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  • Erik Asla And Tyra Banks Show Off Their Baby Boy

    Tyra Banks and partner Erik Asla are the parents to a bouncing baby boy named York, whom they delivered via surrogate.

    The supermodel and talk show host took to Instagram on Sunday and shared a sweet photo of herself looking serene as their “miracle baby” cozily snuggled close to her.

    “This is the Happiest Valentine’s Day of my life. York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much love,” the caption said.

    This is the Happiest Valentine’s Day of my life. York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much love.

    A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on

    Meanwhile, her photographer boyfriend of two years, Erik Asla, posted the same photo on his Instagram page with the caption, “Mother and Son.”

    The 42-year-old TV personality had been candid about her struggles to conceive. For years, Banks has claimed to have tried just about everything that modern fertility methods have to offer, including repeated IVF sessions that never reached fruition.

    In an episode of the lifestyle talk show FABLife – which Tyra Banks co-hosts and produces – she broke down in tears as she described the many painful IVF treatments she has gone through and the constant judgment that she faces for being childless in her forties.

    Fortunately, using a surrogate mother to carry their embryos proved successful, as they now have baby York.

    While fans are happy about the baby news, a lot of people have also gotten quite curious about Tyra Banks’ other half, Erik Asla. Not much has been published about her partner, even though they’ve actually been together for more than two years now. ET managed to gather a few interesting details about the guy, the first of which is that he’s a 50-year-old professional photographer from Norway, who relocated to Los Angeles.

    Upon arriving in the U.S., Erik Asla scored a job as a photo assistant to esteemed fashion photographer Herb Ritts. He and Tyra Banks reportedly met on the set of the Norwegian version of Next Top Model, where he worked as one of the show’s photographers.

  • Thief Returns Prized Pumpkin, Leaves Note

    Ah yes, York, Pennsylvania. Home of the York Peppermint Patty, York International Air Conditioners, the rock band “Live,” and now prized pumpkin theft. On Sunday, a thief returned a 255-pound pumpkin a boy won at a Windsor Township Oktoberfest celebration, along with an apologetic note.

    Nine-year-old Jaiden Newcomer correctly guessed the weight of the whopping pumpkin, and was able to take it home and put it on his family’s porch. The pumpkin was quickly swiped, though after a weekend outing, the Newcomer’s found that it had been returned.

    The included note read, “I’m really sorry about taking your pumpkin, it was wrong of me, you earned the pumpkin, I didn’t think my actions through nor realize who they were affecting. Sincerest apologies.”

    I’d once lived in York for 7 years, the self-styled first capital of the United States, and recall that the people there take their gourds, Indian corn, cucumbers, squash, melons and pumpkins quite seriously.

    Jaiden’s mom Amy told the York Dispatch that her son is “very excited. He’s beside himself.”

    Still, someone goes through the effort of jacking a 250 pound pumpkin from a stoop, from a little kid, but then apologizes, so the incident is now testament do-goodery and kindness. The late Norman Rockwell could’ve painted the situation. Some might say the present national ethos demands a serious reaching for anything that might resemble an ideal. Along with a serious reaching for recreational squash.

    Live’s ode to York, featured on their 1994 album “Throwing Copper,” is entitled “Shit Towne:”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuJj3jpZCEk

    York, also known as Yorktown in the mid 18th to early 19th century, was founded in 1741 by settlers from the Philadelphia region, and named for the English city of the same name. Today, much of York’s culture is indicative the city’s evolving role as an agricultural and industrial center. Half of all Harley-Davidson employees work in York, and one of Starbucks’ four roasting facilities in the world exists just north of the city. And there’s big pumpkins.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons.