Sept 6

The girls are now 4 months already!!! Time has flown, but some days seem like they never end... Exhaution!! Having 3 kids 2 and under is quite the task, but we are doing it. I have had several friends come in the evenings when Chris is at work to help out. I als have a mother's helper a few nights a week too.

Tanner has his MRI Monday morning to see how his shunt is doing. I am anxious for that appointment. Then the girls have their developmental appointment on Tues and their 4mo shots on Thurs. BUSY week. Chris parents are coming for a few days to visit and help out so that will be nice.

Tanner started MDO on Tues and Thurs from 9-2. He seemed to really enjoy his first day and I think it will be good for him and myself!! He is still adjusting to sharing his time with mom and dad and some days are better than others.

Here are a few pics.. gotta go for now!

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.

July 25

Things have been busy in the Lincecum household. I just wanted to put in a quick blog before leaving for lake okoboji again. The kids and I have been in Iowa visiting with family and enjoying all the help for about 2 weeks now. We drove home with gma and gpa VB and Chris will pick us up again on aug 14 or so. He misses us alot and we miss him too!!

The girls are doing great and eating well and growing fast. I will try to put some new pics up soon as I can figure out the way to download pics onto my mom's computer. We have spent most of the week in Okoboji with the Te Grotenhius clan and enjoying boating and jet skiing. Tanner is having fun with all his cousins and loves the beach most of the time.. if he gets enough sleep LOL :).


Tanner and his cousins at Okoboji


Arnold's Park




More to come at a later time... whenever I have more time :)

July 2

I can't believe it is July already! Summer is flying by and it has been HOT here in Texas!!
The girls are doing well and Tanner is adjusting. We continue to have lots of visitors and helpers which is very nice. Becca is here now to help for a few days and on thursday my brother and his wife will be here for a few days to visit! The girls have started sleeping a little better at night. They are still eating almost every 3 hrs but occationally will go 4-5 hours at night if they are tired enough. The biggest challenge is keeping them up during the day so they are tired at night. Alexis had her first real smile at mom on June 30 so that was exciting. Emory has been really close but not sure it was a real smile or not!

Yesterday we took the family to the Harbor and Tanner had some fun at the splash area while the girls chilled in the shade. We all had a fun time and Emory and Alexis slept the whole time we were gone.

Emory asleep in the shade:


Mom and Tanner:


Almost a smile from Emory


Close up of Alexis all ready for church: