Arthur 8 weeks 2 days

Okay, this video might just be for the most ardent Arthur fans. Grandmothers and such. He is pretty much just being a baby. A happy baby. It is too long and poorly edited. But what mother could edit out a single squeal or smile? Enjoy, Grandma Tara

Arthur Auditions for American Idol

To tell you the truth, we really don't know which song Arthur was going for here. His interpretation is still pretty abstract. We've been getting a kick out of Arthur's new verbal skills. I'm thrilled August caught it on video so we can share it with all of you!

And he weighs in at a whopping...

9lbs 13oz! 36 days old and he gained over a pound in the last 10 days! August and I are proud of our little eater. These pictures were just taken last night. Note the chubbier face and hands!

More gorgeous pictures

Arthur does smile a lot these days. He is such a happy baby! Somehow his smiles keep evading my camera. Yes, these were taken in the bathroom. I find the best lighting there.

















Arthur in action.

My guys

Hello family and friends!
Up until now, August has been the single, modest voice on this blog. Now I would like to share my perspective of the budding relationship between father and son. August is already a wonderful father.


Here is the moment after Arthur's first targeted micturition. Notice the urine spots on the bottom left.




















August is already learning Arthur's language.















Neither boy is shaving these days.















But both enjoy a good knuckle suck.

Arthur makes a friend

On October 16th, Arthur had his first interaction with a peer. Henry Thomas Goodfellow, the adorable 9- week-old son of dear friends Megan and David Goodfellow came to visit.
It started out so well.












Then, Henry started to have his doubts about our little one...












...so he went in for a closer taste.












But Arthur wasn't feeling very tasty.













And Henry picked up on that.













So the moms decided social time was over.

Finally, an update

First, an apology- we haven't posted in like 10 days, as several of you have reminded us. Also, pretty much all of the pictures so far have been taken by then posted directly from an iphone, so there's only been one, cell-phoney picture at a time. This will change.

Arthur is doing very well. At 15 days old, he's been sleeping for around 5-6 hours a night. He's eating plenty and creating a lot of all the things babies are supposed to create. He's pretty much a delight in every way. See for yourselves.

Just Chilling

Father Goose

The first New Stuart family photo

New Aunts

Auntie Lauren and Brenna, with future cousin Jack at lower left.

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Linda

New Grandma Tara

Arthur Thomas Stuart...

...was born October First, 2008 at 9:52pm, weighing 8lbs, 6oz. Both
he and his mother are healthy, happy, and looking at each other with
hungry, beautiful blue eyes.

We've gotten many complaints about Leroy's stubborn refusal to show himself. No pictures yet, unfortunately. But here's the next best thing: a picture of two chemical reactions caused by hCG *HE* produced, sitting atop the pod he's been growing in.

Pregnant Mom

Here is Devon, 6 days overripe. Still beautiful, isn't she?

More ultrasound

Two more sonagrams of little Leroy, our in-utero fake name, taken at 20 weeks and 37 weeks.

The first pixels

On February Fourth, we saw our first image of our fingernail clipping sized baby. 8mm and growing.