It has been a while since my last post. Things are going well here at the Henderson house. Caleb is learning new things every day, and we are constantly amazed at the joy he can bring into our lives.

Caleb is into all sorts of new things now.. primarily lifting his head up and rolling over. He rolls around on the floor and in his crib for entertainment it seems.. He can lift his head up and sit up on his elbows.. he is very excited about this because he now realizes there is life over the bumper in his bed.

The Lord has been good to us...Caleb checked out great at his last visit to the Dr... though I am not sure he totally enjoyed the shots he was administered. I will post a few more pics here in case you are curious. 

Here is the little guy hanging out on the couch. This outfit is one that KG (Austin's mom) brought up for him to wear. This is one that his daddy wore years ago (we wont say how many years ago). 

Here we are with our good friends the Morrows and the Williams. The Morrows were in for a visit from sunny California. Morrow (middle) opened a series at church on the Da Vinci code where believers were encouraged to "Seek the Truth." We are fortunate to have great firends like these guys in our lives. Left to right (Emma, Noah, Grant, Liz, J.C. Morrow, Mandi, Nicole, Caleb, Austin) 

This is Austin's brother Chase... he stopped by for a few minutes to hang out with Caleb. Chase is going to make a super uncle and Caleb will love hanging out with him. 

Here is Uncle Will T getting some quality time with Caleb. Will is a proud uncle and Caleb is blessed to have him in his life. 

Things have been going great in our house. Caleb is adjusting well to life in our world and Nicole and I are coming along behind him. He actually has been absolutely wonderful, we have some things to work out in his schedule but other than that we couldn't ask for a better transition.

Nicole is healing up nicely and made her first venture out of the house yesterday... an exciting trip to Kroger! What is more amazing about this is that I was left alone with the little guy. Of course he slept the entire time, but it felt like an accomplishment to me. ; )

This picture is has a funny story with it... We just gave the little guy a bath and this picture was just to cute to pass up. What you dont see is that shortly after this picture was taken he decided to relieve himself all over shorts... to bad we don't have a picture of that. ; ) 

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. 

Well another day is coming to a close...what a blessing it is to have family and friends. We have spent the day having you guys ohh and ahh over our latest family addition and simply demonstrate your love fo our family by your presence. Nicole and I truly thank you for your time, gifts, thoughts and prayers. We are so thankful for the Lords provision and blessings, thank you all for being a part of this event.

Right now the plan is for us to go home tomorrow. I suppose that decision will be up to the Doctors, but at this point everything is looking good. Nicole is up and about, Caleb is doing all the things that a baby should do.. eat, poop and cry (not necessarily in that order), and my desire to see my own bed is high too... all of these things add up to a very good possibility at least that we will go home tomorrow. We will keep our fingers crossed.

Proud grandfather. This is Austin's dad.

A bit out of order but this is a good picture of Nicole's dad and cousin Allison.

Here are the proud parents right after Caleb was born.

Camo Caleb.... Nick has him ready to bust some ducks.

Here is Ma. This is Nicole's grandmother and Caleb does not even realize the blessing that Ma will be in his life. Ma is a servant to everyone she is around and if Caleb can get even a portion of her heart he is off to a good start.

KG gets some quality time with Caleb.

This is Grandma (Austin's Grandmother). She was tickled with the arrival of the first Gregory grandchild.

This is Pa (Austin's Granfather). He is holding his first great grandchild.

Dr. Cain-Swope did a wonderful job. Her experience and judgement were a blessing in our lives.

Check out the toes on this guy...