Welcome, Jackson!!!

Jackson Warfield Wilson (nee Jackson Obama Wilson nee Jackson Kennedy Wilson) joined our little family yesterday, June 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm local time at Seton Hospital in Austin, TX. He was an incredible 21 inches (no wonder he was kicking so hard!) and 8 lbs 5 oz.

"As hard as Andie was, Jackson was just as easy." --Amanda

About 3 o'clock, everything was going well but the epidural was not quite totally working-- one leg was completely numb and the other not quite enough. After a quick visit from the miracle worker, I mean anesthesiologist, the nurse said we should do a quick check and then called everyone into the room because Jackson was on his way. After just a few pushes, he came out perfect and covered in vernix.

After a quick cleanup and taking some vital measurements, Jackson got to spend some quality time with mom:



He kept looking like he was hungry, so we gave him some formula right after that:


He's proven to be a very good eater, often wanting more than the 1 oz he's supposed to get every feeding. This eating has also led him to have several very healthy diapers, meaning he will most likely avoid the jaundice that we had to deal with when Andie was born (yay! No time under the lights!)

Thanks to everyone who's been so supportive. We're very happy and we'll post more as things progress. Coming next: Andie meets Jackson and up close with him! It may be that i'll get the videos up on youtube before I can blog them, so feel free to visit http://youtube.com/user/whillice for more updates.

A long awaited updated

I know, I know, all 5 of you who are reading this have been bugging me that we haven't posted anything in forever, so here we go.

We moved to Austin, TX where Andy now works for Public Citizen on global warming and campaign finance issues. He's so busy with his real job he can't blog (sadness), although he is now involved with coming up with Public Citizen Texas's online/new media strategy..... launching blogs for other people like this one: texasclimate.blogspot.com Andy will also be spending his time at the Netroots Nation bloggers conference next month. It's been a huge party the last few years when they've held it in Vegas, and now it's in Austin and Public Citizen is a national sponsor.

We're also busy getting ready to welcome our new baby boy sometime in the next few weeks. We think we've settled on the name Jackson Warfield Wilson. (Warfield is Andy's grandfather's last name) You can believe me, as soon as he's born, we'll be posting photos. While we were on the hospital tour a few weeks back, Andy asked the nurse "Do you have a wi-fi connection avaialable here at the hospital?" What a world we live in where this is now even a consideration. When Andie was born, we barely had cell phones and were certainly not concerned about blogging newborn photos.....

And what prompted this blog posting? It's Amanda's birthday, and we wish her a very happy 29th birthday (for the 3rd time). Everyone pooled together and got her a Nintendo DS so she can play Dr. Mario and Tetris while in labor. "I could go through anything while I'm playing this because I'm focusing on the games." Poor Mandy and her video game addiction......

Andi also got a present today. We went to Target and bought her and her mom matching foam crowns so they can "be the queens" of the house. After waking up from her nap, Queen Andie addressed her subjects:

"Mama, I'm Queen Andie and Queen Andie needs cereal."

Needless to say, Andy is happy to have a new baby boy coming so there is some form of parity in our household......