Caleb is now five days days old and yesterday Nicole and I made our first attempt to bathe him. I am sure he was bathed several times while he was in the hospital but this wa an experience for us. As you probably can see by the picture he was not terribly excited to have this interaction with us... but good news.. he survived and I only ended up with a slightly bruised stomach from his flying feet.

We took him to the Dr. for the first time yesterday just for some general checkup type stuff... he passed with flying colors and also found out first hand that giving blood is not a fun thing to do.

Nicole is recovering super... she is a real trooper and is quickly taking on her role as mom in an amazing way. It is a real joy to see her interact with Caleb.

Nicole's mom has been with us since Monday evening and this has been a tremendous blessing to us all. She has cooked, cleaned and served the three of us with great enthusiasm. We are very thankful to have her here helping us make this transition.

Thank you all for your calls and emails... we love hearing that our friends are praying for us.. there is nothing more powerful that you can do. For those of you we haven't spoken with yet please know you are on our hearts and we hope to speak with you as soon as time permits.