Let's try this again!

The past few months have been crazy and we've been constantly busy.  My husband is finally back from his deployment and it's great to finally have our family reunited.  It has also been a rough couple months for us
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Here's some of the highlights!

-In early, November we had our homecoming!! Both boys did better than I expected with Dada.
-We did waaay too much travelling in a short time going back and fourth between Virginia and New York.
-In early December, Connor had his first real cold and we had to spend 5 days in the hospital.  He had a runny nose one day and within 24 hours, he couldn't keep anything down and sounded like a rattle.  We took him to the closest hospital and they thought he had pneumonia.  We were then transported by ambulance to the Children's hospital.  They did several breathing treatments and believed it would be best to put him on a breathing tube and feeding tube.  It was incredibly scary and seeing my child hooked up to tubes for 2 whole days felt like forever.  It was heartbreaking! Luckily, my mom was able to come up for the week and hang out with our 2-year-old.  It also allowed my husband and I to stay at the hospital, which was 45 minutes from our house. They deteremined he had bronchiolitus.  We were so thankful when he finally was discharged from the hospital.
-A few weeks after hospital trip #1, I decided to try giving Connor Gerber Stage 2 Macaroni and Cheese.  This was also on Christmas Eve! My poor baby started vomiting, scratching at his throat, hives everywhere and was struggling to cry.  My husband was on duty, so I called 911.  I was a mess and I had no clue what to do.  Noah and I followed the ambulance to the hospital.  Connor was given an EpiPen, Benadrayl, and Motrin. We waited four hours and were finally discharged. Connor will finally be seeing an allergist in the next few weeks.  It's no fun not being able to try new foods and I truly think the dried cheddar was the culprit. 
-My husband has been in and out of the husband for kidney stones and back pain this last week.  He's finally feeling a little better.  It was definitely a long week without any help around the house or with the boys!

As for Noah, we are still working on getting him the therapy he needs for Autism. He now has speech for 2 hours/week and ABA therapy for 4.5 hours/week.  We also have an evaluation set up for Occupation Therapy.  We've had quite a few hiccups along the way! Hopefully in the next few weeks, we'll have a schedule finalized!

I honestly had no idea how hard being a Mom could ever possible be. I feel like we are constantly being bombarded at this point.  I'm also finding it difficult being so far away from home without a support system.  We have a few friends, but I feel like I have no one to back me up when my husband is not around.  I also don't want to ask friends to babysit when they have their only little ones to deal with.  I'm also not comfortable having a lot of people watch Noah.  He really is an easygoing little man, but he does get frustrated and can sometimes be rough.  For example, he bumped heads with me and may have cracked my tooth.  He was frustrated that he has to make a vocalization before he gets what he wants.  He went to throw a fit and my head felt it.  I know, he didn't mean to and he really isn't very violent.  I just wish I knew what was going on in that little head so I could help him.

Here's hoping the next few weeks run smoother, Noah makes some progress and I can find the time to see a dentist with our crazy schedule.

Introduction

I'm 27 years old and currently live in upstate New York.  I've been married to my wonderful guy for almost 5 years.  He joined the navy just before our first anniversary.  We struggled with infertility and after almost 2 years we finally conceived a perfect baby boy in October of 2010.  When Noah was 9 months, we found out that I was pregnant.  Connor was born in April of this year.
For the past year, I've been living in New York with my Mom since my husband has been out to sea.  He's yet to meet our son Connor.  This past week, my son Noah was diagnosed somewhere in the middle of the Autism spectrum.  I decided to write a blog about our crazy life and some of the challenges we've been facing.

In the next few weeks, we'll finally be reunited with Dada and he'll finally get to meet our new son! We also will be making the move to Virginia and dealing with the autism diagnosis.  I already know it's going to be quite the challenge and unfortunately moving to Virginia is going to make treatment a little more difficult for us.  I now realize that I'd much rather pay more in taxes in New York state after receiving their therapy for our toddler.  Virginia seems to have rather long waiting lists for therapy and I'm pretty nervous about not getting the help he needs.  I love my little man so very much and will do whatever it takes to help him overcome his obstacles.  Thanks for taking the journey with us!