6 months - March 25!!

It is hard to believe our little man is 6 months old!! We have had yet another busy month. One weekend we headed down to Austin for one of Julie's childhood friend's wedding. Jenna looked absolutely beautiful as she was marrying Hunter. During the Austin trip we saw 23 family members, and we still did not get to see everyone we wanted to. Click here to see some of the fun with family. The next weekend, Craig turned 34 years old and his mom, Mammy, came into help us celebrate and to give us a weekend with our super fun Community Group from church. We went to an amazing lake house and enjoyed the outdoors, the glory of God's creation, and a ton of laughter. Our friends are much better at blogging and capturing the moment than we are. Check out The Shepelwichs and The Smiths for a better recap of the fun-filled weekend. See the below video of the boys,"TT", making their tour of Rock Band. Thanks again Mammy for coming in town to spend the weekend with Caleb!!

We then took a few weekends to catch up from the crazy couple of weeks we had. We changed out light fixtures, planted grass, got a ton of rest and relaxation, watched basketball, and enjoyed the down time. We went to the pediatrician and Caleb is 18 pounds 4 ounces (75%) and 28 3/4 inches long (97%). We are so excited to watch him grow! I LOVE falling in love with Craig over and over again. Watching him with Caleb - how he makes him laugh (a deep down belly laugh), plays with him in creative ways (no, Caleb is not actually drinking from the Sonic cup, but we tried. It is only water), or rolls around on the floor trying to “teach” him to roll, crawl, and sit - I’m reminded of just why I fell in love with this caring, warm, and playful man. Click here to see more fun photos of Caleb's month.

Kidney Update -- Take Two

Update: New Photo
Unfortunately, Caleb is going to have another surgery on Wednesday, April 29th to remove the lower blockage of the ureter where it connects to the bladder. They say this should be an "easier" surgery than the last one but it is still tough to think about the images in our mind of the last surgery. His ureter is measuring about 13 millimeters. (A normal size ureter is about 4-5 millimeters and a megaureter is about 7 millimeters.) Poor Caleb has a "double" megaureter. We feel better prepared for this one because we don't have the fear of the unknown and we have 7 weeks to prepare.

While we were there they weighed him and measured his length. Caleb is a solid 18 pounds and almost 28 inches long.

We have been praying Isaiah 41:10 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Caleb will have quite the story and the scars to show it but ultimately it is God's story He is writing for Caleb's life.

5 Months = February 25

WOW!! What a busy month we have had with Caleb and church activities. The past 4 weeks has been jammed packed with rice cereal, grabbing feet, new squeals, lots of laughter, continuing to hold legs up in the air, continuing to look intently at hands, beginning to "play" with toys, baby showers, running lots of errands, dinner parties, a slumber party, a Urinary Tract Infection, and a weekend with Mimi and Papa.

(Of course, the one good picture we took of Caleb during his 18 week photo shoot- the sign was backwards. Ignore the 19 weeks- it should be 18 weeks.)

Yes, we did say UTI- poor little guy had 104 degree fever and was miserable for about 24 hours. We don't know if this has any connection with his kidney issues. We should know more in a little over a week when we visit our urologist. And yes, we did say a weekend with Mimi and Papa. Our church had their big Student Ministry event called DTown. We stayed with our energetic eighth graders all weekend and left Caleb with Julie's Parents. It was a blast but it was so tough to be away from the little guy. Thank you Mimi and Papa for keeping our little man!!

Daddy is so good at making Caleb laugh and is just so precious how much a 5 month old just adores his Daddy. The ladies in the church nursery call Caleb "Mr. Smiley" because he always has a grin from ear to ear even when he is fussy or tired. Sometimes people don't know if he is laughing or crying.

We love the way our stress just melts whenever Caleb gives us one of those heartfelt giggles that sound like they are coming from the bottom of his feet!

Too see more pictures of Caleb this month, click here.

New Face

As you can tell, our blog has a new face. Our good friends David and Alli Penuel have this great business called Loudmouth Logos, where they create these awesome blog backgrounds. Thanks for giving us a face lift and a great new look to the White Wennings. (Since we are oh, so white!)

Best Present Ever! - February 7

This video just melts my heart and brings me so much joy!! This is the best birthday present my boys could ever give me--the gift of laughter! Psalm 126:2

But, Daddy had other plans in mind when he made a yummy breakfast, lunch, and took me out to a special dinner and performance at the Eisemann Center. Craig served me well and allowed me to enjoy my 28th birthday. (Side note...Craig and I have now known eachother for a fourth of my life- WOW!! We met on February 8, 2002 on a cold night in Las Vegas.)

Week 18 = 4 months!! January 25

Many of our friends are popping out babies left and right. We recently met two friends that are new to the world, sweet Dayton and Ade. It amazes us how much difference there is in just 3 months. They both seemed so tiny, so fragile, and so new to the world. It is hard to believe Caleb being that small and it is even harder to believe that he was only there 3 months ago. There are so many changes that happen everyday.


Speaking of changes...Caleb loves his feet, he has fun new noises everyday, and he is sleeping ALL the way through the night (7 pm to 7 am.) We feel like we are always saying this, but Caleb is in such a fun stage. He is always happy, cheerful, has a big ol' gummy smile, and adores playing with his daddy.


During the past month we also went back to the urologist for a post-op appointment. We found out that Caleb will most likely have another surgery before the year ends. There is another potential blockage along the ureter, on the bladder-side (his surgery last month was along the kidney side.) He is taking a laxative daily and we will return to the urologist on March 9 for another check-up. We will hopefully know more at that time but are just praying for God's miraculous hands to heal this little body.


We wake up everyday and feel like its Christmas morning. We get the same excitement walking into Caleb’s room as we did when we were kids racing to find presents under the tree. We can’t wait to see what new expressions Caleb will have each day and to share the many laughs he brings. (We know Christmas has been over for a month know but we are still holding on to the joy the Christmas season brings.)

See more of Caleb's photos

New Year's / Baby Announcement

First House = First Christmas Lights

As we were taking down the Christmas lights (or should I say as Craig was taking down the lights) we realized we should post some pictures of Craig's hard work. We lite up the block with all these white lights and Julie wants more next year. We shall see!! We had a lot of fun decorating our first home and too bad we could not have kept them up longer. 36 days to be exact (a lot longer than most people). The tree in the front, we added more strands of lights every weekend. We were not satisfied with just 3 strands.

What you can't tell from this far away picture is the priceless look on Craig's face. Oh, wait let me zoom just a minute.

If you can't tell Craig is VERY afraid of heights and would do anything to get off the roof very soon.

It is really hard to tell in this picture, but there is actually snow/ice on the ground, tree, and roof.
Julie loves Christmas (she is still singing Christmas songs to Caleb). She can't wait for Christmas next year!
Oh Christmas Tree...How Lovely are your branches!