April 24, 2013 - 188 days post transplant

We have made it nearly 200 days since Cael had his stem cell transplant! Cael is doing great. He is now allowed to go outside anytime we want to take him for a walk or for a swing on the front porch. And the best news, which came just this past week, is that we can start to take him out more often. He cannot be around anyone sick, crowds, or school aged children, but it is still a huge step!

Cael still isn't walking, but he is crawling everywhere! He also can walk with me holding just one of his hands in mine. It seems he just doesn't quite have the confidence to take those first steps on his own. That's ok though. He will get there when he is ready.

Today he combined his first words. Adam is away for 2 weeks right now, and while we were FaceTiming, Cael looked at him and said, "Hi, Dada". It was the cutest thing!