Baby Eck...

I haven't updated about baby Eck that is due in January in a while so here is the news. I had a Dr. appt yesterday and one today. Yesterday went great I did not realize how close to the end this pregnancy was coming until they said...."we will now be seeing you every two weeks"....oh my that went fast! Then today we had a special ultrasound because at my 20 week ultrasound my placenta was too low. Now I am 28 weeks and we received good news that it had moved up and everything looked great! Baby Eck still looks like a girl and approximately weighs 2.5 lbs. She is balled up and seems to like to keep her hands and feet right next to her face! We finally at the end got one really good look at her face and she looks like ACE did in his 3D ultrasound! I can't wait to see her and see if they really do look alike. And as much as I want to see her I know she needs to wait a little longer to come.
It has been a wonderful and crazy year. We lost one baby and are now expecting another. This in someways is a hard month because this would have been the month that the baby we lost was due. But days like today make me happy and thrilled that we are able to have children and as far as we can tell from the ultrasound it looks like a healthy baby! God is so good to us. We are blessed beyond measure. So today I hope you are feeling as blessed by God as we are!!!

Hopefully I can scan ultrasound pics and post them sometime soon!

The weekend....

So Jacob may get mad at me but it will be worth it for you to hear this story! Let's just say he always makes me laugh and this time is no different. Well....here is the deal. We kept getting mice in our house and could not figure out how they were getting in! Well thanks to our dog Zeus who was going crazy by the back door we finally figured out how they were getting in and fixed the problem. We had a small hole between the foundation and the brick by our back door. Moving on.... So we had set several traps plus put down one sticky trap thing. Zeus stuck his head in the bottom of the pantry where the sticky trap and the real trap were. Jacob saw him do this and ran over to grab him so he didn't get hurt. Too late....he didn't get hurt but as Jacob grabbed him he kinda accidentally pushed his head down and the sticky trap stuck to his Zeus' face! Jacob said Zeus was going crazy so he grabbed the sticky trap to pull it off his face...well amazingly it came off no problem. Then Jacob looked at the trap and realized not only did Zeus get stuck to the trap but so did a little mouse and he was still there! So long story short you can catch a dog and a mouse on one sticky trap!

Now for the weekend... It was great! My mom came up Thursday and we have been running around like crazy women trying to get some stuff done that we need to before the holidays. Dad came up on Saturday to watch the game and then went to church with us on Sunday. Mom is still here. She is staying here for a bit to watch ACE because I have doctor appointments the next two days and one of them I can't take ACE with me. It is so nice to have her here and we are having a blast! I hope that all of you had a wonderful weekend too...despite the terrible OU game! :)

Do you ever sit down to blog and have no idea what you should really blog about? Well that's how I feel this morning..so...therefore there is no title to this blog! Let's just see where this post takes us... hmmmm what is on my mind???
I had a wonderful date last night with my hubby. It consisted of good pizza, a movie, and me in my pj's. I must say that is probably one of my favorite kind of dates. It makes me realize how thankful I am to be married to my favorite person and that I don't have to try to impress him because he loves me exactly the way I am and thinks I'm pretty even if I'm 26 weeks pregnant and all I want to wear is fat pants. Thanks for the wonderful date dear....love you.
hmmm...what else is on my mind this morning...
I am missing my baby this morning. Although from the sound of it when I called my mom he is NOT miss his mommy. He did not even want to talk to me this morning. He is too busy being spoiled rotten by his Nana, Poppy, and Great grandparents. I'm sure we will have to have grandparent detox when he gets home. That's okay he loves going and even though I miss him like crazy it is nice to have some time to myself to get things done.
hmmm....well...I guess the last thing I'll blog about is the upcoming Holidays. As we all know I am very excited about them. I could actually careless about the food and present part. I really love the family time. And since you might not know all of our awesome family I'll introduce you to a few more of them...
Meet Jacob's Siblings
Dani and David


I am so thankful for these two. I feel like I truly have 2 more siblings myself. I love that I can talk to Dani about anything and be as blunt as I want to be about it! I miss her like crazy now that she is so far away and so busy with pharmacy school. I am also thankful for David. He is always so willing to help us out. I am glad he lives close. He was a life saver the day the man fell through our ceiling. He is always so kind and easy going. Austin loves them both and gets really excited when he sees them or even just sees a picture of them.
Sorry this post is kind of long...One more Aunt and Uncle of Ace's you need to meet for today and I'll be done...
Meet my Sister and her hubby.
Shanda and JG and cousin Jesse

I love having a sister and I love that we have boys that aren't far apart in age. Just wait sis...one day your going to have to let Jesse spend the night! He's going to beg to come to Aunt Amy's and play with his cousin!
Well....I've rambled enough for this morning....hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Insurance!!! grrr

So let me just say that insurance is one of the most frustrating things! Especially when it changes during the middle of being pregnant! Needless to say with all of the mess we have been dealing with one really awesome thing happened since our insurance changed....let me tell you about it...
So back in July and August Ace started having trouble with his right thumb locking down (aka trigger finger). I took him to his doctor and she referred us to a hand specialist. Well, he said that Ace definitely needed surgery to fix the problem. But since it was the middle of August that we would need to wait till our insurance changed over on September 1st. Well insurance kept dragging their feet on getting all the nessecary paper work to us and the doctor. Well in the mean time Austin's left thumb starting having some problems but his right one seem to be almost completely better. So after some rude phone calls and a little bit of fit throwing on my part we got another appointment scheduled for the same doctor to look at his thumbs again. And yesterday we found out that he does NOT need surgery!!! His right thumb seems to be working fine and his left thumb is "triggering" but not locking! So the doctor said to keep an eye on them and if it got worse to come back but if not he may outgrow the problem! I don't care if insurance dragged its feet or not I think lots of prayer was answered in this situation!!! So to give credit where credit is way over due...THANK YOU LORD FOR ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS!!!

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!