Welcome, Caleb Nathaniel HObbs!
Welcome, Caleb Nathaniel HObbs!
There are some boo boos you can’t heal with a kiss
Friday, June 19, 2009
At our house, if you get a boo boo there is always someone nearby to kiss and fix it! I love that part of being a Mommy... there is such power in a bandaid! Recently, if I have a boo boo, the children have started kissing me, or offering me bandaids, and there is such a sweetness in that. I woke up this morning with a boo boo that wasn’t kissable, and it has been aching all day. That was the realization that my plan for a sweet weekend with my family has been superseded by Caleb needing to be in NICU due to underdeveloped lungs. They have told us his stay could be days or even a month or more, depending on how he responds. They’ve been doing treatments and trying to help him out, careful to inform us of everything. There is a definite pain you can’t fix when someone tells you, “I don’t think you would want to be there for this procedure.” It’s hard to think of your baby crying out and Mommy is far away. Please pray for us as we walk through this new valley, it has truly been exhausting both physically and emotionally. Oh, I can not fathom what it would be to face this without having the Lord to call out to, knowing that His ear is turned towards us! I want to say so much more, but I need to go check on a wee little man in a warm little box... it’s been a while since he heard Mommy’s voice.
Caleb Nathaniel Hobbs was born at 12:31 AM on June 19, 2009. He weighed 6lbs. 7oz. and was 20 inches long. Caleb means “Wholehearted” and Nathaniel means “Gift from God.”