- Got home from youth camp today. Caleb had loads of fun. #
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Happy Birthday
Happy 1 year birthday!
Caleb had his 1 year birthday party a week before his actual birthday. His actual birthday was when we were at camp. (By the way, who’s camera was used to take pictures at his birthday? I have mostly video footage)
Caleb had a blast at his party. Too much of a blast that he didn’t get much of a nap in afternoon (only 30 minutes). Of course if that wasn’t enough, after his wild birthday party he goes another baby’s birthday party. 2 parties in one day. Let’s just say that Caleb didn’t sleep too well that night either. I believe he woke up 6 times?
Update:
My wife informed me that he woke up not 6 times, but 8 times.
Caleb got some great toys for his birthday. He had so many new toys he didn’t know what to do with them all. But his favorite toy (now) has to be his trucks. He loves those trucks.
Of course sometimes he just likes plain ol’ boxes.
And sometimes he likes Tommy in the plain ol’ box.
His actual birthday was more laid back even though we were at camp. He had a bunch of people play with him. He got to play with his trucks around camp. And then on the night of his birthday, he woke up once at 8:45pm. He didn’t wake up again until 5:40am! Almost 9 straight hours of sleep. I must say I was amazed. If he could do 9 hours every night, he would have some much more happier (and awake) parents.
Youth Camp
We came back from youth camp today. Caleb’s very first youth camp was an incredibly exciting one for him. He got to play in the dirt. He had lots of people giving him attention. He got scrapes from walking and falling down and getting back and then falling down again. And best of all, he had his best sleeping night ever in his life on his birthday! Praise the Lord!
Now only if he could sleep 9 hours straight every night. That would be great.
Twitter Updates for 2008-06-25
- About to go to sleep. Caleb has been asleep for 3 1/2 hours so far. Maybe he can finally sleep through the night… yeah right. -D #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-24
- is signing up for twitter via his father #
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I just signed up Caleb on twitter. I’m guessing for the most part, most of you don’t know what twitter is. Well it’s this thing that you can send messages to. Kind of like a facebook status. It’s designed around SMS, so if I ever get SMS on my phone, this is where it’ll really get fun with all the tweets.
But for now I might use twitter to update more often. It’ll be quick, but it should be synced. Post should get tweeted. Tweets should will have a daily digest post.
Toilet Paper Fun
Here’s a picture finally of the result of one episode of Caleb’s toilet paper fun. He got distracted by Ellie our cat… otherwise, the result could have been much worse!
Surprise, Surprise #2
Well this weekend I’ve had quite a number of surprises. Yvonne for Father’s Day has been doing a multi-part father’s day gift. For part one of four, on Thursday Yvonne gave me a great shirt. No, it’s not a Bucks shirt. It was a “Proud Daddy†t-shirt. And yes, I’m a proud daddy.
Part two was our “Date #2†on Friday. Part four was a game day with some guys. We wound up just playing Wii Fit and watching Eric and John make fools of themselves. I just make a fool of myself in front of my wife, not other people.
What happened to part three, you ask? Some of you might have noticed the title of this post. It alludes to an earlier post by Sloof Lirpa on April 1 of this year. The contents of that post talked about us having another kid. Well it’s no longer April Fools and the next April Fools is a long way from now. Yes, we are expecting child #2.
It is very early in the pregnancy right now. Saturday afternoon, she gives me part three in an envelope with the pregnancy test. This part wasn’t her original gift to me, but she changed it on the fly cause she’s slick like that. Positive pregnancy test. Our response was much different this time around.
Even though we’ve had such difficult problems with Caleb’s sleeping, we knew we never wanted just one kid. It’s made us have second (and third and fourth and so on) thoughts about having another child, but it just never seemed right to give Caleb the sole pleasure of torturing us alone. We weren’t explicitly trying to have another child, but we weren’t not trying to have a child like we were before when we got pregnant with Caleb. We just knew we didn’t want to have them far apart in age.
So yes. We’re happy to be expecting. Of course we’d like a girl this time around, but it’s all in God’s hands.
Prayer Requests:
- Since Caleb is still not sleeping well, he has 9 months to get his sleep in gear. PLEASE PRAY for this not just to happen in a few months, but to happen now. The toll of not sleeping is not comprehensible to a lot of you, but lack of sleep does no good to anyone. (Caleb did sleep extremely well yesterday. Keep praying!)
- Pray for a healthy, sleepy baby. It is VERY EARLY in the pregnancy. Yvonne is only 5 weeks along, so anything can happen at this point. That’s why we covet your prayers. Yvonne will be seeing the OB shortly, so we can’t confirm until then that the baby is good to go.
Date #2
We went out on our second date since Caleb has been born… Well, our 2nd date without the baby. It was part of Chris’ Father’s Day celebration. We went to Ruth Chris… compliments of a gift card given to us by a friend.
It was nice going out, but I felt completely out of place. Me dressed up when I’m normally in sweats and a tank top nowadays. I feel strange without a baby clinging to my legs or attached to my left hip.
Caleb’s been sleeping so poorly for a while now, but even worse for this past couple of weeks. (We’ll blog more on this later). Grandma was babysitting Caleb so that we could go on our date. I warned her before we left that Caleb has been waking up multiple times in the night even at the very beginning…. and he cries hard. Whatever you do, don’t turn on the lights or talk to him. It’s an invitation to play. And he gets much harder to put to sleep. Haha. As I was walking up the stairs after we got home from our date at 9:30PM, I saw Caleb’s bedroom lights on and I could hear chatting (grandpa had come over to eat dinner with grandma). What?!!! Lights, talking?! What’s going on? I walk into the room to find Caleb bouncing up and down on his air filter, with a couple toys strewn around the room. Grandma and grandpa are chilling in his room like it’s their new living room. Hee-hee. Caleb cried hard, grandma couldn’t handle it. On came the lights. And naturally, the talking and playing came next.
Chris took a short video clip of Caleb playing. He was soooo hyper. The video clip really doesn’t do justice to how hyper he was.
Chris commented, “I’ve never seen this boy so hyper before.” And believe me, we’ve seen him very active. As I was trying to calm him back down into a slumber, he was jumping from my arms, crawling/walking from one piece of furniture to another. Finally, I got him to nurse (cuz he hit his head hard on the crib edge). In my arms, he reminded me of this crack drug baby I once held in the hospital. He was so jumpy & shaky. Yes, this is our son when he doesn’t get enough sleep. My goodness. We were surprised that it only took us 30 or so minutes to get him back to sleep. Good thing he was so tired. God, You’re merciful. Thank you for not making us stay up for hours with this boy.
Food Allergies
Little Caleb has had multiple sudden reactions to food he’s eaten. We finally figured out what he’s allergic to… MILK! oh my. I love milk. I love ice cream. I love yogurt. Caleb can’t have any, for now at least. His first reaction at the end of March was to Beechnut rice cereal. We knew he wasn’t allergic to rice since he’s had it before from another brand. But this rice cereal has “whey” in it… a milk product. Then at the beginning of May, Caleb had banana yogurt. He’s had teaspoons of yogurt in the past, but this time, he ate a whole cup of it.
We still weren’t completely convinced. Maybe it was some other ingredient? We offered Caleb some cottage cheese with mango a couple weeks ago. He got hives all over his face and neck. Poor Caleb!
Chris tried this fish dish (the fish was poaches in milk, but that was it). He turned red around his mouth. This Monday, I fed him a small piece of whole-grain chip. I noticed that familiar itchy redness start around his mouth too. The chips were sour cream and chives. No more milk products for you, baby boy.
So, Caleb had blood drawn 3 weeks ago for the pediatric allergist. We got the results yesterday. Caleb’s allergic to milk, casein, egg whites, peanuts, and oats. Well, all of them are borderline allergies on his labwork, and may not be true allergies. But, for now, the allergist says no milk or eggs until Caleb’s at least 2 (after he gets his blood tests repeated). And no nuts at all including peanut butter until he’s at least 3 (if his blood test then is clear). Caleb can have oats in moderation since he doesn’t seem to have had any reactions to his oatmeal.
And, Caleb showed a slight increase in his IgE’s to cat dander. Oh no!!! It’s not very high. But, the doctor warned that Caleb may develop a worse allergy to cats… or it just might disappear as he gets older.
