Cutie Pie

Stealth Mode

Matt: Is Felix hungry? Has he eaten recently?

Erika: I just fed him.

Matt: Whoa. You're like a breast-feeding ninja!

I love my life.

Baby's First Vegas

Last weekend Matt and I took a quick roadtrip to Vegas on a whim, as our dear friend Rachel was going be there for a few days. We figured there couldn't be a more appropriate place to take a newborn for his first vacation, right? It was my first time to the famous "Sin City" and it was pretty much as I imagined it to be--one giant, magnificent, overgrown, well-lit facade.

We found ourselves a perfectly seedy hotel just off the strip to stay at and our first order of business was giving our darling Mr. Felix a bath, as he'd pooped EVERYWHERE just as we arrived in town.


We hung out with Rachel for a few hours at the Venetian Hotel, munching on overpriced chips and salsa while an over-eager pontoon paddler loudly serenaded the crowds behind us. In the evening we toured the strip for a few hours, stuck a couple dollar bills in a slot machine at Harrah's, and called it a night at 9:30pm. Matt had hoped for Felix's sake that we'd run into some topless dancers, (as that's pretty much all Felix is into these days--boobs!), but I guess it just wasn't in the cards for us.





The next morning our darling baby boy woke up naked and disoriented in a sleazy Vegas hotel. I'd say his first Vegas vacation was a success!

Here's to many more family roadtrips in the future, son...

She Makes It Look So Easy

Damn that Anne Geddes.

My Latest Project

Ok, so this is LOOOONG overdue, but...

I had a baby!

Introducing Baby Felix:

Born September 27th, 2009 @ 12:20am

7lbs, 12 oz and 20.5" long

He's got my eyes and his father's ears.

Here's a quick look at the past seven weeks of his life:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Felix is just the sweetest baby boy you'll ever meet and it's been an absolute joy getting to know him over these past 7 weeks. He's super cute, eats like it's going out of style, and is a champion pooper. He's licking my arm as I type this, so that's my cue to go feed him and put him to bed. You can find out more about him at his website. I can't wait for you to meet him!

SuperSize Me

In response to popular demand and for the sake of posterity, it's high time I post a photo of me and my ginormous belly!

Erika and baby, 35-ish weeks

PS THANK GOODNESS for big lady panties. I bought some a few days ago, as my hinterlands are growing right along with the baby, and what a difference it makes--I feel like a new person. God bless full coverage. (TMI*, perhaps? These days I have trouble discerning.) I was in denial that I needed to upgrade to larger underwear until one day I put on a pair of underwear not realizing that I was already wearing a pair. Ok, that's not a true story, but it very well could be. I've been known to do some highly nutty things these days. Did I happen to mention that I poured hot water instead of syrup on my pancakes the other day...


*TMI= Too Much Information (for my mother who may not get my techno savvy abbreviations)

Enough Said

10 Years

Matt and Erika, 1999

Ten years ago today, Matt and I met on our first day of classes as lowly freshmen on the campus of the University of Kansas. We had two classes together that first semester--Honors English and Art History (although he wasn't aware that that I was in his Art Histroy class until a few weeks after stalking him in the large lecture hall and knowing his every move, I "happened to bump into him" and say, "Matt! I didn't know you were in this class! What a fun surprise!", or something as equally lame.) We started dating a month or two into the semester and the rest is, as they say, history.

Matt, thanks for the best ten years of my life. I love you SO MUCH! You're the best travel companion ever, you make me laugh all the time, you're absolutely brilliant, and you're going to be the best gosh-darn dad in the world! I am your biggest fan. The next ten are bound to be just as lovely, I'm sure of it!

Matt and Erika, 2009