Hello California and Georgia!

So I've been thinking about my silly blog! I often do not blog because I feel like sometimes the things on my mind nobody else would care to read or the people I am thinking about that most people who read this blog might not know soooo..... I've decided to gradually start introducing you to the people in our life! So watch out if your family you will probably at some point be the main point of a post on here! The thing is I love our family. Jacob, Ace, and I are so lucky to have such wonderful family that I wish my friends were able to know some of them too! So I'm starting with our family that lives far away. Why you ask?....Because they have been on my mind! I guess it is because the holidays are quickly approaching and I get really excited about seeing them since we really only get to see them around this time of year! So let me introduce you to.....
Our California Family:
Regina, Chris, Caleb, and Aidan


I always enjoying getting to visit and hang out with Regina and Chris. Plus, I love to see our kiddo's play together. Aidan is only a month older than Austin so the two of them can be double trouble. And it is neat to watch Caleb treat Austin like a second little brother!

Next I would like you to meet Lori and Matt! They are also in California!

I feel like I get to see these two the least! I love getting to hang out with them too but if they would quit moving all over the country they would make getting to see them a bit easier! I think Kathy would agree with me that Alabama, Chicago, Alabama, California just don't cut it guys....one day consider returning to OK. We miss you!!!

And last but certainly not least and probably the one that makes us laugh the most is Uncle Bubba from Georgia also know as Kerry!

It has been almost a year now since we have seen him! We miss him lots and talk about him often at our house! But the good news is only a few short weeks and we get to see him!!! YAY!!!

So this is some of our family. They are pretty awesome people and we look forward to seeing them over the next couple of months! Maybe someday you will have the opportunity to meet them!!!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Last weekend....

Last weekend my mom and dad came and stayed with us before they went on their trip to Branson. My sister, brother-in-law, and favorite nephew also came to visit. We enjoyed spending time with everyone and the boys enjoyed playing together. It's so neat to see them interacting more and more. Here are some pictures and video's of the boys last weekend....



On a different note we still have not decided on a name for this little girl that is growing so fast. I can't believe that next month starts the third trimester. It really does go by so much faster when you already have one little one in the house to take care of. Austin is so busy and fun and keeps me on my toes! I am anxious to see how he handles having a little sister.

"He fall down mommy, he fall."

These are the words that keep coming from Austin's mouth as he points to our living room ceiling. Yes! you read that right...we had a man fall through our ceiling. Let me first tell you that the man is fine and he did not actually fall all the way down. He was able to catch himself. We were switching from Cox to AT&T and the AT&T man was running new lines in our attic when he slipped and fell. AT&T is paying for the damage but in the mean time we have a nice hole in our ceiling! Never a dull moment at the Eck house! I'll leave you with some pictures....



If you are not sure how large that hole is it is approximately 4ft long by 3ft wide. And NO it is not a good location for a skylight!

Vacation!!!!

So for the first time ever Jacob and I went on a vacation all by our big selves!!! And I must say it was wonderful. We spent 5 days on this....

Enjoying things like this....

Having fun doing things like this....

Relaxing like this....


Needless to say we had a wonderful time. I am so thankful that we have wonderful parents who were willing to keep Ace so that we could enjoy a vacation. Now if I can convince Jacob that we really didn't go by ourselves and that we still had one baby with us the whole time......maybe I can talk him into another vacation in a year or two! :)
So glad I married this man....

A little of this and a little of that....

I have several things that I need to blog about! So I'll start with today. We had a wonderful first day back at Sonshine School! I have a wonderful group of kiddos. This was probably the most smooth first day of school, sonshine or public school, that I have every had! Austin has two wonderful teachers this year. They are both very good with kids. So yay for a successful first day! After Sonshine School we went for another ultrasound. We have had one that showed a girl and they were checking again today but today little girl did NOT want to move around at all. We still got some good pictures of her and enjoyed seeing her. After we go home this evening Austin and I made cookies together and he ate two! It has been a wonderful day but.....I'm pooped!

On a different note....This is just plain funny and I should have blogged about it the other night when it happened but I didn't get the chance. Jacob and Austin were playing in the living room. And when I say playing, I mean like boys playing and wrestling. Well Jacob tooted really loud which is not unusual around here but normally I give him a dirty look and Austin just ignores him. Not this time. Austin says "uh oh, I pooped". Jacob then says "no Austin that was Daddy". Which Austin replies "daddy pooped"? Then Jacob has to explain that nobody pooped that he just tooted and that everybody still has clean pants. I'm still laughing.

I should write about how hormonal/irritated I've been and tell a few things on myself since I've posted all about Jacob's problem. But I'm in a good mood and I don't think I want to go there tonight!

Lazy Saturday

I love days like today! We have been busy and gone so much on the weekends I honestly can't remember the last time we were all home together on the weekend without much to do. Last night we all laid on the couch together and watched The Land Before Time. Ace loves that movie right now. Jake also got to feel our little girl moving last night while we were on the couch. I've been feeling her move for a couple of weeks now and she was very active last night, maybe she likes The Land Before Time too!!! :) Anyways, it was so nice to just sit together and watch a good movie. This morning we all slept in a bit and then did some errands, came home ate lunch, took naps, and now we are watching some OU football. I know it doesn't sound like much of a weekend but I am loving every minute of our family time that is just the three of us. I have also enjoyed watching Ace and Jake interact. Ace has this new thing that he grabs your finger and starts pulling you somewhere in the house saying "show you". He does it to me all day but it's fun to watch him "show" his dad things. His favorite thing to "show you" are his animal toys in his room. He likes to "show you" the animals and tell you the sound they make. So to the point of this post...we are having a wonderful, relaxing, uneventful weekend and are loving it. We hope you are having a great weekend too!

Labor Day Weekend

If you are like me your weekends never turn out as you plan for them to. For the first time in a while we had nothing going on and I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend with my two favorite boys! However, plans changed and that is okay. That's life. On Saturday morning my mom called. She was at my sisters house and my sister was sick and they were putting my grandad in the hospital. So she stayed with my sister and I and my two favorite boys headed to D-town to check on my grandparents. Jacob and ACE went on to spend the weekend with his parents (thanks again for letting them stay with you guys). I spent the weekend with my grandparents. My grandmother still cannot drive since she shattered her shoulder about 5 weeks ago. So I made many trips from the hospital to their house. When I found out that I was needed there I thought...there goes my relaxing weekend. I feel terrible that I even had that thought. I love my grandparents but I also love my boys. What I thought was going to be a frustrating change of plans turned out to be a wonderful weekend. I got to spend a bunch of quaility time with each of my grandparents individually. I have not had that in a long time. My grandmother who always goes to bed early stayed up late talking to me at night. And my grandad who doesn't always get to say much (since granny is the talker) got to tell me all kinds of stories. I found out so much about him that I never knew! I always knew he had a sense of humor but he was down right hilarious! Even being sick he made the best of it. So even though my plans were changed I am so thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful opportunity to spend time with two people that I have always admired, loved, and looked up to. I hope you were as blessed by God on your Labor Day as I was!