Growing up...

Brittlynn is growing so fast.  We love having her in her home and are enjoying watching her grow.  She has inherited the blue eyes of the Lescarbeau Family.  Her favorite time of the day is spending the evening with her daddy.

The Joy of Girls

Many of our friends have moved recently and each one of them had a long list of things they needed to get done before they left.  Most of them were trying to sell their houses, so their lists were things that need to be done to put the house on the market.  No matter where you are moving there are always things that you have to do before you go.

Well it is three weeks before we leave Texas and Polly realizes that Brittlynn doesn't have a dress to wear on Sunday.  (She is still so small)  While making a dress for Brittlynn, Savannah decides she wants one too.  That is where joy of having girls comes in.  Making dress for them...and dressing them up to be beautiful.  Of course two girls so close together...it is great to make them match. 

                                       

Brittlynn in the finished product

Savannah showing of her stuff

Sisters...best of friends

Brittlynn's first week home.

The first few weeks of a babies life are very uneventful.  Between sleeping and eating there is not much going on.  You look forward to the time when they are actually awake, and exploring the world around them.  Savannah is loving every minute she can get with Brittlynn.  She loves to help...and sometimes wants to do more than she should with her.  (Yes, she has already tried to pick her up and carry her all by herself)  Brittlynn is a great sport and can be poked and prodded by her sister and it rarely fazes her.  Mom is grateful that Dad was able to be here this week.  She is still not sure how she is going to manage the ever busy Savannah and the very dependent Brittlynn.  

Enjoying the evening on her Daddy's shoulder.

Savannah sharing everything she has with her little sister.

Brittlynn's first day going to church.

Daddy with his girls before church.

Mommy with her girls before church.

Picture perfect baby.

A day at the hospital.

Brittlynn's first picture

For those of you who know the Lescarbeau family, you know how every day is spent on the go.  We take little time for rest.  As we anticipated the arrival of Brittlynn we wonder how she would fit in.  Well, after a super fast delivery, we knew without a doubt she is a Lescarbeau.  To keep with the norm of the family mommy and baby opted for a short stay in the hospital.  It was in one day and out the next.  If it was up to Savannah, mommy and sister would have gone home with her the very first day. 

 

The proud new Daddy

Mommy not sure if she is awake

Savannah meeting her sister for the first time

Sisters!

Mommy and her girls!

Brittlynn with her eyes wide open.

A gift from friends...thanks Fac-D.

Daddy with his girls!

The hardest part about having Brittlynn in June, was Alex and Emily couldn't be there to celebrate her arrival.   We can't wait for them to come home to meet her.  

I am Here!!

Well after many months of anticipation, the newest addition to the Lescarbeau Family has finally arrived.  Brittlynn Tia Lescarbeau born June 16, 2010 at 4:28 am. weighing  6lbs 13 oz and 19.75 inches long.  She was way excited to get here.  Mom woke up around 2:50 a.m. and started watching the clock...thinking to herself she might be having contractions.  She wanted to make sure before she woke up dad.  They were about 5 minutes apart, dad woke up to for some random reason and she mentioned to him...I think I might be having contractions...he was ready looking for a stop watch to keep time.  After 20 minutes of watching them get faster, dad calls our close friend Kathy Larsen to come to the house to watch Savannah.  She gets here and it's off to the hospital we go.  We arrive sometime around 4:00 am...they check out mom and she is already dilated to 8...so the nurses debate if they should call her doctor or not.  Finally she is called and just in time to break Polly's water and when the doctor checked she was at a 10.  The doctor says "You are ready if you want to push on your next contraction."  Polly was ready to be done with the pain so she pushes and out comes Brittlynn.  (The Lescarbeau Family doesn't have time to mess around...we like to go in and get things done)

Everything went well and mom and baby are at home with the more than anxious big sister.  We are so happy to finally have Brittlynn in our home.  We just hope that Savannah can get used to having her sister around.  She can't get enough of her and all of the helping out is going to take some getting used to for mom and dad..

9 months....Not Ready...

Polly started her day out with a nice morning swim at the gym.  Eric went to work...and was actually able to do something (he hasn't had much to do work related since he came home)  We went to the doctor for Polly's weekly check-up.  As Brittlynn's due date is quickly approaching along with a family move to Colorado, Polly's doctor was extremely anxious.  We decided before going to the appointment that we would schedule the induction on June 21st (due date) to be safe.  The doctor lets us know she is more than ready to induce this week and she won't be available the first of next week...so it looks like Friday will be the day.  After her examination and a quick stripping of some membranes she lets Polly know that she won't make it until Friday.  Translation, baby Lescarbeau will be here by the end of the week.
At 3:00pm Polly writes on Eric's face book..."can't believe we will have a baby by the end of the week...i am not ready."  She finally decides she should pack her bag for the hospital and make sure we have someone ready to come watch Savannah in the middle of the night.  Our close friend Kathy is ready to go, but she has a last minute trip to Georgetown (3 hours away).  She leaves letting Polly know that she can't have the baby before 10:00pm. That is when she should be back in town.  We were able to make it to Eric's softball game for the evening.  Polly and Savannah spent most of the time at the grocery store.  Trying to get some needed items just in case the baby came before we were able to make it again.  Polly decided she need to have a picture taken because she doesn't have any pictures at 9 months with Savannah.

Just like any other normal day we go to sleep without any expectations for the evenings or signs that anything is going to happen....

(To be continued)

Swimming Fun!

We knew with the baby coming there would be a limited amount of time at the pool...and if it were up to Savannah she would live in the water.  So we decided to put Savannah in swim lessons this year.  They were only a week long, but it was a guaranteed way to get Polly to the pool.  The actual swim lessons were okay.  They were more directed to getting kids comfortable with the water.  Savannah had no problem at all with this.  One of her favorite things she likes doing in the water is laying down in the shallow end and putting her head completely under.  This is somewhat of a scary experience for the on looking mom.  

After a week of doing this we realized we just had to be close by to help her sit up.  She always came up out of the water with a big grin.  She is our little fish.  The hard part is trying to get her to leave the pool at the end of the day. 

Again, again daddy...is all Savannah can say.

Monday we decided to go the pool with our friends followed by a breakfast dinner at our house.  It was a sort of goodbye to the Stratton's before they leave.  We had a lot of fun at the pool and it was nice for the dad's to come and join us.  (At least for the girls who couldn't leave them alone.)

Eric keeping track of the little ones

Chris can't seem to escape

Aimee & Tyson...loving the water together

A family separated

Alex and Emily have been gone for a little more than a week. Its is never easy when they leave. I was asked the other day if it is nice to have them gone. My answer...when they are here I often wish I could get a break and they could go somewhere...then when they actually leave...I miss them every minute of the day and look forward to the day they come home. We truly do miss them while they are gone. Savannah is having to learn quickly about those she loves leaving her and then coming back. She is always thinking of her brother and sister and I know she can't wait for them to come home. We do have a couple of things going on here to keep us busy so the time goes by more quickly.

Hanging out at the airport before the plane leaves.

Dad with the kids...it is always extremely hard for him to say goodbye.

Memorial Day Fun...

What do you do for fun on Memorial Day???

Well there are many options...nothing, clean, BBQ, say good-byes, swim...there are endless possibilities of what can be done. So we tried to do as much as possible on all in one day. This was dads last day off before going back to work and this was the last full day Emily and Alex had to spend with their friends, and family here in San Angelo.

Emily had a good-bye sleep over party with some of her classmates. That ended with only a few hours of sleep and exhaustion for the rest of the day. Alex was at his best-friends house and realized after a very long day, he didn't want to leave. We met some of our friends at the pool to go swimming and found a bunch more that we weren't planning on. We ended the evening with by a campfire in the middle of no where with some friends eating smores and enjoying the sunset. After all is said and done, we were exhausted and wished we had one more day before we had to say our good-byes.

Enjoying time with her Daddy

Emily roasting marshmallows

Eric enjoying some dutch oven cobbler...

Savannah trying to open a star-burst

Playing in the water with sister.

Roasting marshmallows...ready for the perfect smore.

Savannah loves to explore...

A beautiful sunset to finish up the evening.

Saying Goodbye...

This was the last weekend that Alex and Emily spent in Texas. I think this might be one of the hardest moves on them ever. Number one reason being they are teenagers and life is all about your friends...change is not always the best option. The other reason they have been here in San Angelo for almost 5 years. For a military family that is almost permanent. The weekend turned out very well. Alex had some friends over Friday night while Emily went to sleep over at one of her friends house. They had fun and we barely even noticed they were here at all. Sunday Alex went to a friends house and Emily had some friends from school come over. The night started out with lots of giggles and talking. A complete contrast of the boy party and the girl party. They both had a lot of fun, but I don't think either were sure how to say goodbye. Alex inherited another trait of his dads...he gets very emotional. Emily was sad, but not so emotional...perhaps it was the lack of sleep that she had Sunday night that she became a zombie. Alex was sad, maybe wanted to cry, but he is a 15 year old boy...boys don't cry right. Needless to say we met some friends for some treats by a campfire and he didn't want to go. Better off if you don't have to say goodbye...just leave then you don't have to deal with your emotions.

The airport drop off was a little emotional for Savannah. Perhaps it would have been harder on us...but we know we will see each other again in 6 weeks. We hope that time flies, but we have so much going on in our family.