Because much like the players selected in the last rounds of the draft, “I want to prove I belong,” said Andrews. Even after suiting up for more than two decades, “I always think to myself, there’s always somebody right around the corner that can come and replace me. So I work really, really hard.”
That work hard, play hard mentality means she’s more than a little exhausted. (“We’re experiencing our first runny nose, so I’m like, ‘Oh my God, is it an ear infection?'” she admitted of recent sleepless nights.) But the wins definitely make up for any lost yardage.
“He’s learned how to wave, which is really cute,” she said of the highlight reel. “He’s a massive flirt, any female that walks in the room, he wants you to lock eyes on him. But then we do this whole shy bit.”
While she knows she has some time before her little man is actually playing the field, she’s thrilled she gets to watch from the sidelines. “It’s fascinating,” Andrews marveled, “how just every single day, something is new.”