It's baby time

We were excited and somewhat surprised when my water broke at 2 am Monday morning.  Surprised because this baby was coming somewhere between 8 and 12 days early (we didn't think we could do early babys at our house), but only somewhat surprised because my body had been warning me for days.  We were not entirely ready, but threw some things in a bag, called my sister to come over and stay with the kids -what a saint- and drove to the hospital. 

The labor went smoothly and at 3:23 we met Joshua Beck Gardner.  He was 19 1/2 inches long and 8 lb 15.4oz.  Less than an ounce smaller than Russ Russ was.  I was grateful he decided to come early and I did not have to give birth to a 10 1/2 pound baby!

Russell could not be more in love with his new brother.  He sings to him, tells him, "It's ok baby, I'm here, I'm here"  when the baby cries, and tells us about 100 times per day how cute the new baby is. 

Lukey has been a good little boy and loves his baby brother as well.  He has not yet thrown a heavy toy at Joshua's head or slapped him in the face, which we think is a positive sign.

So far we are adjusting well, but that is probably only because my mom is here being super-mom, and super-grandma, and super-cook, and super-cleaner woman.  She had been planning on coming Friday afternoon, but when we called her at 6 am monday morning, she cancelled her clients for the week, changed her flight and was in Salt Lake by noon.  We are so spoiled and so grateful to her!