Jeff – Amy – Caleb

Caleb is now home from the hospital. The tests went OK. It took 7 people to hold him down during the procedure. The entire procedure didn’t last but more than 10 minutes, but it took us 3 tries prepping him for the procedure. We learned that Caleb is very strong:) I never want to go through that again. It was so incredibly hard to hold down my screaming baby when he was in pain. I hope we never have to do it again. Jeff took off work to help me which I was so thankful for!

We are waiting for his stomach to regulate. Hopefully, it will all be OK soon. The radiologist didn’t see anything wrong immediately with the scans. Praise God! The pediatrician will review the scans and we will meet with him tomorrow to figure out the next steps.

We can’t wait to get answers for what is causing Caleb’s digestive problems. He is such a happy little boy, so I can only imagine what a joy he is going to be when his stomach is fixed.

Thanks for checking in with us and we’ll post more tomorrow if we don’t get snowed in:)

Have a great day!

Today, Caleb will check into Mercy hospital to have some tests done to figure out what is causing his digestive problems. Please say a prayer for him today that he will not have too much discomfort during the tests, that the doctors will identify the problem, and mom and dad will survive the tests too:)

We are going to a new doctor who is wonderful. He finally took a minute to listen to me and agreed something was wrong with Caleb’s stomach after taking several X-Rays. Caleb hated the X-Rays and was hysterical throughout the doctor’s appointment, so I am very nervous today about how he is going to handle the appointment because the tests are more invasive.

Poor boy hasn’t been able to eat or drink anything before the tests, so hopefully after the tests he will be up to eating some french fries and chicken nuggets…his new favorite foods.

We will post more after the tests. Thank you for checking in with us!

The month of January brought us lots of snow! Last week we were snowed in from Friday to Sunday. It was challenging at times to keep Mr. Man entertained. All he wanted to do was go outside and walk around in the snow. He loved it!

Work has been so crazy for me lately, so it was nice to be snowed in this weekend and spend some time together as a family. We made lots of home cooked meals, watched movies, and spent lots of time playing with Caleb.

Caleb is growing up so quickly. Overnight he went from wearing 12 month pants to 18 month pants. I literally cleaned out his closet two Sundays ago and found myself sorting through it again last night to make sure we had enough clothes that are the right size. I hate to buy clothes before the warm weather comes in the next few months. Warm Weather….you are coming, right?

Caleb has been learning so much lately. His sign language includes please, more, thank you, thirsty, stinky, and all done. He blows kisses to the girls. And, he loves to give you kisses. Yesterday, he gave his girlfriend at school 4 kisses before he would leave school.

He has a wonderful teacher, Ms. Cara, at his school that he loves. It is such a relief to know that not only he loves his teacher but she loves him too. I am so thankful for Ms. Cara and what great care she takes of my son.

Caleb has moved on from Elmo I am afraid. We still play with our Elmo toys, but he really loves Mickey Mouse! I think I am going to get him some Mickey Mouse toys for Valentines Day. The Hot Dog song comes on and that boy dances like crazy! He absolutely loves Mickey Mouse! So cute.

He is running all over the house and climbing on everything.

His eating is better but not where he should be. He still won’t drink any milk and eats table foods periodically throughout the day. We are working on eating more table foods! He does love grilled cheese and fish sticks. Random I know. The other day at school he ate 4 fish sticks. The rest of the children ate 1 or 2. The boy loves fish like his momma.

Jeff and I laughed the other night because we always said we would make our children eat what we ate and we would never make them their own meals. Wrong. We give Caleb some of our food every night, but it always seems that we end up making grilled cheese or fish sticks. The one thing I have learned as a parent is to never say never. You will surprise yourself all the things you will do as a parent because you love your child more than anything. From eating to dirty diapers, about everything we said we wouldn’t do, we have done:) It has been such an amazing ride and we are so thankful for our wonderful boy! Caleb is such a blessing!

We’ll post more later this week. Caleb has a doctor’s appointment today so hopefully we’ll figure out what is wrong with his digestive issues. I have been praying all day for answers!

Have a great day!

I always say I am going to do better on my blog, but this year I REALLY am going to work harder:)

Caleb Update- Walking, Talking, Eating Boy!

If it is carbs, he’ll eat it! He is a momma’s boy! His new favorite food is grilled cheese. He loves them! And, anything with sugar he will eat. I am praying that God will keep helping Mr. Man eat and broaden his horizons. He has tried a few pieces of a chicken nugget and meatball at school, but no veggies or fruit. So, hopefully he’ll start being brave and trying some of the new foods.

I can understand why he tries the new food at school and not my cooking though:) I have tried a few new recipes lately that were terrible. Ha.

Caleb had his appointment with Children’s last week. Unfortunately, our pediatrician believed it was a nutritional problem and not a GI problem, so he canceled our GI appointment. The nutritionist looked at Caleb and said it was for sure a GI problem. That was very frustrating. So, now we are waiting until April to get into Children’s again.

Caleb is such a happy boy. You would never know that he has digestive issues because he is always smiling or talking. So, we are thankful for that. I guess he has always had these problems, so he doesn’t know the difference. I can’t wait to figure out what causes the problems so he can be an even happier little boy!

Caleb weight 20.5LBS and was 31.5 inches tall at his last appointment, so he is growing like crazy. We are in size 3 diapers and wear 12 month clothing still. That may be because I still can’t figure out the silly kid’s sizes. Some are 12 months, 12-18 months, 18 months, who knows???

Caleb is running around the house like crazy. He is fully mobile and hardly ever crawls now. He loves to play in our pantry. He still loves riding in his car, playing in his ball pit, and riding on his Little People bus. He loves throwing balls back and forth and pushing his cars through the house. He is 100% boy.

He can now say momma, dada, ball, dog, cow, tree, book, wa-wa (water), and a few others that I am forgetting off the top of my head. He is picking up sign language too. He knows All Done, More, and Please. It is so incredibly cute when he does it.

Caleb is sleeping much better these days. They moved him to a cot at school and he knows it is nap time. He just goes right to his cot and lies down. What a sweet boy.

The other day, he ate his entire lunch at school which is totally abnormal. I asked what was different, if it was grilled cheese, etc.. Well, it was grilled cheese but the reason he ate it was because Miss Eva fed it to him. Eva, Caleb, and Xander have been buddies since they started daycare together. So, I guess Caleb has a little crush on Eva. I am glad these three have so much fun together and can keep each other entertained throughout the day.

Other than that, there isn’t anything too exciting going on at the Stevens’ house. We are looking forward to a weekend at home and catching up with friends!

I’ll try to post pictures this weekend so you can see how big Mr. Man is getting.

Have a great day!

Last Friday, Caleb had a party at his preschool. The teachers did an excellent job. All the parents were invited at 12:00 for arts, cookie decorating (Yes, with 1 year olds!), and play time. Caleb and I made a snowman and had lots of fun playing with the other children and talking with their parents.

The cookie decorating didn’t go as well for us. My son was more concerned with eating the cookies than decorating them. Caleb has a sweet tooth just like me!

After the party, Caleb was extremely hyper so I asked him if he wanted to go to Gymboree. Gymboree was having an open gym where all the kids that were enrolled could come play. He started waving his hands up and down yelling, “Go, Go, Go”. I had to call Jeff while we were driving there because it was just too funny. I couldn’t drive him fast enough.

After some play time at the gym, we went to our one year appointment for our shots. I was planning on discussing Caleb’s eating problems with the doctor, but as soon as he walked in he told me we had some issues. Caleb only weighs 18 pounds. If you saw him, you wouldn’t think he was underweight, but clinically speaking he is. So, the doctor gave us strict orders to follow and has scheduled a few appointments for us with specialists. Hopefully the specialists will help us get to the bottom of Caleb’s eating issues.

Caleb didn’t get his shots at the appointment because he had a double ear infection. I had just told Jeff that morning that I thought he had an ear infection. So, we’ll go back for shots soon.

The good thing is that Caleb is in the 95th percentile for height, so hopefully he’ll be a basketball player someday! Football is out of the question until he actually gets on the growth chart in the weight department:)

After the doctor’s appointment, we got ready for a murder mystery party at our friend’s house. Caleb’s Meme came to watch him while we went out for an evening with friends. We had an incredible time at the party and really enjoyed catching up with everyone!

Saturday morning, Caleb, Mary Kay, and I went back to Gymboree for Caleb’s class. He was so excited when we got there. He went down the slide, played in the ball pit, played soccer, rode on the parachute, popped bubbles, and several other fun activities. He loves Gymboree.

Later in the afternoon, I wrapped presents while Caleb took a 2 and 1/2 hour nap! The poor boy was worn out.

Last night we went to Jeff’s work’s Christmas party. We had a wonderful time. It was my first time to meet most of the people he works with and I was very impressed. They are great people and now I am even more excited for Jeff and his new job. He is really enjoying his new job. I am so happy for him.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! We’ll post lots of pictures and recaps of the holidays soon!

Thanks for checking in with us!