Thursday, June 9, 2011

Introducing the newest member of our family...

Audrey Claire

Our new arrival came three days early, born June 4th at 2:15 pm.  We could not be happier, or more surprised. With the Gardner track record for boys, we thought it was practically a sure thing that we were having a boy.  We were both absolutely thrilled at our surprise though - we are so happy to welcome this beautiful little girl into our lives and are so thankful for her.  

The delivery was (as I'm sure they always are) a little more eventful than we'd planned.  We ended up having a C-Section, so Jen is having a slower recovery than we thought she'd be having.  Still, she's taking it easy and we finally made it home yesterday.  We have loaded some of the "hospital" photos to Snapfish and will send them to the family members - so please be on the look out for those. If any friends are interested in those, let us know and we'll share them with you as well.  

As far as future pictures of our little girl - stay tuned. I logged on today and signed up for mobile updates, so now I can post text and images from my phone. Given that I don't expect to often be in front of the computer - this will hopefully allow me to share those every day shots with everyone easily from my phone.

Thanks for all the well wishes from all of our family and friends during this pregnancy.  We are so thankful for your support and excited to begin our new journey into family life.  

5 comments:

The Smiths said...

She's an angel and so lucky to have such loving parents!

Anonymous said...

Yippppeee! She is a keeper. Cute girly outfit is on the way. xxxxoooo Duane and Nannette

Bel Air Gardners said...

Great news, heard it first from Granddad Steve. Enjoy this special moment and Mom ... try to get some rest - let Dad do the heavy lifting.

Love,

Uncle Paul, Karen & Dana

The Four Nguyens said...

She's precious! See how much time you have to blog now that you are feeling a little better?!

Anonymous said...

I am so excited for all of you!She is so beautiful and I can't wait to meet my new little great niece!
Be sure to take care of you , too, Jenny Penny! Daddy will be such good help! Congratulations!

Love, Gr. Auntie Karen