Erik and the lime

Back in late August early September my brother Ken and his wife, Nikki came to visit the family in Michigan, during this visit Nikki showed me youtube videos of babies first experience with tasting lime/lemons and the faces they make. So we decided to make a little video of our own. The only thing is it made him cry a little. So Nikki this one's for you, Enjoy!



A while back I got my hair cut, short. It's been about 8 months and it's getting to where I like it better so I thought I'd share a pic.

Erik's Birthday Party!!!

Erik with his quilt that I finally finished

Erik's quilt, done!

Erik's gift from Grandma and Grandpa, his cousins
enjoyed playing with it more

Erik looking at his birthday card from Grandma and Grandpa

Erik with his quilt

Daddy and Erik

Erik taking off his birthday hat

Julia and Rachel

Erik's birthday cake that I decorated, I was pretty
impressed with my decorating abilities

Blowing out the candle with the help of Grandma and Rachie

Just before blowing the candle out

Present pile!

icecream...

cake...yum!

Erik and Uncle James

Grandpa and Erik, he was getting sleepy

Grandma and Erik

Erik had a wonderful 1st birthday party. He didn't exactly understand what was going on but he is plenty of years to figure it out. I think he was a little overwhelmed! He still had fun though, I know I did!

You've had a birthday shout hooray!

How the time flies! Erik just turned 1 on the 12th, he has grown so much and I just wanted to share some fun things about him in memory of his 1st year of life.

*First of all Erik is the most fun, happy baby I know, ( most of the time :)
*He loves to play with mommy and daddy, and pretty much anyone who starts playing with him
*He is not a picky eater, at least not yet, he tries anything we give him and has never refused food we give him
*He plays well by himself if mom or dad are busy doing other things ie. playing WOW
*He goes to bed at night time wonderfully, and sleeps the whole night
*I love his laugh, if I am having a not so good day his smile or his laughs will put me in a happier mood
*When mom or dad are sitting on the couch he will climb up and sit next to you and cuddle, for a few seconds at a time.
*He is a great walker which is his main mode of movement
*He never fails to try and sneak through the gate when we go into another room, also he always crys once we close the gate and he is not on the same side as mom or dad
*He does very well with other people holding him, although he might look at them with a blank stare for a little while
*His hair is curly and I love it
*He likes to see his reflection in the mirror

As you can see there are so many wonderful things about Erik and we love him dearly and have been blessed since he has come into our family. Here are some pictures of Erik throughout his first year of life, enjoy! Also I have made alot of progress on his quilt that I mentioned about 2 months ago, it will be done in a couple of days and I will post pictures of it.

9 months

5 months

3 months

4 months

1 week old

1 week old

his "birth" day

Halloween and misc. pictures of Erik

Erik was a monkey for halloween,
and a very cute one too!

Eating a banana

One day I came downstairs and saw Erik in the box