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!

Life....and thank you

When I started this blog a few weeks ago our life was full of excitement. Austin was up to his usual of keeping me on my toes and laughing and we also were expecting a second baby in November. Our lives were full of excitement and happiness. Well, on Thursday we lost our baby. I really don't want to write about it or talk about it because it still hurts too much so I'm going to leave it at that, but what I really want to write about is how blessed we our with amazing family and friends. First of all I have to tell you about this amazing guy I married. He has be so wonderful through everything the past few days. He has been patient, kind, and understanding. He has let me talk to him about everything and at times nothing at all. He has even given up his side of the bed and missed work just to take care of me. I could go on and on about him and I am so thankful God blessed me with him. Next, I have to tell you about our wonderful families. Our families have been taking care of our precious little boy and helping us in so many ways that I can not even begin to describe. My mom is staying with me and I'm so thankful for her help and my dad's willingness to let her be gone so much. Then there is my in-laws who have also helped take care of Mr. Austin and have stayed with us and helped us and called, emailed, and texted everyday just to see if we need anything. Then there are our friends. I am so thankful to have Gina and Christa who have both been through this to answer my questions. And Christa is only a few weeks out from her experience and yet has check on me and been such a support and I know she is still hurting herself. Then there are our amazing church friends Jen who has texted, called and come by. Katie and Mike calling and sending flowers....I have smelled those flowers so many times today and thought how wonderful God is to give us flowers and friends to send those flowers. I am thankful for our friends who have sent cards and text and phone calls just offering dinner or to keep Austin as we heal during this time. As much as the past few says have been so horrible and depressing as we lost a beautiful baby we have also been reminded at how blessed we are with a perfect little boy, a wonderful family, and amazing friends. So to all of you who have done these things and offered prayers on our behalf I want you to know how much I truly appreciate you, love you, and thank God for you!
Time heals and God gives peace and we are getting through this.
Thank you all so very very much!

Busy

I thought when I quit my full time teaching job to stay at home with Austin my life would be a lot less busy. I thought I'd have time to do all these projects and activities that I wanted to do. I was soooooo wrong! But that's okay. The main thing I wanted was more time with Austin and I have got that! I love teaching Sonshine School two days a week but right now it is very busy. We are getting ready for the end of the year program and making books for our kiddos. Austin is at a fun age right now but also a difficult one. I would love to bring stuff home to work on but he is always right in the middle of everything! My house use to be cleaner, even when I worked full time, but now Austin can make two BIG messes before I can clean up one. I do wish my house was cleaner and that my time was managed better but I don't wish it that much because to be quite honest I love my life right now! I love being home with Austin and I love the friendships I have made at Sonshine School!

On another note I owe my parents a huge thank you! My mom who runs herself ragged helping everyone in our family new that I needed a break this past weekend and as tired as she was her and my dad absolutely insisted on keeping Austin! This gave me the chance to enjoy my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew while they were here, plus I was able to relax a bit and enjoy some time with my hubby! So thanks mom and dad for always knowing just what I need!

Give this a try.....

Well I am not sure how this will work out but I am going to give it a try. I'm not sure how I feel about this blogger thing. I just started and I'm already frustrated trying to set everything up and I have not found a background or layout that I like. I'm sure it will get easier the more I use it. So my first post is complaining...I promise it will get better!