I realized while I was at Lynchburg how much I really want to go out, with Tim and no baby. (Nathan and Sara and Nathan’s parents regularly have dates.) We haven’t had a date in a long time. Even if someone else in the house has Sara …
Happy Birthday Mom!
We are going on a family outing to St. Michael’s Maryland.
Our road trip has turned into two trips separated by a day 8O.
The following are our arrangements going west. Between Washington and Chicago we got Superliner Roomettes so we can sleep more comfortably on the long trip. During the day it has two seats and at night two single …
Forgive me, I didn’t mention Tim turned 26 on the 13th! 
We were supposed to go to a Japanese Steakhouse but he has had a cold and didn’t want to go out. We got Chinese and I brought home two balloons for him. I gave him …
Happy 20th Birthday Emily!
After taking Tim to BWI for his flight to Seattle (Opera event), the Helmses minus Dad went to Wheaton. There is a neat park there. There is a miniature train for riding, carosel, playground/ party area. We walked through here to Pine Lake where …
Sara Ellen has another UTI. 
We thought maybe she just had a cold since that can cause a fever but it got higher so we took her to the doctor after monitoring the temperature and again yesterday because it got higher. She looked fine still on …
Our little girl had her 6-month check-up today.
She weighed in at 20 lbs and measured 27 inches! She is also getting two bottom front teeth in. She’s growing so fast!
She likes sucking on fruit and gets lots of attention from admirerers wherever we go. She scoots backwards on …