Andy's milestones (April 2007)

April 30, 2007 You had your first doctor's appointment w/Dr. Betty. They did a weight check on you. You are 7.13 pounds. Dr. Betty says you look great and everything is great with you. Dr. Betty says that you could be prone to all the medical issues that William had. Your dad and I are worried about that, but hopefully – you will be ok and not have to deal with all that he did.

Happy Birthday Andrew "Andy" David Wilke!

I had a scheduled c-section for your delivery. The night before I started feeling contractions. Although I thought it was Braxton Hicks. The next day your dad and I went to the hospital for your delivery and w/the monitors hooked to my stomach, I started feeling discomfort. The nurse asked if I was ok, I told her I was feeling discomfort, she looked at the monitor and said “you are having a pretty big contraction and they are coming 5 minutes apart.” She said that we would have had you that day even if you weren’t scheduled. So … it was your day after all.

You were born at 12:28 p.m. and you weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Your dad and I thought you were going to be much bigger (close to 10.5 pounds). But we were happy for the size you were.

You were beautiful when you came out of my tummy, and both your dad and I thought you looked like your big brother William. In recovery, you nursed well and didn’t have any problems. Throughout the next 4 days at the hospital – I nursed you, and you did well also.

You had a few visitors: Granny, Uncle Christopher, Uncle Bubba, Aunt Erica, Miesa Murphy, Jennifer Craig, Aunt GoGo, Emily Coley, and of course your big brothers – Ben & Will.

Your big brothers were so happy to see you. Ben more than Will – b/c he’s older. He wanted to take care of you and hold you. He loves you so much. He says “he’s the big brother and it’s his job to take care of you and Will.”

We didn’t decide on your name until a few days before you were born. Again, as with your older brothers – it’s the only name we both liked that we could agree on … but I think it suits you great!

After the first few days – you had lost weight down to 7.13 pounds. When we left the hospital you were 7.5 pounds.

You came home on April 26, 2007 and you were wearing an Old Navy onesie and pants. The onesie had a tiger on it, and the pants were orange & white striped.