I have to say I am sorry to all those people out there that under my breath I have said all you post is about your children and nothing else.  I would like to ask for your forgiveness. I have never felt a love like this ever in my life as I do for my little girl. I love Jake but it is growing ever day. But the love I have for Erika was from the day I had her and each day it grows more. Jake and I have never treated her like she was a baby we have treated her as a mature spirit in an infant body who can not talk yet but can still communicate if you listen.  I love watching her grow up. I feel like I have enjoyed every moment but the last 6 months has still flown by. Erika will be 6 months on the Jan. 11 but I had a second and I thought I would write. Some fun things we've done is gone:

 1. Willard Bay














 2. Pumpkin Walk 

 3. Hiking

 4. Christmas Tree
The picture will come later. :)

It has been fun the past 6 months and look forward to share more about the adventures of Solid Gold.

Erika is growing so fast she sitting up now, and the other night Jake bath her and she played in the water by herself. Tonight when I bath her she was having so much fun splashing water with her hands and she was getting some big splashes. She's also been mover her mouth like she is talking/eatting but nothing comes out or nothing in her mouth, it's pretty.

Erika is also very much an explorer, here is one example. She'll roll herself to what she wants then goes crazy with it until she get bored. She has rolled an empty 5 gallon bucket over her and many other toys. She is strong and just a funny kid.

Being Erika's Mom

Being Erika's Mom: 

I love being Erika's mother it is the best job I've ever had. Erika is a fun and loving baby! She looks just like her dad but has an out going personality like me. :) Were ever she goes she makes new friends with her cute smile and talkative girl she is. 

Erika wasn't easy to get here in a couple of ways first of all it took a few years to get pregnant and the second is I was in labor with her for 3 days. To have her here was such a blessing. And that is what she has been a delight. She was an adventure to get her here and I try to enjoy ever second I spend with her. She is such a happy little girl. She smiled for the first time in the hospital and here and there until she could smile any time. She loves to be talked to and she loves to be in the center of attention. If I'm in the kitchen she wants to be there and I tell her what I'm doing and she seems to enjoy it. Jake does the same thing with her when he is working on a project she's right there watching and he explains what he is doing.

Some funny things she has done:

1. Pulled her hair at 1 month and made herself cry

    I found this to be very funny.

2. We put her life jacket on her in the tub and she just floats  in the tub with a smile on her face.

3. Finding her shadow on the wall

4. Finding her hands and talking to them

5. When she eats oatmeal and drinking water in a sippy cup

6. Will not drink from a bottle

7. Went shopping the other day for her and she about jumped out of my arms for the clothes. I know she knew the clothes were for her. She doesn't normal getting excited to go grocery shopping.

8. Watching her play with the Christmas tree. She pulls the branch down and it hits her face and moves her head and she repeats. 

9. When she was learning to roll she would only roll from back to tummy. She would cry b/c she was on her tummy and wanted to be on her back. I put the wrong video up and I can't delete it. I have never put a video on before and there is now 3 of the same thing. haha 

10. She can almost touch her nose with her tongue  

Erika has done more but this is things that come to mind right now.

We have taken her:

Boating

Hiking

Biking

She has enjoyed it. Each time for each she get so excited she just talks then she'll stop talking and just enjoy what is around her. 

I love to watch Erika explore then suck on anything she can. It makes me laugh. When she is going to sleep she is kicking as fast as she can and moving her hands just as fast while talking with excitement. She really just makes me laugh a lot.

She loves her dad

Jake had a four day weekend over Thanksgiving and Him and Erika bonded so much. 

Boat

We bought a boat in September. We took it to Willard Bay to see how it worked, we took Erika with us. While we were out a storm rolled in, so we headed back to the dock as we were heading back we hit some big waves. I was holding Erika, and was talking to her when we hit the waves and i'm not kidding she had this big smile on her face and was laughing as we went up and back down. It didn't last long ut she liked it. After some long nights Jake and Phil fixed the boat and we went out about a month later to test the boat again. Jake decided he was going to try water skiing while filming Jake you can hear Erika laughing with enjoyment. It was supper cute. When I find my camera i'll post the boat, and Erika talking/laughing.

More Erika

So, Erika is pretty much this she looks just like Jake but social like me (Jake is becoming more social, and very pround of him). She loves to be talked to and she can beheld pretty much anyone unless Jake doesn't like you she knows and won't go to them. She's a smart little girl and I'm only telling you what I've seen.  I'm just doing pictures that our on my tablet b/c I still can't find my camera.

Welcome Erika

After being in labor for 3 days and my water breaking on day 2 we finally got to meet the baby brewing inside of me for the last 9 months. We didn't find out what we were having we wanted to be surprise. It was funny as soon as they said it was a girl Jake said "what do you do with a girl" it was funny, he was ok we thought it was a boy. So, on July 11 Erika was here safe and healthy, she weighed 7lbs 11oz, 21 inches. Here are the pictures to tell the rest of the story.