A new 5 year old

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CALEB LOVED THOSE FISH TANKS!
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Many things have happened since I last posted and have been hectic...but good. I started Caleb on a new diet. I'm still giving him raw milk and all the stuff I put inside his milk is still the same but I am now giving him poi, luau, carrots, squash, breadfruit, and popolo berries. All of this came about after our camping weekend in Maunawili. Our friends there have many taro patches, breadfruit trees, and popolo berries growing like crazy! So I started to go up into the valley once a week with Micaiah to help them with whatever they need help with and to gather food for Caleb and our family. The other weekend I learned how to milk their cow! They also give us a little bit of milk once a week. It seems that Caleb is doing better on his new diet and his bowel movements are definitely regular and not so stinky. :) (don't tell him I shared that) Their family has been a huge blessing to us and I am learning so much every week. I plan to start growing some wheat grass so that I can juice that at home too and make some rejuvelac which I have been reading about. It was created by Ann Wigmore and it is supposed to aid in digestion.


Caleb's EEG was cancelled once again. This time he was fine but when we took him to his pediatrician to get a sedation clearance before his EEG, his doctor didn't clear him. He said he had a cold since he had secretions coming from his nose. Both I and Caleb's nurse told the doctor that he always does and that he wasn't sick...his secretions weren't colored too...they were clear! But he insisted so he was not able to get his EEG done. I'm so sick of this already. He doesn't even need it...but it was rescheduled for next month anyway. Caleb's doctor was really impressed when he saw Caleb. He never sees him...not even when he is sick (we have another doctor that does house visits) so he was blown away at his progress. But of course gave me a little grief about his diet. How strange...he's making progress but what I feed him is no good? Is that possible?


We recently started attending a new church. It's been awhile now since we felt that it was time to move on but for the past month or so God has been really placing this one church on my heart and I strongly felt that God really wanted us to get moving. Brandon and I talked about it continually but didn't budge. As time continued, this feeling became stronger everyday to the point where I said we had to at least try it and then if that's where God wants us to be then he would confirm it to the both of us....so we went...and God confirmed. Our new church is called New Life Bible Church and it is very small...maybe about 20-25 people total. The church has no elevator and three flights of stairs which means we have to carry Caleb up to the church...and sometimes his chair too. But if this is where God wants us to be then we will do what we have to do to get there. It reminded me of the story of the men who made a whole in the roof to lower their friend in front of Jesus amongst a crowd so that he could heal him. Because of their faith, Jesus healed him. Every week the Lord speaks to us and this church has unbelieveable faith! (that's an oxymoron) We are so excited to see what God has in store for Caleb and us as we learn more about where our faith needs to be and act upon what we learn. The sad thing is that we miss seeing everyone at New Hope...the loving and gracious greeters and ushers, the pastors, and our friends. It's what was holding us back from moving somewhere else but this is a new season for us and God is showing us specific things that he wants from us. But to all the New Hope readers...we love you and will come back to visit sometime!


Caleb turned 5 years old on Saturday! We had a party for him at the beach again with family and close friends. Caleb stayed in the ocean for a very long time and enjoyed being around his cousins and friends. He got lots of new clothes..just what I wanted! (He needed new clothes because he's grown so much.) We got him a fish tank and put it right next to his bed so he can watch them when he wakes up early in the morning and at night just before he goes to bed. Brandon also went and bought him a steering wheel to go with his cars game so that Caleb can use that to play video games with him. He's growing up so quickly...and improves day by day. He's a brand new 5 year old who won't stop at anything...this is going to be a year of miracles...you will see.


Caleb's been doing so well in all of his therapy sessions. He recently blew away his speech therapist as he was playing a new computer game with the joystick. And last week Patrick had Caleb playing with his magnet puzzle in his stander. He told Caleb to get the turtle and Caleb moved his arm over and connected the piece with his magnet stick but as he pulled it up it disconnected. So Patrick told him to go and get it once again and he got it, pulled it up and pulled it off to the side. Then Patrick told him to bring it over and place it in his hand and then he could come out of his stander (he's famous for bribes...but it always works) So Caleb did what he told him to do. When I heard this...I almost cried. He's so amazing, isn't he!?!



The boys started going back to Keiki o Ka Aina again and I sure do miss going with them. School is going good but finding time to study has been a challenge and staying up through class is another. But some things that I learn are actually beneficial and my semester project will revolve around Caleb which will be great for me. Of course, in science classes however, it is sometimes hard to read and go with what science tells you when your beliefs don't agree. But I will survive.

I hope you enjoy the few pictures I posted from our Maui trip. I'm going to make a slide show of more pictures when I get the chance and will also post some pictures from Caleb's birthday at a later time. Thank you for blessing our family with your continued prayers!