Yeah I ' m feeling more like myself today , even if I am working all day . And thanks a lot ! My birth name is actually Erin Elizabeth , so I thought it was a pretty good play on that . Plus my sister helped me think of it , so I think she ' s finally starting to come around and be more supportive D <| sep |> I wrote out a long reply below about how it snowballed , but I accidentally deleted it when I went to edit it . I realize you were asking me my plan when I went to cut it . Well , I had no plan , except to trim it up along the existing hairline . Edit I am his mom . My only other child is a girl . Both of them have straight hair , I have curly hair . My daughter ' s hair is easy to trim , you just comb and cut at the desired length . I realize now that boys are a whole different ballgame .