Raising Blessings

All week JJ has come home at 1 am. He is working on a proposal that he has to present in February. The one job I give JJ is to put the kids to bed (and mop the floor) but of course he hasn’t been here to do that so its up to me and [...]

This picture is from 2 weeks ago when Joshua was just a week old during one of his rare wide eyed moments. This baby sleeps a lot! I think it is so cute when babies suck their thumbs. All of mine have sucked their thumbs here and there but no actual thumb suckers so I [...]

My sister came to visit for a week. She arrived on Dec 30, 2 days before Joshua was born so she was of course the first visitor. My girls loved spending time with her. Sariah and Rebekah cried when she left The day after Joshua’s birth, my cousin Peter came over with his family. They [...]

A Mile In His Shoes is a movie based on the bestselling book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler” by Frank Nappi. Mickey Tussler is an 18 year old boy who is discovered by baseball coach Murph to be a very talented pitcher while he is seen throwing apples to the farm animals on his family [...]

Joshua has already accomplished some firsts in his short 10 day life (outside the womb). He has traveled in his car seat. He really does not like being in it. Don’t worry, we did cover his face from the sun during the car ride. Joshua’s umbilical cord came off when he was 5 days old [...]

I’m sure there were many, many babies born in Utah before our’s in 2012 but our baby could very well have been the first home birth baby of the year. Joshua James Lee was born on January 1st, 2012 at 1:18 pm weighing 6 lbs 14 oz and measured 19 inches long. Isn’t he such [...]