Blake Alan Mills

Yesterday (Jan 29, 2009) Blake Alan Mills was born at 11:12 am. He weighed in at 7 lbs 9 oz, and measured 20.7 inches long. Lindsay and Blake are doing amazingly well. I am once again astounded at what an incredible woman I'm married to. She is so strong! Hailey seems to be adjusting, aside from the fact that she REALLY misses her mommy. Hailey stayed with our friends the Quintons on Wednesday night. Last night I picked her up and she and I slept at home. She woke up this morning searching everywhere for her mommy. She's been really sweet with Blake; pointing out all of his body parts to us and giving him lots of kisses.

Snow!? Seriously?!

We moved to the south to avoid the bitter winters of Utah and Colorado...but this year we got a little taste of home:

"I'm a Real Boy!"

Last weekend Lindsay and I decided the strange sounds emanating from the front tires of our one and only family vehicle needed looking into. After finding out that the only problem was the brakes and rotors, and getting a ridiculous estimate from the mechanic we decided that it was worth making an attempt at doing it ourselves. After a a few trips to AutoZone and some elbow grease the brakes were replaced and work like a dream! I'm not the manliest man when it comes to fixing things, but as I drove around our parking lot using the new brakes, I felt like shouting the immortal words of Pinnochio "I'm a REAL Boy!!"

...and a Happy New Year

Our New Years Eve activity:

we definitely had some of the best seats in the house!