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

Weekend Stuff

Just a quick post today on how Dawson is doing....

Our house has been invaded by some nasty little bug.. Fevers, coughs, snotty noses etc etc.. Dawson kicked it all of and has spread it to Madison and Allison... So far so good for me. not even a sniffle ( I hope I can keep it that way)

Dawson still remains seizure free and is learning in leaps and bounds. I know this seems to be the focal point of my posts now a days ( How well Dawson is doing) but what do you expect?? What else do i have to blog about?? No seizures, no behavior problems like before... Everything now a days is centered around how quickly he is catching up developmentally. He still has ways to go mind you BUT... progress progress progress!!!!!!!

This week seems to be the week of " I wants" for Dawson.. I want my mommy, I want my juice, I want my juice box, I want my sissy.... Oh as Im typing this it seems so unbelievable!! I reflect back on where we were just a few short months ago, a seizure ridden kid, laying in a hospital bed.... Them telling us they are wanting to remove a section of his brain.... and now??

No surgery needed, seizures gone by the hand of God and this kid is doing way more than I ever thought he would.. Dawson slayed the seizure monster and now holds his foot on the seizure monsters throat.. Stomp hard my son, stomp Really hard!!!

A note to Kinsleys mom.. thank you for your comment and we would love to get up with you!! You didnt leave us any contact information so please email us at wade92503@yahoo.com and leave us a way to contact you.

Thank you again for all your prayers! our love to all

Jeff

Disney World and stuff about Dawson

We are safely back from Disney World.. Wow what a trip. We had SO MUCH fun. We were of course worried how Dawson would do traveling that far, spending all day in the park, being around the different characters, all the different people... He did just Fantastic!! He loved every minute of it. He rode the rides, even did a roller coaster once.. It was just a great great trip as you can tell by the pictures. Enjoy

I did want to do an update on Dawson while im on here. Today is day 146 seizure free!!! Praise God!! We have witnessed not only a seizure ridden child become seizure free.. But a TRUE transformation. This kids brain is like a sponge right now. He is soaking up everything.. I cant even describe how his vocabulary has grown 100 fold over the past couple of months. He is talking in short sentences now and can even carry on a conversation. questions and answer type stuff. He is learning at such a rapid rate that its hard to keep up with. He is excelling in school, singing songs, naming all the shapes and putting them in their perspective places, counting, knows and says his first and last name, points to and says all the animals... its just incredible!!!!!!!

He is asking for specific foods to eat.. plays Wii with Madison.. I could just go on and on. There is no possible way to do it justice on a blog.. Its just something you would have to see with your own eyes.. God has truly truly worked a miracle in this child.

Just this morning, Madison had on her school shirt that has a chipmunk on it. Dawson walks up to her and says " CHIPMUNK" I didnt even know he knew that word. Its stuff like that that we are so excited about.. His learning and progression are happening at such a rapid rate right now its almost going to fast to enjoy it!! What a miracle right??!!!

We are so so proud of all he is doing...

Sorry for being away for so long.. I have lots of blog catching up to do in the next coming days..

Hope you enjoyed a little sample of our trip

Our love to all of you..

Jeff and Allison

Disney bound

This morning we depart for a vacation ( and a well deserved one at that) for Disney World in Orlando Florida. If you will, say a prayer for safe travels as we make the two day drive down there.

Disney pic marathon coming soon!!!!!

Our love to all of you

Jeff