Baby Tag!

I thought these questions were fun. It will be nice to look back and remember my first pregnancy!

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? On a cruise ship

2.Who was with you? My entire family was on the cruise but it was just Jeff and me in the room

3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy test, yes I took one on the cruise with me

4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Excited and a little scared

5.Who was the first person you told? Jeff of course!

6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes, that is why I took the pregnancy test with me.

7.Did you tell everyone else right away? No, I told my family but I let Jeff decide when to let his side know. We didn’t tell friends until 14 weeks.

8.Was everybody happy for you? Yes, we had been married for over 3 ½ years so everyone felt like it was time.

9.Did you go out and celebrate? Well I guess just being on a cruise was enough of a celebration right?

10.Did you want to find out the sex? Oh yes! I can’t wait for something like that. I needed to know what to look for when shopping, I didn’t want everything in yellow.

11.What was the sex? A boy!!

12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? My mom, sisters, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. It was way fun! I also had a ward shower thrown by 2 friends in the ward a month after he was born.

13.Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn’t put on your baby? No, I guess everyone has really good taste.

14.How much weight did you gain? 35 lbs,

15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Not yet. Hopefully soon!

16.Did you get any stretch marks? Yes! I got my first stretch mark at 14 weeks. I guess I don’t have stretchy skin. I’m covered in them. I even used the lotions and things and nothing helped.

17.What did you crave the most? In the beginning I wanted fruit, lots of fruit. It was February so it was impossible to find good fruit.

18.Did you crave anything crazy? I wanted Cheese Whiz and crackers. I couldn’t bring myself to buy any until the end.

19.Who or what got on your nerves? I’m not sure. I think that most everyone got my nerves at some point. I was hot all the time and I didn’t love that.

20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Morning sickness isn’t fun. No real complications during pregnancy thank goodness but I didn’t have a fun labor and delivery.

21.Where and when did you go into labor? I started having contractions on Saturday morning at home. I went with my mom to Target and Costco, where they got stronger. I ended up leaving for the hospital around 5:30.

22.Did your water break? My doctor broke it.

23.Who drove you to the hospital? My mom and dad. Jeff was trying to get things ready that day since I was going to be induced the next day. I wasn’t sure what they would decide to do so I let him stay to finish it.

24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Jeff. I ended up going in for an emergency c-section so of course I had a few doctors and quite a few nurses.

25.Did you go early or late? 6 days late

26.How long were in labor for? Total since we arrived at the hospital 17 ½ hours until McCoy was born. Unfortunately I was still in my c-section for about 1 1/2 hours after that because of problems.

27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes an epidural but it didn’t work the entire time.

28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? C-section

29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I was so happy to have him out finally! I looked at him and couldn’t believe that I had carried this little one. About a half hour after Jeff took him to the nursery I fell asleep from the exhaustion.

30.How big was the baby? 7 lbs. 12 oz. 20 ½ in.

31.Did your husband cry? Not that I remember. He was so happy. I didn’t get to see him for more than 5 minutes after McCoy was born though.

32.What did you name the baby? McCoy Jeffrey Erickson

33.Does his name have any significant meaning? Of course Jeffrey after his dad. I love the name Jeffrey! McCoy happens to be our really good friend’s last name. We had mentioned the name as a joke but both of us fell in love with the name.

34.Did you have any visitors? Yes, my mom, dad, Ju Ju and Kris were at the hospital when I had McCoy, they got to hold him before me. Mel (Jeff’s dad) and Annette came a little later. In the next few days we had our friends KC, Sally and Maycee. Also my best friend Rebecca Delight. Jeff’s sister Lisa, her husband Mike, and their son Weston.

35.Did the baby have any complications? He was really stuck. When they went to get him out during the c-section they had to pull and push really hard. Poor kid had a horrible cone head. He has 2 large stork bites (red spots) on his head.

36.How old is your baby today? 5 ½ months. He is getting too big!

37.When is the next one coming? Not for a while. I don’t think I can handle another one too soon. McCoy is a ball of energy.

38.If you could would you do it all over again? Oh yes. As much as morning sickness sucks and as bad as my delivery was I would do it again. I’m just amazed by the love I feel for my little baby. It doesn’t hurt that I get to schedule my delivery the next time.

39.Tag five: I tag whoever wants to do this who has had a baby.

One Fun Week!

Things have been quite fun around here the last week. First of all I got my hair cut on Wednesday. If you didn't know, or couldn't tell, I have been gradually cutting my hair shorter and shorter. Well I decided this time I was going to cut it shorter than my shoulders. Jeff has only seen my hair this short in pictures. I went to my wonderful hairdresser and told her how short I wanted it but did not know what style. (She also colored my hair darker, which I love and need because I have gray hairs!) I told her I wanted to keep my bangs but for her to just do whatever she thought would look good. Most of the time hair dressers love me because I'm not too picky and I often just tell them to choose how to do my hair. She did an awesome job! I don't know what others think of my hair but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! Thanks Nikki!



Jeff plays on one of our ward basketball teams. (There are 2 in our ward.) They are playing awesome this year. They had a game today which they won putting them in to a spot for the final four teams in the region. We have only gone to see 2 games, I know we are bad but some have been really early. McCoy loves watching basketball on tv and loves it just as much in person. We are excited to go watch Jeff play on Saturday!

McCoy of course is changing daily. On Monday night he was playing on the floor on his stomach as usual and did a few push ups. Meaning he was up on his hands and his toes. By today he has started pushing up so high that he sticks his bum in the air. He wants to move forward so bad! He is really good at moving around in circles and can inch his way forward a little but that kid is dying to crawl. Tonight he started bending in his left leg while he was up on his toes. I'm afraid he may be crawling too soon. I'm excited to see his changes but as he becomes more mobile he doesn't want to be held or snuggled as much. He is also so wiggly while being held. When I was little I loved sitting on my dad's lap and he called me his "wallorer" because I couldn't hold still. I think McCoy is my little wallorer! We love his little personality. One of our favorite things is that when he sees you he gives this huge smile and pulls his hands up to his face because he is so excited. He can look away for 5 seconds, look back and smile at you just like it is the first time he has seen you in days. McCoy has also started to really notice Cede. He will just lay on his stomach and watch her play. He has started reaching out to her and petting her. Well it isn't really petting as much as grabbing or hitting but she doesn't mind either way. Harley, Julianne's dog, loves to play. She thinks that McCoy is laying on the ground trying to play with her. It is so cute!

Practicing his push ups

Starting to get mad because he wants to crawl

Checking out Cede

Cede giving him a kiss. I realize that some people are
probably freaking out about this but I won't let her kiss
him more than twice and really how am I going to keep
this from ever happening.

Getting in their starting postitions to play

Let's Go!


(Sorry for the picture overload. I couldn't help it. He was just too cute today!)