Ben's milestones (August 2002)

Your first smile

August 19, 2002 Had your 1st bath in your baby bathtub. You didn’t really like it. You were fussy so Mommy hurried through your bath.

August 26, 2002 You slept through the night. Mommy & Daddy woke up frantic the next morning b/c we hadn’t heard you cry all night. We thought for sure something was wrong. There you were still sleeping peacefully beside Mommy.

August 28, 2002 Got jungle gym and played in it. You had such a good time. You were still little and wasn’t sure what to do, but you had fun.

Ben's milestones (July 2002)

July 20, 2002 Your umbilical cord fell

July 28, 2002 First day to go to church . We finally got up the courage to take you to Church. You did good and slept through the whole service.

Your circumcision ring fell off

Had your 1st bath on the floor. Mommy gave you a sponge bath on the floor w/a towel, wet cloth, and a little bit of water. You were a little unhappy about it at first, but you warmed up to it. (see picture)

Happy Birthday Benjamin Robert Wilke!

It’s the happiest day of our life – your finally here

Mommy’s water broke at 7:30 a.m. Daddy was about to go to work, leaned down to
kiss me – I tried to get up and my water broke. We went to the hospital, after we stopped
at Starbucks for coffee and a donut for daddy. Mommy labored for 15 hours. You had an
arrhythmia in your heart. After I dilated to a 9 and stayed there for 2 ½ hours the doctor
decided to take you by cesarean section at 10:30 p.m. We were so happy – we were
worried about you and just wanted you to be born so we could make sure you were ok.
You weighed 8 lbs, 6 ounces and were 21 ½ inches long.

June 20 Met your Gramma for the first time. She came to the hospital when mommy was in labor and Stayed until after you were born and she was able to see you.

June 21 Met your Papa for the first time. Papa was working when Mommy went into labor, but He came to the hospital the next day to see you