Update on Us

It has been a long time since I have updated "what is happening" around here! I am happy to report that everything is going extremely well! Caleb is adjusting quickly and quite well - every day he understands more and we are down to one or none crying episodes a day. It would happen more often the first week and then became less and less frequent. It was usually a misunderstanding of what was happening or what was going to happen, such as one night; I think, he was hungry and just dropped to his knees outside and cried. Once he began that, there was no consoling him, where today he started to cry when we left the Pavillion, and I assured him we were going to eat and then he was fine.
Since the last post, we have been to visit a pediatric urologist and found out that he needs a minor surgery as he has an undescended testicle. It will be a same day procedure and the Dr. says he will be running the next day. We are just to let him know when we want to do that this summer. We will let him recover well from the palate surgery before we do that one.
We also did some speech assessing and he is eligible for speech services, which will began next week. It will be fun to see him progress, especially after the palate is fixed. He has been like a little sponge and just soaks up everything. He has began to point things out to me when we drive. It is so cute! Today he saw cows, and yelled, "Mama, mama, moo." We have been working with words and putting signs together with them, so that he can communicate his needs. As he learns the structure of the day and where things are located, he is doing much better with that also. If he can't get his point across, he just helps himself! I really like that a lot! That has also helped all of us with our frustrations. It is amazing to see him eat now also. In the beginning, he would eat and eat and eat until we stopped him. Now, he eats until he is finished and then will stop, even with food left on the table or on his plate, at times. Another amazing thing is watching him drink. He is able to drink from a cup with very little spilling and is able to swallow many times consecutively! He is just amazing! I'm sure that I have bragged enough for one night. I will post some new pictures also.
Good night and thanks for continuing to follow- I now call it- my journal (which I have never been consistent at, but will update it as often as I can!)