Columbus parents Becky and Derrick Andrews did not realize they had planned to induce their second child’s birth on a leap day until after the little boy was born Monday. Still, they found the news pretty exciting.
Phoenix Nolan Andrews was born at 12:23 p.m. Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, weighing in at 8 pounds and measuring 20.5 inches.
“I didn’t expect it, but I think it’s pretty awesome,” Phoenix’s mom Becky Andrews, 27, told The Dispatch this morning.
The baby’s original due date was March 6.
Since most years won’t include February 29, Andrews said she plans to keep Phoenix a “Februarian” and celebrate on February 28 on years that do not include the leap day.The inclusion of the extra day this month marks 2016 as a “Leap Year,” a quadrennial event.The way of accounting for the extra day was started by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.
Andrews said she and Phoenix’s father, Derrick , 28 — they also have a 5-year-old daughter, Julianna — have simple plans for their first son.
“I just hope he grows up strong and healthy and to be a good person,” she said, adding the newborn is already “pretty calm.”
Sam Luvisi is news editor and covers education for The Dispatch.
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