Amen

What a wonderful day! This morning we went to church...and what a great service. Every Sunday God speaks directly to us. He keeps telling us that Caleb will be better, that He will heal him but we need to be patient. It's so awesome. Our nurse today really enjoyed service and wants to take more shifts on Sunday to come to church with us! Amen!

We have met so many wonderful people and so many gracious hearts through all of this thus far. There is so much purpose in what Caleb is going through. God is doing awesome work in so many lives, using Caleb as a vessel and we are so happy about that. Thank you all for your "gift of giving" whether it be monetary, hugs, kind words, or just a friendly smile and hello. We are so thankful and so blessed by it all. Our nurses are wonderful too. We are so fortunate to have such wonderfully loving nurses. It makes everyday so much easier to deal with. God has put each and everyone of you in our lives somehow and we just thank Him constantly for you all. Even to those who we have never met. You are still a part of our lives just by praying for Caleb and standing strong in believing that God is going to show us another miracle!

I know I always say that Caleb is doing so much better...but no, really he is! He moves his eyes a lot now. He will track our voices with his eyes and sometimes voluntarily turns his head. It seems that he blinks for a "yes" when you talk to him. But I think I'll have to study that more on him. He frowns as soon as he hears his suction machine turn on. He hates it...yes, and so do we. But he will not be needing suctioning once he gets that trach removed. Please pray that he will do very well when they start to wean him off of it. We want him to continue to progress greatly everyday. Oh yes, and I shaved his head last night. Now he looks like himself again! (So handsome) He also had his first tub bath today. His nurse for today gave him a "real bath" and she said he really liked it. (I bet) Usually we just sponge bathe him in bed. But I think we will start to bathe him in the shower now. Tonight my whole family came over for Sunday dinner. It was wonderful for Caleb to be around everyone again like how it used to be every Sunday. But I have to admit I had some sad moments...I really had to hold back tears. It was hard for me to watch my neices having so much fun playing and running around while Caleb laid down motionless by where they were playing. I miss watching him playing with them and fighting with them and making so much noise that it drove everyone insane! I can't wait to see him running again! But Caleb is doing so great! Praise God for all his progress...

I am so excited for tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that....and so on because everyday God shows us something new and everyday Caleb progresses. It's just like watching a newborn learn things the first year of life. (Like what we are going through with Micaiah) So imagine our excitement with Micaiah and Caleb!

Tomorrow we will be taking Caleb to see his teachers and friends at Kaimuki Christian. I think he really misses them. I told him we were going there tomorrow and I asked him if thats what he wanted to do and he immediately blinked his eyes. (I think that means "yes")

We will see what this new week brings and will thank the Lord every morning for another day to praise Him here on earth and give Him all the glory that he so much deserves! God Bless.