Behold 8lbs, 4oz and 21in of sweetness incarnate! He's been around for 3 weeks now and I just can't seem to get my fill of kissing this baby bear. He's a peaceful little soul with just a hint of a volatile temper. His siblings are seriously enamored and continually vie (in a disturbingly rambunctious fashion) for the opportunity to hold him and smooch his soft head. We're ever so glad this delicious, spindly Thing 4 has finally joined our Gubler Oddyssey, for as Rowy says, "Baby cute!"
A note on his name: Artur is a five letter, 2 syllable name from The Wheel of Time series, just like all his siblings'. It is also a variant of Arthur who is my great grandpa, just as Tomas is a variant of Thomas, another great grandpa. Hazel is also a family name, but is spelled the same as Levi's great grandma and is instead a variant of Haesel, the character in WOT. Arthur is also, most obviously, of Arthurian legend which is not only awesome, but ties to Tomas again because of Archimedes the Educated Owl and The Wart's (yes, I think The Wart is a completely legitimate nickname for my infant) relationship in Disney's Sword in the Stone. Artur also means bear-like, hence the nickname Baby Bear (the very hairy shoulders and tendency to growl add to this name's appeal.) The name Eratosthenes follows the tradition of giving our boys names of Greek mathematician/philosopher/scientists such as Archimedes and Ptolemy. Click on the links to discover how awesome these guys were and how they relate - you know, cool things like the fact that there are craters on the moon named after Eratosthenes and Ptolemy. Finally, his initials AE form the letter ash. This ties in with his siblings' initials all having a meaning (TAG, HUG, RPG) and ties to Hazel and Rowan by being the name of a druidic tree. I guess the Rowan and Ash trees can look similar too. So, what's in a name? PLENTY! :) Not to mention that it's absolutely adorable to hear Rowy say "Baby Artur."
