This is an old tree stump in our backyard that Art loves to go and sit on.

It reached 75-degrees today.

“I’m hiding!”

So, Ben and I went to our neighborhood bakery/cafe, Turtle Bread, yesterday with Baby Boy and brought a couple baby name books to work on this name thing in earnest. One name kept coming back as a favorite and now we are sure. And so here it is:

Lewis Parker Garvin

That’s his name! Arthur is down with it, too. He even came upstairs with Ben this morning saying, “I want to see Lewis!”

While we were at the cafe a gaggle of grandmas were admiring our week-old baby (who was sleeping in a blanket on the table top) and one woman saw that Ben had Louis and Lewis starred on his list. She suggested that he might have to correct people’s pronunciation his whole life if we spelled it with the O-U, but she thought it was a great choice. Another young couple also stopped by our table to chat. They were glad to see we were a week out with a nameless baby because the woman’s due date was the next day and they had no ideas for names.

Hope this message finds you all well.
Love from Jessica, Ben, Art and Lew

We went to the park today as a family. Our neighbor Becca actually drove jess the 7 blocks and art and I and the baby walked with our new 2-seater stroller (jess is still supposed to keep down her walking after the c-section). Anyway, there was this delightful woman named Marlene in a wheelchair. She couldn’t talk or communicate at all, but her caretaker was there and asked if Marlene could hold the baby. She lit up with a huge smile when she held our week old baby, looking up and jess and down at the baby over and over. Having a brand new little life to share with people is a real joy.

and here’s jess and art playing with sticks.

The other day Arthur and his friend Evva (who’s an entire week older than him) rode in a bike carriage thing to the May Day Cafe for breakfast, played in the park, and then fed the ducks.

Correction! this is not Art’s brother. It’s Evva’s brother Oscar. Minor details.

This is Bubbe (Jessica’s mama) holding the bug.

These are wonderful little animals Uncle Mike gave Art for being a new big brother.

Art’s smooched on Uncle Josh’s lap.

Joanna holds the bug.