Last Game of the Season

Caleb had his last Miracle League game.  He ended on a high note - a HOME RUN!!!  We had such a great season and are looking forward to playing again in the Fall.

Caleb doing his infamous bow with Coach Matt.

Caleb with his trophy.  He was so proud :)

Here's the end of Caleb's Home Run

FIELD TRIP!!!

A couple of weeks ago Caleb got to got to the Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland with his Kindergarten class.  I was lucky enough to be able to go with them to help supervise some of the kiddos.  We had tons of fun and can't wait to go back.

Caleb pondering what to build with the legos

Taking a moment to say "cheese" with his buddy, Kelsey.

This was, by far, Caleb's favorite part.  While we were visiting, there was a scuba diver in the big tank hanging out with the fish.  Pretty cool!

 Caleb touching the starfish with the help of Mrs. Salmon, his aide.

Peek-a-boo!

Crazy Hair Day

We decided to go with the Darth Maul look!

 Caleb with his friends Kelsey and Sophie.  They have a sort of Kindergarten love-triangle :)

Here's looking at you, kid.

Sorry

Just wanted to apologize to all of Caleb's fans for being so absent lately.  I kinda let the whole blogging thing go by the way-side because I wasn't so sure how many people actually followed it.  Then at a Miracle League game last weekend, a woman came up to me and said, "Are you Caleb's mom?  I just wanted to tell you that I saw his blog and just LOVE it!  Thank you for sharing him with us like that."

And with that, I remembered why I had started this little bloggy-thing in the first place.  To share our wonderful, amazing, and inspiring little boy with the world.  To give you a glimpse at the joy that he brings to us each and every day.  To show other families who may be getting a new diagnosis that there is so much happiness to be had with these precious gifts we've been given.

So...

I am recommitted to posting more often!

Miracle League

A few weeks ago Caleb joined a Miracle League team here in San Diego.  It is a wonderful organization that lets children with disabilities to play baseball.  Each child is provided with a 1:1 buddy to help them with whatever they need.  Every child that gets up to bat scores, and every game is tied.  Rules don't apply to these baseball games, so you see things like 3 players on 3rd base at the same time, a foul ball that's counted as a "line drive", and a "home run" that was barely even a bunt.  There is an amazing guy who volunteers each and every Saturday to be the announcer for all the games, and he is hilarious, too.  He absolutely makes the games entertaining for everyone.  Enjoy some of our Miracle League moments so far!

 Caleb and his friend, Hunter, ready to play ball.

 Hanging out with Papa Mickey

This is Caleb's Buddy, Gabriella.

Here's his team - the Twins.

 I just love this picture of Caleb :)

Passing time in the dugout.  And how does he amuse himself?  By playing with Gabriella's hair... OF COURSE!

Taking a moment to pose for the camera as he rounds third base.

Wait, wrong way, Caleb!

Here's Caleb as he crosses home plate.  Watch carefully for the bow as he scores.

Cousin Hayden Singing

So I get to brag about Caleb often!  Now it's time for me to brag about my nephew, Hayden.  He is 12 years old and sang at a talent show for his school recently, and surprised everyone with his amazing rendition of "Feeling Good."  I have to say that Jeff and I gathered around the computer to watch it and as soon as he started singing, both of our jaws completely dropped to the ground.  We had no idea just how good he is!

Anyway, check out Caleb's cousin and help us get this thing to go viral, and pass it on!

Adaptive Skiing at Big Bear

Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to go skiing.  Big Bear has an adaptive ski program and we were able to go up with a group of people.  What an amazing opportunity!!! I can now honestly say that I skied a black diamond with my son!  When I took him I thought he would be on the bunny slopes the entire day, but it turned out it was the real deal.  He had two volunteers with him that took him on the ski lift and would then take him down the real mountain.  The second half of the day I got ahold of some skis and took some runs with them.  It was AWESOME!!!

Caleb ready for the slopes (luckily we didn't have to use the giant jacket)

Getting excited to see the snow for the first time.

Mom and Caleb ready for the snow

Caleb touching snow for the first time

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Here's some video of him coming down the slopes

That's Caleb in the middle of the ski lift.

So excited to ski with Caleb!

Thumb's up for another run

The view from the top of the mountain.  BEAUTIFUL!

Here he is in action.

Great day!

The aftermath.

MDA Boot Camp

Last week Caleb got to go to do his first duty as the official San Diego MDA Goodwill Ambassador at the CA Firefighter Boot Camp.  This is where firefighters learn more about why and how to "Fill the Boot" for the MDA.  Caleb was obviously there to help out with the "why" portion - hopefully none of them listened to his version of "how" because it certainly would entail using a lightsaber and the force to get people's money in the boot.  It was a great day with a ton of amazing people! 

Ready to schmooze.

Posing with the National Goodwill Ambassador, Abbey Umali.

Racing!

Caleb decided he wanted to say a few words up on stage. 

He said, "Hello everybody.  Well, that's all I wanted to say."

Posing with some recipients of one of the awards given out.

Finally, time for a lightsaber duel with Abbey

Abbey's mom, Wendy, wanted in on some of the action, too.

One more feel of Abbey's hair before it's time to say goodbye.

How Many Muscles Does it Take for Caleb to Walk?

I know it's been a looooong time since I've posted much on the blog, but I thought you would want to see Caleb's latest trick - WALKING!!!  It's just another way our amazing boy has reminded us that anything is possible.

There is music on the video, so you may want to pause the music on the right to hear it better.



I am happy to report that Caleb is doing really well.  He is getting his energy back and is slowly but surely gaining some weight back, too.  Although our time in the hospital was challenging, to say the least, we also had a lot of fun moments, too.  Here are some of those moments.

Make sure to pause the music on the right to hear Caleb singing better!