Look-alike Contest

All this time I've thought that Erik looks just like Paul. I saw it at birth, especially when we compared Erik to Paul's baby pictures, identical! I've never felt any quams that my facial traits didn't pass onto him, infact it made sence because I'd seen the Dad's features dominate in my nieces and nephews, so why not my own son have his dad's features.

But lately I've thought Erik reminds me of someone, and looking at some of my baby pictures I realized who, ME!

YOU be the judge, VOTE on who Erik looks most like, his mommy or daddy.

May the best parent win! jk

He's so strong (and smart)

Sometimes we walk in the living room and catch Erik standing on or by the couch. We tell him he needs to stop, because he can't catch himself when he falls, but he just doesn't listen. We also catch him on our bed when we want him to go to his own bed. He's usually reading his favorite book, and Paul's as well, all about the BYU Cougars. Just kidding about Erik pulling himself up on the couch or our bed, but he can stand for about five seconds on his own before he topples over. That's why mom and dad are just out of the picture waiting to catch him.






Oh and just in case you were wondering how strong Erik is, let him show you himself.

Photo Shoot

On Feb. 16th we took Erik to JC Penny and got his 2 month pictures taken. I thought I had timed his feeding/sleeping schedule just right so we would capture his big grins, but it didn't work out that way. After just a few pictures he started to yawn and soon after started getting fussy, telling us he was tired. We got some good photo's though and afterwards while we walked around the mall he got his nap time in.

Valentine's Day

With all the cute pictures of our little boy we've posted lately we wondered if y'all have forgotten what we look like. Paul took me to our stake's Valentine's Dance. It was a really fun date, thanks to some great sisters who watched their newphew for us. We had dinner and dessert, played some great Valentine games and best of all DANCED! Paul's such a great dancer, I just loved it!

I won plastic noise-maker lips, they were so fun and silly I just couldn't pass them up!

I stuck Erik's Valentine to his hat, it said "I've been kissed on Valentine's Day"

2 Months Old!

Erik is now 2 months old, officially on Feb 6. We celebrated all week. We took 2 month pictures at home, voted on Super Tuesday and went to the Doctor for shots! Our little boy did so well with his shots, only cried for a little bit and didn't get a fever. The Dr. reported that Erik is now 24 1/2in tall, 14.5lbs and that puts him in to the 93-96th%, a big boy! And strong too! In the Dr.'s office he almost rolled over and at home he actually did, several times!! He can hold his head up really well during tummy time and loves to stand with his strong legs. We're so proud of him and love showing off his talents to friends and family.

Erik's Triks

Before he even reached the 2 month mark Erik could impress us with his budding talents. He can give us adorable smiles, stand up with only a little bit of our help and lift his head and chest during 'tummy time'! Yes he's amazing we know, a baby genious is what we're calling him. We love him so much and enjoy every minute with him!

Erik's Toys

Lately we've been putting Erik in his bouncer and hooking a mobile to it so that Erik can hit and play with it. Well Erik loved that. He got really good at hitting the rattle with his right hand, which makes me think he is right handed. But you can tell that he is purposely trying to hit it instead of it just being random movements, because he looks straight at the toy that rattles and hits it. He also spends an hour or more in his bouncer before he gets tired of playing, when normally he doesn't like spending time by himself if he is awake. This is nice for mom and dad. Today we put Erik under his Elmo gym that Grandma Feeman and Aunt Laurie picked out for him for Christmas and he smiled really big and kicked his feet. He was really content with laying under the gym for about an hour as mom and dad took pictures and watched him play. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Feeman for the toy and of course Laurie, what could we have ever done without you.