Lemonade anyone?

On Saturday we had a yard sale, along with the Wicks family. Brady and David decided that they wanted to have a Lemonade stand. They did a great job "manning their booth" and Brady being the smart buisness man he is always made sure he got the money first before he gave them their lemonade. The boys made $4.00 which they split between themselves and Cameron and Shaun. Brady and Cameron were both Psyched to put their money in their piggy banks!

School Days!

This week Brady started back to school and Cameron got to join in the fun. Cameron goes to a 2 day program, Mondays and Fridays and Brady goes Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Brady was super excited to be going back and didn't skip a beat, He hopped out of the car and said "I'm back!" and ran into school. When I picked him up he said he couldn't wait for tomorow.

Cameron had an open house of Thursday to meet the teachers and see the classroom. He was a little shy at first but loved palying in the sand table, they had a red tablespoon measure that he was playing with and for some reason he couldn't wait to go back the next day to play with. So he got up this morning and asked if it was time to go. It was only 7am so no it wasn't time to go. we left around 8:45 and he asked that Brady come with us to drop him off, all he kept talking about was the "red thing" he wanted to play with. When we got there he went in put his bag on his hook walked over to the teacher to give hom the form I asked him to give her, and then headed for the sand table where he found the "red thing" right away. he then looked at Brady and me and said bye! see you later! and we left. I think even brady was surprised at how well Cameron did. When I picked him up the teachers said he had a fabulous day and tried everything and raised his hand during circle time, our little man is growing up.

I am so proud of both of my boys, they both love school and are well behaved when they are there, they are growing up so fast, sometimes I wish I could just stop time for a little while!

Liam is 12 weeks!

I can't believe Liam is 12 weeks! He is 12 lbs and 25 inches long. He loves to play in his swing and on his gym mat. We have been in and out of Boston with Liam. He has had pretty bad reflux and it was finally found that he has a milk protien allergy, so he has started on a special formula. Also due to the fact that Brady had some kidney issues Liam had to be tested also. We found out that while he doesn't have the kidney reflux issue that Brady had, he has an enlarged ureter and an enlarged kidney so we will be going at the end of september for more tests. While it seems like he has a lot of problems they are all things that he will grow out of. We love him so much and only want what is best for him so we will continue to take him to boston until we get everything cleared up. We are blessed that we live so close to the best hospitals in the world.

The boys first fishing trip

Today the boys got to spend the day with Babcia and Dziadziu. Brady, after talking to some friends at camp decided that he would like to go fishing, so he asked Dziadziu and of course he said yes! To everyone's surprise Brady and Cameron both caught a fish! They were so excited. They had a wonderful day and have already asked when they are going to do it again.

Family update

Liam turned 2 months old this week. The time has absolutely flown by. He is getting so big. We have finally seen him smile and he has started cooing now too. We have gotten a few nights of longer stretches of sleep at night. He is starting to be on a little more of a predictable schedule during the day. He loves his swing and his gym mat. Tonight while we ate dinner he layed under his mat and watched the bird and "talked" to him for a good 10 minutes it was so cute. Brady and Cameron thought it was very cute.

Cameron is doing great, he is speaking more and more. knows all his colors, shapes can count to 10 and can sing the alphabet. He loves to swim in the pool, but HATES to get his face wet, he wants to do anything to be just like his older brother or daddy. It is so hard to believe in september he will be going to preschool on monday and Friday.

Brady is 4 going on 40. he always wants to do a project or wants to know what is coming next. We found a camp for Brady to go to that he goes to from 8:30-12:30 and absolutely loves. I love when he comes home tells me about his day and the kids that he has played with. Although Brady will be turning 5 this year he misses the cut ff in kindergarten by 12 days. So he will go back to Rainbow preschool tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday for another year.

We are all doing well as a family of 5! Liam has fit right in. we can't even remember what life was like without him. Another Chapter has begun in the Stack family book of memories!

Vacation 2010

Last week Brian took the week off and I closed for the week so we could go on vacation. On Monday we left for Clark's trading post for the day. Brian and I had been when we were kids so it was fun to be able to take our kis back. The boys had a blast, Cameron especially liked the bear show and asks when we are going to go back to see them. We took the train ride and Brian took the boys on the bumper boats. Liam was so good. We timed our shows around when he would need to eat so we could sit and feed him while we watched the

shows.

After we were done at Clark's we headed up the kangamangus Highway to go to attitash where we would be staying for the next two nights. After we got to our hotel the boys went in the pool for a while and then we had dinner at the hotel and the boys went to bed. We had a suite so the boys slept in the living room on the pull out sofa and Brian and I had our own room with Liam. Tuesday morning we woke up bright and early had breakfast at the hotel and headed to storyland. We got there right when they opened so there were no lines for anything. We headed to the water rides first and the boys went on each water ride a few times in a row. We followed the boys lead and went on the rides they wanted to go on had lunch and when they were ready to go we left. It got really hot by mid afternoon and they were done, so they asked to go back to the hotel to go in the pool. After we got back Daddy took Brady and Cameron to the pool and Mommy stayed in the room with Liam so he could take a nap, he had slept off and on in the carriage and in the ergo but it was so hot that he never really slept good.

Since we had a kitchen we decided to stop at the store and just pick up so things to make dinner. Brian decided to make a broccoli and chiken alfredo. Unfortunately Brian only got butter so he had to cook the chicken in that and it ended up smoking really bad, so what do you think happened? You got it he set off the smoke alarm. the front desk called up and made sure everything was ok and then sent up maintenance to stop the alarm from going off. oh well we all had a good laugh about that.

We finished our week out with a trip to water country on Thursday and the Boston Children's museum on Friday. It was a busy week but we all had fun. This vacation was obviously the most challenging as we had and 8 week old, but we made it through and had a good time and know that it will only get easier from here on out.

Fourth of July

This weekend was my Grandfather's 80th Birthday party and of course the Fourth of July.
My grandfather's Birthday was at Kingston Lake, My uncle took us out on his boat and the boys had a blast.

The fourth of July we spent at home with family in the pool. A fun day had by all.

Old Home Day

Every year we go to Plaistow old home day.








This year Brian decided to run the 5k! He did a great job.













The boys decorated their car and drove it in the children's parade. The boys went in the bouncy houses and got to ride on the fire truck,










we entered Liam in the Baby contest, he didn't win but that's okay, he's the cutest 5 week old we know!

It was a fun day and we will look forward to next year!

Our first beach outing of the summer

We love the beach, in the summer you will probably find us there about once a week! Today it was so nice and all the daycare kids were gone early so we decided to head out to the beach. the boys went in the water (well Brady and Cameron not Liam) we went and saw the sand castles had some dinner and ended the night with some time at the playground. Liam was great! We got the insert for the ergo baby carrier so Erica was able to wear Liam down to the water. We're hoping the sea air will help him sleep through the night! (well we can hope can't we?)

A fun kick off to our summer, I'm sure we will be visiting there many more times!

4 weeks

Time is flying by. Liam was 4 weeks old on Wednesday June 15th. He is such a good baby and his brothers are still so enthralled with him. They are constantly asking to hold him and feed him. We go to the doctors on July 1st. I can't wait to see how much he weighs and how long he is. He still does about 3 hour stretches of sleep at night, some night we get 4 hours, but he still young and we can't complain.

2 weeks old

On Wednesday, Liam turned 2 weeks old. I can't believe how fast time has gone by. Liam is such a good Baby. He is very content and is on a pretty predictable schedule. He eats pretty much every 3 hours. Nursing was very difficult in the begining and due to weight issues and Jaundice we started supplimenting with formula and I began pumping. I have started trying to do some nursing with him and he is doing well. I figure better for him to get it from me than me have to hook up to a pump. He does get formula at night because, sorry I refuse to pump in the middle of the night. I just won't do it. He actually does really well at night. We put him down for bed when we go to bed and he usually wake around 12:30 and then again at 3:30 and some days doesn't get up until anywhere between 6:30 and 7:30.
Liam is so loved by his older Brothers, they have adjusted better than We ever could have anticipated. Brady can't seem to kiss him enough and Cameron loves to talk to him and will make him "food" from his kitchen and if he's sleeping in the bouncy seat Cameron leaves his food next to him. Every night they can't go to bed until they have both given him a hug and a kiss and if they don't see him the minute they walk into a room they want to know where he is. I only have 2 more full weeks of daycare before a couple of kids leave for the summer and it will be a welcome little break, and Brian will be finishing up his school year also, while he still has to work he has much more flexability and NO night commitments.

I was so nervous when we found out we were having another child even though we planned for it, and now I know I was nervous for nothing. Liam fits right into our life and we couldn't imagine our lives without him! Our family has so much love to give that adding another family memeber was a wonderful blessing!

Welcome Liam Edward Joseph, May 19th 2010

Liam Edward Joseph arrived on May 19th at 2:00 pm. Weighing 7lbs 9oz and 20 inches long. It was quite unexpected as his brothers were both induced.

The Birth Story:

I will admit that some details are very fuzzy for me.

May 18th I had had a weird pain all day in my side, I thought I had pulled a muscle, when we were going to bed I told Brian that if it wasn't better in the morning I was going to have to call the doctor because I could barely stand up, little did I know what was about to follow.

4:00 Am- I woke up with a contraction, nothing new, I had been having them off and on for weeks, but it felt stronger. I thought I had to really pee so I went to the bathroom and next thing I knew I felt a gush. I was sure my water broke. I woke Brian up and called the doctor, because I was GBS positive he wanted me to come right in. We called Brian's mom to come over and stay with the boys. before she got there I decided it might be a good idea to pack a bag. Like I said we were not anticipating this. Brian's mom came and we left for the hospital.

5:10- We arrived at the hospital, had to check in through the ER and then were taken up to L&D. They got me hooked up to a monitor and saw that I was having a few contractions on my own but nothing great. We took a walk around the halls but because my water was broken it was difficult to walk around, and I couldn't walk around for long because they were going to start my IV, as I needed to get started on antibiotics. It took 2 nurses and someone from the lab to finally get an IV and blood drawn, not fun! I did start having some contractions and the nurse said that the doc would be in around 7:30.

7:30- Dr. Zakara (not my usual doc) came in and checked me. I was only 2cm and 60% effaced. because of the GBS he wanted my labor to move fairly quickly so he wanted to start pitocin.

8:00- Started pitocin and contractions started to pick up, but they weren't being picked up on the monitor so everytime I was having one I had to tell them.

10:00 the nurse came on and told me she needed to stop the pitocin because the baby's heart rate was going down and she was going to call the doctor, after talking to the doctor she came in with a shot to give me to STOP my labor. WHAT???? She said they need to see how the baby did for a while and if his heartrate went back up they would start he pitocin again. I got a little bit of rest and then my labor started to continue on it's own, without the pitocin. Luckily the baby's heartrate was back up by now. Now I was really feeling contractions and asked for the epidural, because the baby's heartrate had been dipping and my contractions weren't being picked up the doctor wanted to put in an internal monitor so he wanted me to wait until he could come over and check me and put in the monitors but I could have some stadol, yeah all that did was make me tired. I was feeling a lot of pressure and the nures said she was going to check me. I was 5-6 at this point and in ALOT of pain. I was in and out of it because of the Stadol This is where everything is pretty fuzzy not sure of the times from here on out, I remember the doc comming to do the epidural and I was in so much pain and to top it off he was not gentle on my back it took him almost 45 minutes to get the epidural in which did NOTHING but numb my legs, I could still feel all the contractions. at this point they told me to lay down and it may start to work, by this point I was feeling so much pressure that the nurse cheked me again and I was a full 10. she called the doctor and came back and told me he was detained at the moment and I would have to breath through it and NOT to push. The anasthesiologist came back to see if it was working and I told him no. he said the only thing he could do was take it out and do it again. I said no way, it wasn't worth it at this point.

FINALLY the doctor came in, they set up the bed and in 3 pushes Liam Edward Joseph was born at 2:00pm. weighing 7lbs 9oz. we had every intention of having some family members in the room for the birth but due to the baby's heartrate dips and the sheer amount of pain I was in the nurses kept everyone out of the room. To be honest eveyrthing happen so fast that I really don't remember much. our time in the hospital was filled with visitors and lots of nursing sessions. And of course getting to meet his big brother. They are both SO IN LOVE! Brady and Cameron have adjusted so well. We are so happy to be a family of 5 now!

Congrats Daddy!

There they are, my Sanborn men! Daddy was named the new principal of Sanborn region High School a few weeks ago. He'll officially take over on July 1st. We are so proud of him, he has worked so hard he really deserved it.

Curious George Live!

A few weeks ago we took the boys to Curious George live at Tsongas Arena in Lowell. They had a blast. They got to have cotton candy and popcorn and really enjoyed the show. We Love taking the boys to shows, we hope to start to foster a love for the arts early.

Let the games begin!

Let the games begin! As of today I am 33 weeks 4 days. Place your bets as to when you think Baby Liam will be born. all you have to do is click on the box to the right and place your bets. Obviously we already know the gender so no points will be awarded for that. other information is posted on the site that will help. Good Luck!

Easter 2010

Easter was a busy Day for us this year. We started off our morning with an Easter egg hunt in the house. (the bunny hid eggs for the boys) They got their baskets. Brady was so excited that he got a green Wheel Barrow like Daddy's. Cameron was more excited about the candy! We then headed to Church with Brian's family and then had the lunch at Great Babcia's house. We headed back to our house after dinner to see Erica's family. Grammy and pappa and auntie Shanna and Uncle Dave came over. It was such a nice day the kids played out side for as long as they could! It was nice to have some nice weather for a change. We all had a wonderful day!!

Updates on the boys

It has been a while since I've done an update on the boys, so I decided it was time.

Brady is doing well, still loving school, he knows all his letters and letter sounds and is starting to put that together to start some very early reading stuff. He also can write his name and all his letters. He of course is loving th enice weather and the chance to go outside. he is a true daddy's boy and wants to do everything daddy does and wear everything that daddy wears. It is very cute. He and Cameron have been sharing a room since December and while it was rocky in the begining ( they enjoyed being together too much and wanted to talk all night) They are doing great now. Brady is so excited about having another little brother, he talks all about when it will be summer and how we can take the baby outside and to the beach. He remembers comming to visit me when I had Cameron in the hospital so he talks a lot about that too. It 's so nice that he and Cameron get along so well and like to play together now. He is forever curious and always asking questions and that's what we love about him.

Cameron is doing great! His biggest news is that he is 'mostly' potty trained. I say mostly because he has only pooped on the potty once. However he has no problem asking to go pee on the potty, we can go out to stores and be out for a while with out even putting a pull up on him. Cameron loves to sit at the table and do things like puzzles or arts and crafts activities, he has a much longer attention span than Brady ever did at his age. He can count to ten and has learned all his colors and has started to recognize some letters, thanks to Brady. Cameron still doesn't fully understand that a new baby is comming but will kiss my belly. He has also taken an interest in a baby that I have during the day for daycare. He will sit and hold the bottle for a good five minutes, it is very cute. I can't believe that next year he will start preschool on Monday and Friday. This is the same age we started Brady and I think once he gets used to it he will love it. Although Cameron has his 2 year old moments he is growing into a caring individual, with a very funny personality.

Baby Liam is kicking around! he will be 29 weeks tomorow, hasn't been giving me too much trouble except for the heartburn, occasional back aches, and tiredness. He is extremely active! I feel like he never stops moving. Luckily I have managed to keep my weight gain to only about 10 lbs so far, which doesn't seem possible because I feel HUGE but I'll take it.