a Life with the Erickson's

happy birthday, Kurt!

Kurt turned two this weekend. If you asked him though with a big cheesy grin he'd tell you he was "free" (three)! :) We spent the past month brainstorming ideas and honing in our creative juices just to make this day a special one for him. It turned out wonderful! The past year has been filled with many moments that have made us the happiest we've ever been thanks to this little guy. I can only imagine that he will continue to teach us more than we can teach him and for that we're thankful that God picked him for us. Kurt, we love you to the moon and back! xoxo, Mom & Dad

a little late // three months

Time is slipping through my fingers. Sometime between working five days a week, cooking, cleaning, nursing, pumping, shopping, sleeping, and the other hundred things a parent does my little boy turned 23 months and my little girl turned 3 months. It happened. I couldn't have stopped it if I tried! I wish my photography skills were better and that I would have taken more photos and better photos to capture that day but this is all I have. And I don't mean that in a woe-is-me kind of way! It's just the simple truth. A reminder that life ain't all peaches in cream and neither are my photography skills. These photos reflect that day and I love them for that humble reminder that "life is good".

then & now // two months

Kurt: 04/23/2012

Natalie: 12/22/2013

holiday traditions // sugar cookies

Sugar cookies for a Christmas party are like pumpkin pies for a Thanksgiving dinner. Well, this year I had the best helper ever. He truly enjoyed pushing those festive shaped cookie cutters into the dough and finalizing each cookie with a not-so-healthy dose of sprinkles - almost exclusively blue sprinkles. :) And I too enjoyed this special time spent together while Natalie was napping. As a young family, we don't have many holiday traditions yet but this is one that I will continue for as long as I can before Kurt and Natalie are grown and have families of their own. In addition to teaching my children how to follow recipes, measure, and stir, teaching my children what this season is all about is something I will look forward to each year.

* Thank you Mom for passing on your love for cooking :)

never grow up

Oh, how time flies. I'm going to bottle up every little grunt and squeak from a hungry growing girl and the smell that radiates from her silky soft skin, and the sounds of footsteps from a boy who is running around looking for his train. Truth be told, these days are numbered and I want to remember them forever.