March for Babies

We will be walking on April 30th for March for Babies through the March for Dimes. We are raising money to support the research and programs that March for Dimes runs.

Come and join our family team "Courageous Caleb" when we walk on April 30th!

Caleb's 1!!!

We can't believe that it has already been a year and what a roller-coaster ride it has been. A year ago we were making many trips a day to the NICU to visit little Caleb. He was just under 3lbs and now he weighs in at 17lb 15oz and is over 28inches tall.

Caleb has accomplished so much over the past year and endured a good bit too. Just last month, he had a upper GI Scope, a Gastric emptying scan and Ear Tube surgery. All three procedures went well, the scope and scan came back fine and so far no more ear infections! It was a huge blessing that everything went so well, God is good!

We were at the GI 2 weeks ago and since the scan came back fine and he gained a pound in a month, we are starting to wean off of his reflux meds!!!! Praying to be done with daily meds by the end of February!!!!

December Caleb had a good weight gain, (gained 1lb), but he is still not interested in solids. So right now we are being followed by a nutritionist and closely by our pedi. He gets weekly weight checks, and they would like to see him gain at least 1 to 1 1/2lb's per month for a few more months. Since he isn't really interested in solids our main focus/goal is to get him to eat one meal a day of solids and cut 1 bottle out.

Last Tuesday, was Caleb's birthday, and he started to get the courage to let go with both hands when standing. Right now he will stand for about 20seconds all by himself. He is cruising across all of the furniture, crawling up the stairs and everywhere else. And he is trying to crawl on top of things: laundry baskets, activity table, toy baskets!

Caleb has also learned to wave "bye-bye" and also knows the sign for milk. He also knows how to get the disks out of the Wii! Man do we have our hands full :)

Car rides are starting to be a little easier on all of us, Caleb got his big boy carseat for his birthday. Even though he can't be forward facing, he is sitting up and loving it! Can't wait for him to be over 20lbs so we can flip him around.

God has Blessed us so much over the past year and can't wait to see what he has in store for 2011. Please continue to pray for steady weight gain for little man!