Forever our baby girl.

Nikki had an almost perfect pregnancy. As we approached 38 weeks, we were filled with excitement and anticipation, counting down the days until we would finally meet our baby girl.

We never imagined how quickly everything could change.

At Nikki’s routine 37-and-a-half-week checkup, what was supposed to be another reassuring appointment took a terrifying turn when Andie’s heartbeat was found to be unusually slow. Nikki immediately rushed to the hospital’s labor and delivery unit, where doctors performed an emergency C-section.

On the morning of March 5, 2026, our beautiful daughter, Andie Brooke, entered the world weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring 19 inches long.

She was absolutely beautiful. Everything we had dreamed of for nearly nine months was right there in front of us. Our precious baby girl, whom we already loved more than words could ever express.

But what should have been the happiest day of our lives became something we never could have imagined.

Despite fighting for her life, Andie passed away on March 7, 2026, just 40 hours after she was born. Our hearts were shattered.

In the weeks that followed, after countless hours of medical appointments, conversations with specialists, and searching for answers, we learned that Andie’s passing was most likely caused by a significant fetal bleed resulting from compression of her umbilical cord. It was an unexpected, devastating complication that could not have been diagnosed or prevented beforehand.

One moment, we were preparing to bring our daughter home to the nursery we had so lovingly created. The next, we were returning to that same home without her.

The clothes were waiting. The crib was ready. The life we had dreamed of was supposed to be just beginning.

But through all the heartbreak, there is something that will never change.

Andie made us parents. And we will always be her parents.

Nothing can take that away from us. Our daughter was here. She was real. She was beautiful. And she was loved beyond measure.

While her time on Earth was heartbreakingly short, her life will never be defined by how long she was here.

She made us a family and showed us a love greater than anything we had ever known.

As we began navigating life after losing our daughter, we knew we wanted to find a meaningful way to honor her. We wanted her name to be spoken, her life to be remembered, and the love she brought into this world to continue making a difference.

And so, The Andie Brooke Foundation was born.

Our mission is to bring comfort, compassion, and support to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. Through remembrance and comfort boxes, community events, awareness initiatives, and partnerships with hospitals and bereavement programs, we hope to make an incredibly difficult journey feel a little less lonely.

We know that nothing can take away the pain of losing a baby. But we also know how much a small gesture of kindness and compassion can mean during life’s darkest moments.

We want families to know they are not alone. That their babies matter, their stories matter, and their names deserve to be spoken and remembered.

And most importantly, that they are parents, and they always will be.

Although Andie’s time with us was heartbreakingly short, her impact doesn’t have to be.

Through this foundation, we hope to turn the endless love we have for our daughter into love and support for others, carrying her memory forward in everything we do.