Let's Go Sabres

Mommy's friend 'Aunt Bev' got Erin this adorable Sabres outfit for Christmas. Erin wore it today to hopefully bring them some good luck tonight! The cute sippy cup she is drinking from is from Aunt Sheila and family.

Erin with mommy's friends

We had lunch today at Cathy and Chris's new house in the Falls. Erin joined us and had a great time trying to get into everything!

Video of Erin on her Bounce and Spin Zebra

Some Christmas Pictures

Isn't she just a doll in her Christmas dress. I'm glad that she gets to wear it again on Sunday for the Robak Christmas party.

Erin absolutely adores her Bounce and Spin Zebra. She figured out how to get on and off it right away. I have a great video of her on this, but it isn't uploading. Maybe I'll get it on here later.

Erin is enjoying her toy piano from grandpa Keith and grandma Diane.

Erin is checking out the ornaments on grandma's tree.

Aunt Christine is feeding Erin some peanut butter frosting. No wonder she didn't fall asleep until 9pm.

Merry Christmas!

This is Nicole and Erin in Grandma's stocking last year:


This is Nicole and Erin in Grandma's stocking this year:


She's really grown over the past year..... love you both!

Merry Christmas from Aunt Christine!

Erin & Rushford Playing

Here is a Christmas video of Erin and Rushford playing;
I know it is sideways - I could not figure out how to rotate the video.



- Uncle Mike

Erin Visits Aunt Christine & Uncle Mike

Christine and I had the joy of watching Erin for an evening.

Below are some photos;

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She walks, talks, waters plants, and plays with Rushford.

Her gardening ability comes from her Aunt Christine

- Mike is Erin Barker's Uncle.

Snow Day Pics....

Erin loves to play with tissues (clean ones of course) and pretend to blow her nose!

Erin is totally in awe of the X-mas tree. Here she is playing with one of the unbreakable ones that we placed near the bottom of the tree for her.

Here Erin is sporting her beautiful scarf and talking on her phone.

Erin took one of my visors and put it on her head backwards. Too funny!

We went to check the mail and get the paper (which weren't even there when we got to the mailbox). Erin was giggling the whole time and loved her snowsuit. My camera battery died, so I couldn't get more pictures.

She's just too darn cute!!

Here are some really adorable things that Erin has been doing lately:

1. She has this cute jean hat that she will constantly put on and off her head. If she sees it, she walks over and puts it on her head. She also trys to put anything else that she can on her head too (X-mas cards, clean diapers, the newspaper).

2. She loves to pretend to talk on the phone. Anything that is in her hand can be a phone for her. She holds it to her ear and babbles away. Sometimes it actually sounds like she is holding a conversation.

3. I often give her a clean diaper to play with while I'm changing her (to keep her happy). Anyway, after I got finished changing her, she took the clean diaper and put it in the diaper champ. Then she tried to turn the handle to put into the garbage bag. It is was so cute!

I'll try to get some pictures of her doing these things. It is as if I need a camera glued to me at all times!

No wonder Erin is such a messy eater!

Erin really loves these mini cheese and crackers that we made her.

But with daddy's encouragement she started opening her mouth while it was full!

(12/12/08)

No wonder she is such a messy eater though, since mommy and daddy were pretty messy with their wedding cake! (7/23/05)

She has grown like a weed!

Erin had her 1 year check-up today. She is perfectly healthy and definitely grown like a weed this first year of her life. She has gained 16 lbs 6 oz and grown 10.75 inches since she was born. Her height is in the 97th percentile, her weight is in the 90th and her head circumference is in the 85th percentile. She got two shots and did well (just a few tears). Her doctor did mention that her growth is going to slow down now and not to expect her to triple her weight again this next year! Normal growth from year 1-year 2 is 'only' about 5 lbs and 2 inches. I have a feeling that Erin's will be a little more than that (she definitely likes to eat). Mommy ordered a new camera from Target and we will definitely be taking lots of photos once it comes in! Stay tuned....

Erin is 1 year old!

Wow, it is unbelievable how fast this year has gone by. Looking back at this journey, I would have never been able to predict how amazing parenthood would be. It has given me such tremendous joy to watch our baby grow and develop. I can not even imagine how it will feel to watch Erin graduate from high school. Anyway, Erin is definitely a "toddler" now. She is walking really well and defintely able to get into pretty much everything that isn't locked up! She is babbling a lot and will say mama, dada, bye-bye and we think she is trying to say "Carl" (her kitty). It is so cute to hear her babble in what seems to be her own language. She loves to share and also loves to throw her food off her high chair. Erin likes to mimic what we do and she even trys to comb her own hair and use tissues to blow her nose. She gives kisses and will be seen kissing her stuffed animals or pictures of dogs and cats. She is sleeping pretty well most nights and will normally go to bed around 7pm and wake around 6am. Erin is still a big girl, but she definitely seems to be losing some "baby fat" with all her activity. She has her 1 year check-up on Friday, so we will update with her new stats then. She celebrated her first birthday with her immediate family today and had a great time being able to touch her very own cake. Here a few pictures:

Erin looking was looking around showing off her messy face!

Erin was very curious about all these brightly colored boxes and bags in the living room. She is still a little too young to open them herself, but she really loves all her new toys and clothes.

Aunt Christine made these adorable cupcakes for everyone to eat. She even bought Erin candles that spell out her name.

Erin absolutely adores balloons. It was so cute to watch her walk around holding them.

Erin with her stuffed "Rushford" dolly. When she is sleeping she will rub her face into him. It is so precious.

Family Picture Day

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....

We got our first snow out here in the country. There were lake-effect snow warnings, but we really only had about 1-2 inches (most of which came down after Nicole was already at work). It was absolutely breathtaking and fortunately Jay got outside during Erin's nap and took some pictures. I think these pictures speak for themselves.

Our trails weren't too snowy yet, as the trees caught all the snow.

Hats!

Erin loves to go through the storage cube that has all our winter hats, gloves and scarves.

Here she is in her new winter hat.

Here she is sporting one of daddy's baseball hats (that he has never worn).

Here she is wearning daddy's favorite winter hat. The funny thing is that his hat still fits Jay and he's been known to wear it in public!

Here she is in the free beer hat that daddy got from his friend. (note....she will not be wearing beer paraphernalia anytime soon)

As you can see, Erin is ready to take on the cold, winter weather that will be here soon!