Aug 26

WOW... what a day! It has been very stressful having chris back at work and being alone with the kiddos. BUT we are surviving! Tanner has been a little attention needy and I am having a hard time giving it to him, when both babies are crying. I had a few helpers this week, but did it on my own all day on Sunday! I even made it to church with all 3 of them!! It was a good way to get our and get tanner out of the house.
Tommorow I am going to try to get them all to MOPS and then chris is off finally tommorow night...thankgoodness!
This will pass I keep telling myself and it will all be a distant memory. I love my kids to death, but at times it is just too much for 1 person to handle! Miss my family like crazy (and all the help I had).
We will survive! That is what I remind myself:) Off to help feed Alexis for now! and get tanner out of the drawer again!

Aug 22

We are back in TX again and trying to get in the swing of things. Chris had off until last night so it was nice having him around so that I could at least attempt to get unpacked and go through ALL the mail he forgot to take care of -haha :)

I am adjusting to life without as much help around and family. I have a few people who have volunteered or I am going to hire to help out in the evenings from 6-9 or so. We will see if that works out.

We celebrated Chris's 31st bday on thursday. We took Tanner to the splashpark and him and daddy played there while I took care of the girls. We also had a bday cake and sung happy bday to dad. That night we hung out with our sunday school class which was nice.

It is hot here in TX so not as much fun going outside. I know tanner missed the farm and seems to get bored pretty easy here. He starts mother's day out soon so that will help take up a few days through the week.

I will try to get pics up soon!

Oh, and a big milestone. Both girls are now in their cribs in their own room!!! They had their second big night there and are doing great! We are happy to finally have our room to ourselves again!! :) They are getting so big!

Aug 9

Here are a few pics that my cousin took of the girls.

Aug 4

We are still enjoying life in Iowa with lots of family to help out! We have been busy with going to Bret's baseball games, going to family gatherings and spending time with grma and gpa. A day does not go by that Tanner does not spend time on the farm with gpa. They do chores, go to lunch, and mow the lawn together. He LOVES being outside on the farm!!


The girls are growing fast. Emory is a little jabber box already and LOVES to be talked to and will talk back to you in her own words. They are both smiling alot and it is fun to see them interact so much. Eating and sleeping well. They wake up about 2/night at 2am and then 5 or 6am. I am tired, but life is good.



We miss daddy alot. He will be here to pick us up and see us on aug 14. He is also very anxious to see us again.

Here is a picture of all the VB grandchildren. We enjoyed time with our cousin Neveah.