Saturday August 9th Update

Things are still going really well around here. Very busy with the day in and day out stuff of life.
Dawson still has this horrible head cold and it just doesn't seem to want to go away. He certainly feels better than he did a few days ago but even breathing a little through his nose seems to be a constant chore for him. I have come to realize just how physically strong Dawson is. The best way to find out is to try to pin him down, hold his arms down, then get one of those nose suction thingys, and then actually try to use it to suction his nose out. Oh yeah, you get a pretty impressive fight out of him.

We hate doing that but have found it to be necessary during different points of the day. Especially before bedtime.

Dawson continues to thrive developmentally. Yesterday he was pulling up from seated positions both at Grandmoms house and at home. He was sitting in the floor playing and crawled right over to where I was sitting and pulled himself up on the chair. AWESOME
Also he has started this thing where he will get on his hands and feet as though he is going to bear crawl or something. When he does it, it looks like he is just fixing to stand up and start walking.

He had occupational therapy yesterday and it was the first therapy session in a while that went smoothly. The past few OT/PT sessions he was really fussy and just didn't want to work. Yesterday he worked really well and we are so very thankful for the therapist he has. Both of them do a really good job with him and we are appreciative of the work they have put in on behalf of Dawson.

So we are just trucking right on along. The kids are back in school, Madison is enrolled in pre school this year and Dawson is still doing remarkably well. Life is a lot more fun with no seizures and thanks be to God for what he has done.

Thank you for checking in, we are so thankful for you all

Jeff and Allison