I have never blogged about Calen and what has been going on with him but when he was about 15 months old I took him in for his 15 month appointment and the doctor said that he was really concerned because he had not gained any weight since he was 9 months old. I knew he was small but I figured it just was a genetic thing b/c I was small and so was Chad's sister Mauna Rae. Anyway, he took a bunch of tests like blood, sistic fibrosis, checked his kidneys and some other things too I can't remember. They all came back negative including Celiac (which runs in my family and it is where you are allergic to wheat and gluton, which is in everything). So after all those tests came back negative the doctor told us that we were going to have to take him to a specialist in Boise. This is our trip there. We had to be there on a thurs. and we told the doctor all about him. The next day we went into surgery where he ran a scope down his intestines. These pictures are from that morning. He had to get some medication that made him act so funny. Back to the story, Calen had not even started to walk and he was like 17 months. The doctor thought that it was Celiac eventhough the tests came back negative. A week after we came home the Doc. called and said the tests came back all negative for celiac but he still thought that he could have it and he wanted us to still put him on the diet. He said that if he did have it then he would be a totally different child in 4 weeks. It has been 4 weeks tomorrow and he has been. He has had so much energy, he has started to walk, and has had more of a personality than ever before. He also gained almost a pound which is HUGE for him. We are so thankful it is this instead of something else because there could be so many worse things. Celiac is an autoimmune desease that makes it so that your body doesn't absorb any nutriants and so that is why Calen has been so small and has not started walking. He had no muscle really. Also he just felt sick all the time from it. He pooped like 3 times a day and it was so nasty. Now just like a normal 17 1/2 month old. We just love him. He has gotten a little naughtier now though, but he is healthy and we are grateful for that. My brother Jared has this same problem and so he has been so helpful too.