Ericka's Blog

Tomorrow is Jacob's 2nd birthday. Time may fly but I feel like he has been in my life forever. How is it that two years ago today he'd hadn't yet breathed air? Now he is part of the air I breathe and makes like so much better. In the past two weeks, he has become a...

I’m so used to hearing those on the Left castigate everything related to the word “Trump” that I was shocked when Melinda Gates complimented Ivanka Trump this week during an interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow. When Harlow pressed Gates on her thoughts about the First...

I've come upon my last month as a 2017 ambassador for Premier Protein, but it's not the end of my protein journey. While I've always been big on exercise, it wasn't until this year that I truly saw nutrition play a significant role in my athletic life. I had no...

If you follow me on social media, you already saw this week that I made a big announcement: I'm expecting my second baby in March! You guys, it still feels very surreal but also incredible that I get to take this amazing journey again. I'm totally enthralled by...

I've struggled with daycare guilt since day #1. Jacob started going to daycare part-time at 5 months old and looking back, I can't believe I dropped my tiny baby off there. Growing up, I never imagined myself a professionally-working mom. I'd stay at home with my...

*This post is sponsored by Premier Protein "You're an athlete, right?" Someone said to me recently "Um, not really, I mean I work out...," I said with a bit of a laugh, picturing Olympic-calibre runners sprinting down a track. The dictionary defines "athlete" as "a...