Friday, November 27, 2009

Cutie Pie



Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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.

Monday, November 23, 2009

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...


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

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)

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Enough Said

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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