The House of Helrings

July 4th, 2013

We walked down to the town center and ate some good ol' American hamburgers at The Habit.

Our 10 Year Wedding Anniversary

Our 10 Year Wedding Anniversary!

July 4th, 2013
We celebrated our anniversary by going out to a nice dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Irvine,CA.
We had a great time and a wonderful dinner while Grandpa and Omi babysat the girls at home.
This a picture taken of us by the hostess at the restaurant.

Natalie at 7 Months Old

Natalie at 7 Months Old
Natalie started to crawl at 7 months and 5 days old.
She moved into her sister's bedroom when she was 6mo 3 weeks old.
The crib was previously in our bedroom and we just moved it in with her sisters.
The transition has gone fairly well with a few set backs along the way. I used the Ferber method to get Natalie to sleep through the night. I am not as strict with the Ferber method (basicall crying it out with a few comfort breaks). She got the idea after one night and one hour of crying. I did go into her room and pat her back and try to sooth her several times. She slept 8 hours after she fell asleep. I am still nursing her. She goes to bed about 8:30 and can sleep till about 7:30 am without waking up to nurse. We have had a few setbacks with her having have started teething. But, all has gone pretty well. Ava and Natalie dont seem to be awakened by Natalie. Natalie actually gets awaked by them though. Work in progress....

Natalie got her first bottom left tooth at 7 months and 1 week old.

Just for fun

They are always picking flowers in the grass.

Ava taking pics of flowers.

Trying to get Felix.

At 6.5 mo old

I know what you are thinking, and YES, my feet are THAT delicious!

This is why I am sometimes (or most of the time) running late....not to mention getting down four ramps of our parking structure and walking down the apartment walkway just to get to the car and get three children safely buckled into their car seats. Please, tell me no one forgot and needs their baby doggy. Haha!

Beating the Heat

Beating the Heat...

Girls at Gymnastics

Ava and Charlotte saying hello to one another through the glass window during Ava's class.

Learning to bounce off the spring board and onto the big squishy pad.

She can go across the monkey bars with her hands and feet now.

Learning to remember to put their hands up straight after completing "cartwheel" or landing properly on the practice mats. The kids are still learning how to do cartwheels and handstands with the help of their teacher and some gym equipment.

2nd week of class