Milwalking Pet Care LLC

07/21/2025

https://americasfavcouple.org/2025/andrea-gatewood-nathan-achatz
I'm trying not to bombard you all with this. We are still in the running votes today till 9pm count as double.

07/17/2025

We entered this silly contest for America favorite couple. Voting enda at 9pm. Head on over and vote for us please.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1AfGEy5wzF/

One couple will appear in an advertorial in Variety and take home $20,000.

05/27/2025

Got reminded to share this on Instagram too

11/12/2024

We are attempting to go cold turkey on the bottles and I am dreading tonight so while I sit here and listen to Asher settle himself. Let me tell you all how this unfolded.
We attended Sophia's 3rd birthday on 8/24. On 8/25 I very oddly threw up just once. Nathan said, "Maybe you're pregnant." He said it totally joking. I said, "No!" Then started thinking that I did get up and make a grilled cheese at night and it's super weird for me to eat at night. So I took a test. It was negative. I took it downstairs showed Nathan, stuck it in my pocket and went to the grocery store. I'm in line to pay for my items and I pull out my pouch of cards and with it comes the test...and now that b**** is positive! I do a quick Google reference and Google says tests read after 10 minutes are invalid so I stop panicking and I grab a 3 pack of tests. All of those are positive.

It's Labor Day weekend so I get in for an ultrasound on Tuesday, again with no idea how far along I am. The size of the gestational sac said 5 weeks and 2 days. We decide to just roll with it. We joked about this but didn't really think it would happen!
When Asher was born we didn't think about birth control and my super conservative doctor won't prescribe it. I've never needed it so we didn't think much of it.
I'm old 😂 so we decided to do genetic testing. The test says the baby is healthy. While its too early to see on an ultrasound what the gender is, it is part of the genetic testing. It's a boy! 💙 👣😍🥰 I didn't want to raise a girl!!! However, I was surprised to discover that I was sad that it wasn't a girl, for Nathan. This is his fourth boy.

If you know him he's a good sport about most things in life. He simply said, "Many times I have wanted a girl. I try not to have expectations about anything, they just lead to disappointment. It's okay. I shoot boys!" 😂😂😂

We have heard the heartbeat and I have only had the one initial ultrasound and the baby is still really little and looks like a gummy bear.

Now that I have finished typing this. Asher has settled. He's such a good boy!! 💙🥰

11/11/2024

Now that my birthday is over, and it was so much fun! Yesterday I got to crawl and splash around in water shallow enough for even a little guy like me. If you're still learning to walk like me, Country Springs Water Park at The Ingleside Hotel is fantastic!!

Mama and Daddy taught me some new B words. B is my favorite letter. It stands for book, boy and my favorite bottle. Now mama and Papa keep saying it also means, "big brother". I don't understand yet, but they will keep explaining it to me.

Mama's doctor was funny, he said, "There is no scientific explanation for this, you were infertile and now in your 40s, instead of your fertility going down it going up. Then he looked at me and back at mama and said, so we're going to do this again." I laughed and he said I was super cute.

I've set the adorable bar pretty high!

They said, 15 weeks, but I don't know... feels like I've been here longer.

11/08/2024

One year ago today...

Just like that 11 days after we discovered Asher's existence, he was here.

11/8/2023 @5:33am 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20" long.

36 hours of labor that ended with a C-section. Happy Birthday baby. We love you beyond measure!!! 🥰💙👣🤗

We will write more later today.

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11/06/2024

Today's the day...
9 days after we found out about Asher....

It started out as normal as possible. We saw clients, we stopped at our spot jimmy b's bar and grill for some food and headed home. I settled in to just relax and Nathan went to go hang out with Tristan.

That evening about 5:30pm my water broke but it was the tiniest bit. In true Andrea fashion, I called the doctor they told me to come in and of course I tried to negotiate. 😂 "No I don't need to come in it's just a little bit, I'll be fine." I had to go in....

It was a slow progression and I would be in labor for the next 36 hours.

11/05/2024

Oscar loves Asher, and Asher is usually asleep when we are at his house these two got to see each other today. I told Asher that Oscar would appreciate some gentle pets. He came and gave gentle pets. What a good boy. Teach gentle kindness towards others and animals early!

11/05/2024

One year ago. My husband posted this with the caption.

"I got my baby manual ready! I'm ready!"

Nathan is a goofball and I appreciate him sooo much every single day!!

11/03/2024

I'll never forget this. I was feeling so overwhelmed on this day. My due date had just been moved up from 11/28 to 11/15.
Here was the memory:

We have known this crazy news for 5 days, and sometimes the overwhelmed feelings get the best of me and I cry. I'm not sad. I'm just so overwhelmed...so much is coming at us and happening all at once!! Tonight I really needed some extra support and Nathan knew it. He stayed up late saying, "It's okay our sleep is going to get all screwed up and you need me right now." I seriously couldn't ask for a better partner, he's always been amazing...but this is bringing out his rockstar partner skills!!!

Female Cosmo unexpectedly came for a visit and she was exactly what I needed!!
There's a dog here to visit me for the weekend, Cosmo is at least bringing some normalcy to this insane whirlwind!! 🤯

11/02/2024

November 2nd, 2023. 7 days before I went into labor...this was the memory. I love these special girls and their parents!

Last night was pretty special. I've been babysitting my cousins kids for a long time. Olivia is almost 5 and Sophia is 2. They know Andrea has a baby inside of her. Jeff and Shelly were the very first people we told, on Sunday, we still had no information other than the test was positive and he was moving around. We guessed at how far along I was and talked about my fears over dinner.
Last night the girls touched my belly, felt him move and asked me a lot of surprisingly appropriate questions. By the end of the night they both were laying their heads on my belly and saying that they loved him and can't wait to meet him!! 🥰 (Please excuse my blurry finger 🤣)

11/01/2024

Adventures of Dottie and Asher. We love them ALL and Dottie is a family favorite! We have been caring for her every weekday and during her family's vacations for 5 years. She has two little girls at home and she and Asher became fast friends this year.