Feeling much better now...

Reality Check

So life is good, good but crazy… and with Liam doing well it’s easy to forget the realities of cancer. But nothing like visiting a few Carepages (some good updates, some not so great at all) and the discovery of a Case Report (yes that’s Liam – Viewer Discretion is advised) to snap you right back to reality.


Cancer sucks.

The only thing keeps me grounded is thinking of ways to keep supporting any and every cause we come across

So no sleep for me last night, the case report is pretty intense, if you can make it though it, you’ll understand why. It was written last summer while Liam was undergoing radiation. I’ll probably get fined for posting it without permission.

Bottom line... you're probably already doing so, but if you are not, find a way to help someone in need.

Fall Update

So here we are, into October already...the school year going well so far and of course, Meg's favorite time of the year... October 15th (first day of basketball for me).

Just a few updates from the last couple of weeks:

Owen and Jack are having fun in soccer on Saturday mornings (although we have had a few rain outs already). Liam is doing great, talking more and putting some phrases together like "mommy more", "green ball", "big bus", "mommy sit". For those of you with kids, it must have been one LOOOOOONG weekend last weekend with all the rain. Let's just say the rainy day "fun box" ran out around very early saturday afternoon at the Lasbury-Casey house. Liam decided to help us paint Owen and Jack's new room; he thought it would be cute to step in the paint and then walk accross the rug upstairs. Then for more fun, he decided to stuff a whole role of toilet paper down the toilet, clog it and watch the water come gussing out from the first floor all the way to the basement!

As for Troy, he is continuing to grow and is probably about two pounds less than Liam right now. His first official word is "bubble" and then followed by "uh o".

We have been packing in our weekends with lots to do. In September we did the Run of Hope Walk in Boston, the Walk Now for Autism in Rhode Island, managed to get in a family picture and individuals of the boys (except Liam because he was NOT in the best mood), big yard sale at Nana and Papa's house today. We took this opportunity to clean alot of junk out of the house.

Well I think that is all for now, getting ready for soccer. One more picture......Liam on the potty - wow!

btw

Surgery went well Thursday.
Soccer started Saturday.
Today's off to a wet start, but we're hoping for a break during the run today....

Surgery is scheduled for 11 today

...just hanging out waiting for our turn...

First Day of School.......

So we ALL made it through day one of pre-school (Jack) and kindergarten (Owen) and yes the bus went very smoothly, actually harder on me. So the whole gang was down at the end of the drive way 45 minutes ahead of time and yes this will be probably the first and last time that we are ever that early. Nana, Melissa, and Karen also joined us to take some pictures and video of course. I think the only one that really had a problem with the bus was Liam.......as you can see from the picture it was a good thing he was strapped into the carriage because he probably would have been running down the street after the bus. He cried in his seat yelling for Owee, owee, owee (as Liam calls him).

So day one is over, today is a new week and Meg is off to Washington for a few days for work. So me and the boys will have a great time. For those of you wanting to get a soccer update, well the first games for Owen and Jack were cancelled on Saturday because of the rain, so stayed tuned next week for those updates and pics......

Pre Bedtime workout

Official post number two........

Well the official weigh in for the "TANK" (as we like to call Troy) is 27.2 lbs. Yes for a one year old that puts him in the 96th percentile, he out-weighed all his brothers at this age....way to go Troy. Since he has turned "1", he thinks he can do everything the others can do, which includes wrestling with them and climbing on the table. He has now started to walk, although wobbly, it works for him.

Liam is doing great, his vocabulary has really started to broaden, his new favorite word this week is "juice". He is also mastering his colors. Seems like the bees love Liam too, this summer he has been stung three times and now runs every time he sees a flying insect.

As for Owen and Jack, they both had orientation for school this week and are looking forward to starting. The BIG day is Friday, as Owen will get on the bus and go to Kindergarden all day and Jack will go pre-school in the afternoons. Yes we will be a mess on Friday morning and you know that we are following that bus all the way to school. Well that is all for now, enjoy the pictures as summer winds down and stay tuned for the bus update............

A number of "Firsts"

Well here it is, my "first" official post, just in time to recap some other firsts firsts around here. I will start it off with a good one. So tonight Meg is outside with the kids, on the phone... after finishing a call, she of course lets Troy play with the phone while chasing the other kids around. Well doesn't the phone start ringing about 45 seconds later... figuring it just Troy playing with the ringer, Meg doesn't pick it up. I figured it was telemarketing until I hear the voice on the answering machine.... oh yes it was the Mansfield Police Department, saying that a 911 call was just made to them from the house. So Mr. Troy who is two days shy of his first birthday managed to call 911....... We figured it will be the first of many trips from Mansfield's finest to our house!



















and other news...
Last weekend was probably our last trip to the cape for the season but it was a great one. The boys spent a lot of time at the beach. Liam really has been enjoying the water and is saying more and more words. I cannot believe how much his hair has grown. As you know, he had a good scan two weeks ago, and we now have a date scheduled to have his port removed (September 11th). I have some mixed feelings about this... the port has been a part of his life for the past 21 months ... but at the same time removing it is a good sign.



























Sunday, we celebrated Troy's 1st birthday. Uncle Billy and Auntie Amy hosted a pool party at their house for Troy. It was a great day, the kids had a blast, Troy let everyone help with the present opening..



...and as August winds down, it means the start of school again; for us it's our little Owen who will be starting kindergarten. He'll be going all day and on the Big Yellow Bus..........and YES we will be following the bus all the way to school his first day! He is actually excited about taking the bus and has an open house and orientation coming up soon. Jack will be going to his "new school" and he can't wait to start (three days a week at Roland Green). Liam will continue to go to "group" once a week, and have Liz come in for speech.



Well I think that is about all for now, enjoy the pictures and the mini movie...stay tuned for Troy's one year weigh-in.

No excuses

I now know how to blog...

The official report is back...

and everything looks good. We'll make an appointment to have his port out in the next few weeks. No more weekly antibiodics, next scan sometime in November.

Despite still being a bit groggy, Liam managed to get some playtime in while the sun briefly popped out!

So far so good...

Preliminary read of scan was good, full report expected by the End of Day. Bridgett swears she will post a full update later today....

I have given up on Bridgett posting an update, so I'll try to recap the last month and 1/2 myself. We had Liam's 2nd birthday, a couple trips to the cape, Relay for Life, pre school graduations, a trip to Connecticut, numerous birthday parties for friends and relatives, wedding showers, graduation parties, one planned and one unplanned trip to Mass General, and "spa" weekend for myself.

This past week was the 'planned" trip to Mass General for Liam's monthly flush. Everything went well and most people did not even recognize Liam. I find myself now starting to think about the next scan scheduled for August 12th... (probably the reason I am up late tonight posting).

The unplanned trip was mid June; Liam was lethargic & had a temp, so a quick trip in for some antibiotics and blood tests... everything was negative, so probably just a virus.

We just wrapped up a Cape vacation last weekend, during which, the camera fried, so the bad news is not a lot of recent pictures to post, but the good news.. the camera is still under warranty, so hopefully we'll have it back soon.

Other big news from this last week... looks like Liam may officially be off the bottle now. He was drinking Pedisure in a bottle once or twice a day, but this past week, he's gone most days without it! He's come a long way...

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