Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Erin and Zac ‘HARRISON'S THE BEST PRESENT EVER'

Erin Simpson had always imagined ringing in her 40th birthday in Las Vegas. There’d be Champagne, dancing, and all her friends and family. As it turned out, her milestone day couldn’t have been more different – she and husband Zac Franich were instead quietly settling into life as a family of three after welcoming their bonny baby boy Harrison Trevor several days earlier.

“My 40th was very different to what I’d imagined when I was younger, but totally lovely because I got the most epic present ever,” beams Erin, her baby sleeping in her arms. “I wouldn’t have called myself maternal before, but the love I have for this little guy has just blown me away. It’s incredible.”

Harrison was born back in 2017, smile as they tell their birth story, both still slightly amazed by their little man’s hasty arrival. While influencer and broadcaster Erin had been happy waiting for her baby to come in his own time, a scan at 40 weeks detected a reduction in amniotic fluid.

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