showing off

over 12,500 seizures and they thought he would never be smart!!

Dawson counting to 10.. take 10 seconds and enjoy a miracle

singing

Here is a video on the way home from Disney World last month.. Its hard to hear him singing unless your in a quiet room and listening close. But you can see him mouthing the words and singing one of his favorite songs. " Rain rain Go away" from Jack's Big Music Show ( one of my favorite shows btw)

Good news continues around here. Dawson continues to do really well. I hate to be greedy, but...... I really really really wish we could get started on this whole potty training thing!!!! :)

Hope you enjoy the video of Dawson.. We are SO proud of him and all he is accomplishing.

Love to all of you!!

Jeff

Learning foods

Learning how to say the foods he likes to eat.. Katelin was teaching him the word Burrito and she was of course rolling her R's to make it more.. authentic. Dawson has his own version of course..

Copycat and a Tat

First of all the Tat... Allison has been wanting to do this for some time. She felt she wanted a permanent reminder of what not only Dawson has been through, but what God has done in our lives through this ordeal. Although its not for me ( at least not right now) I fully support her wanting to do this because of the meaning it gives.. An epilepsy awareness ribbon draped over the cross is just perfect!! For those of you who know Allison and didn't think she was capable of getting a tattoo... SURPRISE!!! lol

Now on to the copycat...

This past week has just been incredible. Dawson has been making slow but steady progress developmentally since the seizures stopped 173 days ago.. But this past week we have seen an EXPLOSION of speech from Dawson. He literally copies everything that is being said in the house.. Doesn't matter who's saying it.. he hears it and repeats it pretty much word for word.. Its as though his brain is on rapid fire with speech right now and of course we are thrilled!!! Its just amazing how well he is talking and everything he is saying.. God is certainly good right??!!!!

God has literally delivered us from Infantile Spasms, seizures, severe behavior problems, and everything associated with this terrible disorder... Allison is correct, the further we are from those days, the easier it is to.... not forget... but to discard and not think about it. I think we should always think about it. Remembering how bad things were helps us to put focus on just how awesome God truly is..

Maybe i will get a matching one... sorry mom!!

Tomorrow takes us to Huntsville to see his Neuro for a visit.. No problems, just a scheduled visit. Our chance to show them how wonderful he's doing!

Thank you again for your prayers, we certainly continue to pray for all of you whos children suffer still... We will not cease our prayers for you.. ever!!

Love to all

Jeff

Background misfunction

To those of you who have been checking in and only seeing green, I apologize. Apparently when I changed the blog background recently, I had inadvertently selected a green background when I was tweaking my color choices. I do not know why for some it caused a problem and not for others. So, those who have been seeing green, scroll down and check out our pics from Disney World (we had an awesome time). We appreciate you checking in on our little guy, he is a joy and we are truly blessed. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. We have the girls with us this weekend, so we have a full house!

Our love to all,
Allison & Jeff