Carter the cheeseball!

The Three Ericksen Kiddos

Mom and Morgan - The Ericksen Women

I am a SUPERSTAR PRINCESS!!!

Carter is a HUGE baby!!!

SHE'S HERE!!!

The family welcomes our new arrival!!! 8 pounds 1 ounce, and 20 inches long... and all GIRL!

The first time with Mom... on the outside!!!

A couple of other pics

Baby Status III

At the latest Dr.'s visit, Deanne discovered that she is still 70% effaced, but she has now progressed in dialation to 2.5 cm. We are now pre-registered at the hospital, but are getting more and more nervous that our little girl will come before the induction date. But we are still hoping that she will wait until next Thursday to get here.
Oh, boy... I mean, Oh, girl

Baby status II

Deanne went to the Dr. today, and she has now progressed to 1 1/2 dialated, 70% effaced. Still planning on a late October due date.

Baby status

We are now at t-minus 16 days until Deanne goes to the hospital for inducement, unless our new little girl decides to come sooner. Deanne's last visit to the doctor revealed that she was dialated to a 1. That was October 2.

We had a wonderful baby shower on Saturday, October 8, put on by my friends from Texas Woman's University. We feel really spoiled and loved. It was an amazing outpouring of generosity toward our family. The picture in this post is one of the games we played at the baby shower where the challenge was to see who could drink all of the water in the baby bottle the fastest. Luckily, for my sake, I lost this one.

More updates are likely to come on the status of the baby tomorrow, as Deanne has a checkup with the OB in the morning.