The Dark Side - The Diaper Change

Before: Happy baby, but something is up.

Oh no!

Into siren mode.

Noooo!

After: Hrumph!

Cutie - sleeping

Awake

Here is Arthur in his bouncy seat (thanks Flo & Ben!)

He is

• fed
• awake
• alert
• not screaming

Mom doesn't know what to do with herself.

            Dad told her this is when she should go take a nap.

Home!

We made it home on Monday. Since then we have been adjusting to life on the outside. Lots for all of us to learn.

First car ride, on the way home.

With mom, who still has on all of her hospital jewelry.

More pics from Arthur's first day

After a long night, everybody has finally had a chance to get some food and rest.  Arthur is doing great.  He is sleeping soundly and has a healthy appetite.  Mom is tired and still recovering, but doing much better.

Being held by mom

Sharing some moments with Grandma Rose

Arthur's first pictures

Here are the first pictures of Arthur Joel Simpson (born May 12, 2012).  Mom and baby are doing great.

New creepy baby pictures

The upside of gestational diabetes is lots o' pictures.

Gorilla Baby (3/21)

This one is from last week. There is definitely an eye there. I think it's a profile shot, but... maybe it's head on? Andrew says he looks like the creature from Alien, but I'm posting, so I get to use my labels.

Phantom Baby (3/29)

He has a clear chubby cheek in this picture and the doctor said his nose was a little scrunched up because it's tight in there. (I didn't see this, his nose just looks like a hole to me.) Also, from another view they said that his lips are fully formed & there is no cleft palate. He is head-down already, which is good news for delivery. He did roll over (from my left to right side) between the two weeks, though. He was practicing breathing a whole bunch this week, getting ready to come out.

He scored 10/10 on this ultrasound. An over-achiever already!