Erika in a baby swing
Erika swinging at the playground (29 weeks old)

Erika Kueppers Pfeifer

Born November 3, 2004 at 10:39 a.m.

8 lb 5 oz (3770 grams), 21.25" (54 cm) long

12/3/04: 10 lb, 2 oz (4593 grams), 22" (56 cm) long

1/5/05: 11 lb, 13 oz (5358 grams), 23 3/8" (59 cm) long

3/11/05: 15 lb (6.8 kg), 25" (63.5cm) long

5/10/05: 16 lb, 14 oz (7.7 kg), 27 1/4" (69 cm) long

8/12/05: 20 lb, 1 oz (9.1 kg), 28 1/2" (72.4 cm) long

Pictures from Erika's first month

Pictures from Erika's second and third months

Pictures from Erika's fourth and fifth months


John feeding Erika cereal
Erika enjoying her second meal of rice cereal -- we forgot to photograph the first one! (6 months old)
Sonja and Erika
Erika sitting on Sonja's lap (29 weeks old)
Erika sitting on John's shoulders
Erika sitting on John's shoulders (29 weeks old)
Erika with her cousin Patrick and grandparents at the zoo
Erika visits the zoo with her cousin Patrick and her grandparents (31 weeks old)
Sonja and Erika in swimming pool
Erika's first swimming pool experience (31 weeks old)
Sonja and Erika in swimming pool
Erika spent lots of time splasthing in the pool (31 weeks old)
Erika holding on to the edge of the sofa and standing
She's started learning how to cruise... (32 weeks old)
Erika standing at the side of her crib
This sight now often greets us when she wakes up from a nap (33 weeks old)
Erika in a crowd of baseball viewers
Erika at her first baseball game on July 4. If you look closely at the larger version of this picture, you can see her two bottom teeth growing in. (8 months old)
Erika in green and blue sweater
Erika wearing the sweater I knit for her to wear this fall and winter. My very first sweater! (36 weeks old)
Erika holding green yarn ball
Erika kept getting into my yarn, so I knit a yarn ball for her to play with. (36 weeks old)
Erika sitting on her rolling toy
She doesn't quite have the hang of rolling herself along with her feet yet, though she does do it for short distances. (9 1/2 months)
Erika sitting on the grass in front of the World War II memorial
Here she is holding onto an empty water bottle, in front of the World War II memorial. (42 weeks)