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Announcing …

Posted: September 10th, 2007 | Author: michael | Filed under: current events, life | Tags: , | 20 Comments »

Josiah Michael Lee was born this morning at 7:32 AM, following 24 hours of labor (during which his mother sang a solo at church), and an emergency C-section. Turns out the guy had done a tuck-and-roll with the chord wrapped around him.

Josiah is sleeping peacefully beside us now. He was 6 lb 12 oz at birth, 20 1/2 inches long, and scored a 9.9 on that APGAR thingy that tests how advanced he is.

Say it with me now … he’s very advanced.

If you want to stop by and visit, call my cell first. If you don’t have my cell number, well, you’re probably not on the list of people who should drop by. Just saying.

20 Comments on “Announcing …”

  1. 1 June said at 7:31 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    WHOO-HOO! Welcome Josiah!!!! I’m so glad the labor and delivery part of it is over…thank God for modern medicine and Gretchen gets extra extra extra kudos for singing a solo whilst being in labor! Ya’ll can play that card for like…forever!

    Happyhappyhappy for you!

  2. 2 Stick said at 8:19 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    Congrats my friends. And welcome little Josiah! We’ll expect the rough draft of your first symphony in a few weeks.

  3. 3 Karen said at 9:12 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    Congratulations!!! We are so happy for your new arrival! Can’t wait to see pictures!

  4. 4 Rach said at 10:04 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    Oooh, he IS advanced! My kids were only like 7 or 8 on the APGAR. Congratulations on the arrival of your son!
    And what else is a woman to do for 24 hours of labor, anyway? I remember intricately decorating a Care Bear cake once. Sigh, don’t miss that at all.

  5. 5 Sharolyn said at 10:29 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    Josiah, you couldn’t have chosen better parents.

  6. 6 the ben said at 11:43 pm on September 10th, 2007:

    kudos for your kiddos!

  7. 7 Zack said at 12:41 am on September 11th, 2007:

    I just made an Exitebike track on the scantron for my APGAR, and I scored an 8.9.

    :)

    Congrats guys, I’m so happy for you! And glad to hear that everything went ok…

  8. 8 Jonathan said at 1:56 am on September 11th, 2007:

    I have your cell… hum… (contemplating doing theory homework, or seeing baby… theory won). But I heard you named him after your two favorite people, Josiah my bass player, and Michael… YOU! Congrats

  9. 9 JC said at 7:10 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Michael and Gretchen: Congratulations from the Colorado Curtiss Clan! Josiah is a wonderful name. Wow, can’t imagine singing a solo while I was in labor. Well…OK… I can’t even imagine being in labor.

  10. 10 Bobby said at 8:31 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Glad to hear everything (Josiah) came out all right! Congratulations!

  11. 11 aly hawkins said at 8:41 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Oh, man. Overwhelmed with joy. Lots of joy.

  12. 12 Cliff said at 9:15 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Wonderful! Congratulations to all three of you!

  13. 13 Kyle said at 11:09 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Hooray!

    I wonder where he lost that tenth of a point? :-P

  14. 14 Seth & Vanessa said at 11:15 am on September 11th, 2007:

    Congrats guys!! We can’t wait to see the little guy :)

  15. 15 michael lee said at 2:01 pm on September 11th, 2007:

    [quote comment="123078"]Hooray!

    I wonder where he lost that tenth of a point? :-P[/quote]

    I don’t know, but we have a tutor looking into it. He says it probably means Harvard is out, but we can still make it into one of the easier programs at Stanford, like Chemistry.

  16. 16 Linda said at 6:39 pm on September 11th, 2007:

    Chemistry hmmm…There is a required core curriculum of “song and dance” for all perspective science majors…or so I’ve been told.

    Congratulations to all of you. Your family is encircled with the love of many, raised with joyful prayer. May there always be laughter, singing and dancing in your home.

    Speaking as one big sister to another…give Sophia a big hug for me.

    Love from all of us,
    Linda Thom Lauren & Nate

    ……waiting for pictures ;-)

  17. 17 June said at 8:17 pm on September 11th, 2007:

    waiting impatiently for pictures…

  18. 18 Ash said at 9:45 pm on September 11th, 2007:

    I strongly second June’s remark! Sheesh.

  19. 19 Greatgrandma Barbara said at 9:55 am on September 12th, 2007:

    Wow, Congratulations. Can’t wait to see this wonderful new baby. Gretchen and Michael, you must be so very happy, and I’m sure Sophia is too.
    Love,
    Greatgrandma

  20. 20 The Hand of Blessing | Addison Road said at 1:59 pm on March 11th, 2008:

    [...] Sunday, we brought our son Josiah forward to be blessed by our church family. It was a joyful event, as those sort of things always [...]

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