David and Rhonda Blum, Brodhead, are parents of a son, Josiah James, born Friday, May 29, 2009 in the Monroe Clinic. Josiah weighs 8 pounds, 3 ounces. His siblings are Hollie, 13, Carissa, 9, Savannah, 8, Makaylee, 5, Joshua, 2, and the late Valerie. Grandparents are Archie and Jean Schwantes, Marshfield, and Marvin and Mary Lou Blum, Hillpoint. Great-grandparents are Merril and Connie Iverson, Vesper.