Reunited and it feels so good

The road from Celina to Idalou (6 hrs.) was the longest I think we have ever been on! It was excruciating. We were getting so close to seeing Caleb, and yet the hours just seemed to go so slow. Finally.....we arrived! My parents and Caleb were in Lubbock, so we drove there to meet them. Caleb initially started crying because I think he was so overwhelmed. He had all these new people up in his face screaming for him.....ha! When we put him in our car, I felt like I had just kidnapped some little baby or that we had just adopted him or something. Hard to explain.

We had got tickets for the West Texas Polar Express tonight in Lubbock. The kids have been counting the days and were so excited for it to finally be here. So, literally, we meet my parents on the side of the road.....say a quick hello.....grab Caleb.....and off to board the train. I'm sure other people who were sitting beside us wondered why we kept "doting" on Caleb so much! ha! If they only knew!!!

The train ride was wonderful. Reagan and Caed had so much fun. If you have read the book or seen the movie.....then you have an idea what took place. The kids were encouraged to come in their pj's. The conductor came around and punched their tickets, they served cookies and hot chocolate, we sang Christmas carols, traveled to the "North Pole" and then Santa boarded the train and gave all the children a beautiful gold bell. It was really neat. A wonderful memory and especially for our family at this time.

This morning before we left Celina (as we were packing) Caed began crying that his head was hurting. This was the 3rd time in the last month that he has had a bad headache. I gave him Tylenol, told him to lay down on the couch, and even got a cool cloth and rubbed his forehead (seemed to work the other 2 times this happened in NE). The crying went on for about an hour and then all of a sudden he throws up! (A LOT!!!) I truly do not think there will ever be a time that he throws up that we don't get scared to death. Caed hasn't thrown up since we went to NE. It was just such a shock. I immediately thought it might be some "bug." Just from being around everyone at church Sunday, I thought he might have gotten something there. However, we are now leaning to it simply being headache related. After he threw up, he was totally fine. We're wondering if it wasn't a migraine possibly. I will discuss it with NE the next time they call. Caed has never struggled with headaches, but now this is the 3rd bad one this month. We have no idea. Anyway, we're just glad he got ok, and we were able to go ahead with the trip. I was sure questioning God. "How can this be happening NOW....we're supposed to go see Caleb today!!!" Thank you Lord that it all worked out ok, and we DID indeed get to see our Caleb boy!
He sure had changed!!

First family picture in a longgggg time!