Caleb Update: 12/20/07 9pm

Caleb is still healing remarkably well. The nurse said that he will most likely start eating again within the week. She also said that sometimes when babies go for a while without eating they seem to forget that they need to and lose the desire, which becomes troublesome when you start trying to feed again. All signs seem to contradict this with Caleb. He is constantly rooting for a bottle or breast and he is sucking on his pacifier like there's no tomorrow. His pacifier has quickly become his favorite thing and will make a big fuss if taken away. We hope that he has even more desire to eat when he's allowed to and will just take off from the start.

He has lost a net of only 4 grams at this point since he stopped eating which is pretty amazing considering that he hasn't eaten since early Tuesday morning. Some of that may be due to water weight as he is being pumped full of fluids. We don't know what he weighed tonight because we left before the official weigh in, but we'll let you know tomorrow. He definitely doesn't look like he's lost much.

God has definitely blessed our little boy and has answered our prayers. Thank you all for covering us with a blanket of prayer; we can really see in a tangible way how that has affected Caleb's health and progress.

Caleb is definitely staying true to his namesake from the Bible. He is a strong warrior who doesn't follow the majority or the typical trends. He came out early with virtually no health problems, he beat the odds with the quick recovery from this infection, and he hasn't lost much weight as was expected. That's my boy! We're very proud of him and we hope that he continues this mindset as he grows up.

When Adrienne and I got home tonight we were looking through her baby book and found a picture of her when she was right around Caleb's age. There was a remarkable similarity between them. Their noses, mouth, and eyes seemed almost identical, even the facial expressions were the same. I think that he has my hair, but he definitely has a lot of Adrienne in him too (I suppose that's a good thing, right?).

Ryan