wheel of Fortune (which I never watch which tells you how random this is. Pat said something about now here's a message from Charlie you know the announcer guy that has this good voice and you never see him but he tells you about the prizes. Well, the first thought that came to my head was this guy has a good voice but Uncle Bubba is WAY BETTER! So in other words when Pat gets a hold of one of your CD's or some of your work he will be firing Charlie and hiring YOU! And I'm blogging about this so everyone knows that I SAID SO and that I knew you before you before you were famous on Wheel of Fortune! :)

Anyways...Back to the beginning of this post. I really have nothing too important. Life around here has been pretty good. No complaints.

I hope that life is treating you all well!

Visit with Papa and Frank

We had a great weekend in Duncan. It is always good to spend time with family. As I have mentioned many times we have a wonderful family. Each person plays a special part in our lives that makes this ride we call life so great. Jacob's Papa and his buddy Frank our two really neat men. On Saturday Austin and I rode with Jacob's mom and dad to visit these two! We had such a great time! I'm really not sure who had more fun Austin or Papa and Frank!


Papa and Ace High-fiving it!


Austin and Frank High-fiving!


The parade!


Some of the Eck Men!


Grandmommy Getting in on the fun!

I love my hubby!!!

Well if you read my last post you will recall my NEED or maybe I should say want for a vacation. Well I'd like to tell Gina thank you for the offer to come to California...so sweet of you and we will definitely need to make that trip sometime! We'd love to come and see you guys. But after a lot of sweet talking my husband and the fact that he is just really awesome he booked a cruise for us in the Fall! (I'd also like to say thank you to my wonderful mother-in-law AKA the vacation queen for helping us with the planning) I am so excited!!! Jacob and I have never been on a vacation by ourselves. We even went on our honeymoon with his family (which we had a blast)! Am I nervous about leaving ACE for a week....yes and no. Yes, I hate to be so far from him and gone from him so long but no I don't worry about him being take care of. We are so blessed to have wonderful parents who are willing to not only take care of him but spoil him rotten! He will probably have more fun then we do!
Speaking of things I am looking forward to, camp is just around the corner! I can't believe how fast it is coming. I love going to Pettijohn! I love the people, the camp, and most of all the time I get with God. I know we get time with God all the time. But I always feel like that time there really helps me to strengthen my relationship with Him.
I am so blessed to have so many wonderful things happening right now and to look forward to. God is so good and I so often fail to give Him the credit He so more than deserves.

Where is my brain....???

First of all I need to thank my momma for coming up this week and helping me!!! Mothers day is just around the corner and I am so blessed with such a wonderful mom!!! In fact I'm not only blessed with a wonderful mom, I am doubly blessed with a wonderful granny, mother-in-law, and Mimi-in-law! I love all of these women so much and they each add something special to my life. They are all great examples of a mother who should be truly honored on mothers day. There is no gift or card that is good enough for these women!
So back to where is my brain??? This is what I'm talking about I can't keep my mind focused on one thing that I need to be focused on but.....vacation! I think a lot of my problem is what has happened over the past month or so. I am so grateful to have such an amazing, understanding, loving husband and all I want to do is spend some relaxing time with him. I need to clean my house, and get ready for graduation parties, but all I seem to find myself doing is searching the Internet for a relaxing (cheap!!!) vacation.
I need to stop this! Jacob and I are so blessed and we do get so many little vacations (weekends) to ourselves thanks to our wonderful parents who are always willing to keep Ace for the weekend! But a girl can daydream about sand and salt water!

Moving on....

I feel like our lives are getting somewhat back to normal (whatever normal is). In some ways it is nice and in other ways it seems strange. I still feel like a little part of me is gone. I may always feel that way...who knows. I told Jacob yesterday that sometimes I feel like I could move back home and not miss this place (Edmond). Then we have weekends and weeks like we have had recently that make me realize how much I might not miss Edmond, but I would sure miss our friends. Just in case you didn't know we have AMAZING friends! We are blessed by friends that we can call anytime day or night. That we can laugh with and cry with. So to those of you who put up with us and hang out with us and allow us to call you our friends....Thank You!
Moving on....
Today was the first day in over a week that I felt like Austin's Mom again. My mom and my mother-in-law have taken such good care of him for the past week I have barely had to do anything. Today we went to the zoo with Jen and Ethan. We always have such a good time and it is so neat how the boys are starting to interact with each other. Today they even held hands as they walked into the petting part of the zoo. I know one day they will absolutely hate the picture that I took of them holding hands but today Jen and I just could not keep from smiling at the two of them and how cute they were! Today was somewhat of a rough day since Austin didn't really nap and he was sooo grumpy, but even with his grumpy mood it was so good to feel like his Mom again.
I feel like this post is all over the place....I guess it is mainly just what is on my mind tonight. Sorry for the randomness. I really will work on getting better at this!