Is that silence I hear

Ok, I have been gone from the blogging world for a while because I have been super busy, stressed, tired, negative, having fun, spending time with the family, enjoying my babies, happy, sad, frazzled, and just about everything else you can think of.

Evan has been wonderful and is actually learning to read. I have been teaching him a little at a time and he is retaining the knowledge. It is sooooo awesome to watch him learn, but it also makes me sad that he is getting bigger.

John David is actually turning out to be a sweet baby, but I will say with all honesty, the last three months have been the toughest three months in my life. John David has Type 3 Laryngomalacia with reflux laryngitis. He has screamed for the first three months of his life. When he gets older I will remind him of the sacrifices I made for him during those months. He wouldn't sleep unless he was being held up right, he screamed in his car seat, he screamed in his swing, he screamed when he was happy. The only time he didn't scream is when he was in his Baby Bjorn carrier. I have the Baby Bjorn logo imprinted into my shoulders and back.

Of course when your child is screaming it is kind of hard to take them places. I have been stuck at home with a screaming baby for three months. It rained for almost the whole month of October, so I was stuck inside. I have forgotten how to fix my hair or put on make up. Even Evan didn't want to stay with us. Mr. Bismarck and Evan took off every chance they got. I don't blame them. I was jealous.

To look on the bright side, we changed his food once again last week and it worked! I am using a mixture of three different formulas and adding oatmeal cereal. Wow, I look like a chemist mixing his bottles. Poor thing has been miserable, but now he is laughing, smiling, and cooing all day. He is being such a cute baby, I have almost forgotten about all the screaming (YEAH RIGHT).

That is the main reason why I haven't been posting. I haven't been doing anything. I have had to cancel all of my plans since August and now I am playing catchup. I have been distressed with all the things that have fallen by the wayside. I still owe the most amazing chica a giveaway and I am making arrangements to finally go pick her stuff up. I ordered it three months ago and it has been patiently waiting for me to send it on a cross country journey. I hope I get to pick it up this week, because if I get to do that, that means I am shopping by myself or with a clam collected three month old!

I also had a come to Jesus meeting a couple of months ago when this all started. I have been going to church all my life, but never really paid that much attention or applied the lessons to my life. Well, I got pretty desperate and I can say that prayer really helped me. Mr. Bismarck was impressed on many occasions on how I could "handle" the screaming. To tell you the truth, I was surprised too. I learned some simple stuff that really made a difference for me, hope I get to share it with you guys.

Well, John David is due to wake up in a short bit and I haven't taken a shower today. I am still in my pajamas. Oh, sometimes being a mother is so glamorous.