Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
Charleston: A Weekend Away
If you've read my blog for awhile, you will notice I end up in Charleston, South Carolina every so often. I actually lived in Charleston for a short time after college and so, it has a special place in my heart! Luckily, one of my best friends still lives there so I...
Gender Reveal: It’s A…!
The Big Announcement Pregnancy Things I Wasn't Expecting We didn't do anything super-exciting for this gender reveal but I guess I gotta tell ya --right?! Okay -- I will spare you having to read to the bottom: It's a Boy! How We Found Out So two Saturday mornings ago,...
Am I the Only Wimp in Yoga?
So...yoga and barre are actually really hard if you do them right. You would think a girl who ran a bunch of marathons and loves crazy, intense heavy CrossFit workouts could handle a few 3-lb weights and some extra long downward dogs. But I'm a wimp. I swear I am the...
Barre Hopping in DC
Now that I've been using ClassPass, I've been skipping all over town trying out different studios. The thing with CP is, you can only go to the same studio three times in one month so you are forced to go to new places. There are a lot of barre classes available and...
Pregnancy Things I Wasn’t Expecting
I probably know less about being pregnant than an 8-year-old. That may be an exaggeration but there have been a lot of unexpecteds. For example, I didn't know that pregnancy weeks were counted from the date of your last period -- so that you actually get two "bonus"...
Living in the Now
*First of all, thanks to everyone who poured on the congratulations about our baby news last week! I've been wanting to tell everyone for weeks but finally felt comfortable. I'll have another surprise this week -- gender reveal! Stay tuned for that later 🙂 In...