Hearing Test

Well, the final visit with the SW went well. We will be sending the final adoption papers off at the first of the week and will hopefully have a court date soon! The hearing test went very good. They were actually able to tell if the ear drum was moving or if there was fluid behind it. He does have fluid in both ears. Also, they had a device that they put on his head to "bypass" the fluid to check his hearing. Which, he heard in the normal range!! Yeah! What that means is we go on Nov. 17th at 1 pm to an ENT who will probably schedule to have tubes put in his ears to help drain the fluid. At the same time, they will probably do an ABR test to get a better understanding if there is permenant hearing loss and how each ear hears. I can't wait for him to be able to hear better! I think his speech will improve quite a bit after that. So, everything went great today! Another step made towards total health and to officially become a Dawson!!!

Final Visit!!!

Today our SW is coming for her final visit with Zechariah. After that we will be ready to finalize the adoption. We are so excited!!! Not that it changes how we feel or anything, but he will legally be a Dawson! How exciting!! Zech also goes for a hearing test today. We have been waiting to get him into an ENT, but we have to have the hearing test first for the referal. Can't wait for that to get settled. Macey has been working a lot. She likes it, but it seems odd not seeing her as much as we use to. Megan has been working a lot too. It's Christmas season and she has quite a few parties booked. I try to post later and let everyone know how the visit and testing goes. The picture above was taken on the square of Sparta. We were having a "Souper Bowl" that day (soup and chili cook off). Tom's band was playing.

God Bless!!

Too darn cute!!

Here is a brief video of Zech jumping. I turned the camera sideways so I could get his feet, not realizing it would be viewed that way. Sorry, but you can still see how adorable he is! I met the sweetest young man today. He is 27 and his name is Micheal. He has Down syndrome. He immediately stuck out his hand and introduced himself, explaining he was "new"(he just moved here from Florida). He came in the store with a lady who recently moved here and has been coming in the store quite a bit, she knew Zech. She told Micheal that my son had ds and he said "me too, I'm gifted". It was so precious!! I thought was a great thing to say! Yesterday Zech and I went to TTU(Local college) and I spoke in a class about raising a child with special needs. I told them we had adapted to Zech's special needs and he has adapted to ours. I really tried to make sure everyone knew that we all have special needs and Zech is no different (or harder) to raise than Megan and Macey were.......are(ha!ha!) Hope you enjoy the video!

The past week

Well, Zech has had the stomach flu. He's doing great today, but was throwing up a couple days ago, and very tired and grouchy. He's back to his sweet little self now! Macey started her job at Maurice's this week. She didn't like her first day, but yesterday was better. She has really been busy with school and work, but doing great. Last Saturday we had the wedding reception at the coffee shop. It went so good!! The bride's mom said "it was perfect. Couldn't have dreamed of it going any better". Megan did such a good job, I was really impressed!! Zech stayed with a friend of ours while the reception was going on. Her little boy is in Zech's class, he had a ball. She took him to a pumpkin patch and he got to pick a pumpkin. She is suppose to send me pics, I'll post them as soon as she does. This weekend is our soup and chili cookoff on the square, after that, we don't have much planned. I'm wanting to go to Michigan in November to take Zech and meet the rest of our family. I think he will have a ball! My grandma is really missing him. She talks about him all the time. Some people came to the Coffee shop yesterday that was interested in adopting from Hong Kong. I told them about Sunny. I so pray he finds a family soon. I wish I could post his picture, he is so adorable!!

What's been going on?

Well, since my last post, we've just been doing day-to-day things. The store/coffee shop has been extremely busy with different events, which is a blessing, just not a lot of extra time. I am so behind in reading other blogs, I really miss it. Zechariah is loving school and going with Rachel(Karate). He is getting a little more vocal and has started jumping. It is so cute!!!! He barely gets off the ground, but is getting better at it every day! Macey applied for 2 jobs in Cookeville, and got both. She is working hard to be able to move and be closer to school. She is going to be missed! Megan has been fervently working! She has a big wedding at the coffee shop Saturday. They start setting up Friday. Tom's band will be playing at it, so he's been busy doing with that. Zech has a four day weekend from school, I'm looking forward to that. I love it when we get to spend so much time together. Hoping I get my own camera for Christmas so I can take a lot more pictures. Oh, Monday night Macey, Zech, and I went to an International Adoption meeting. I was the guest speaker. It went really well. There is a family there adopting from HK, so they had questions, that always helps. Zech was great! He was dressed up with a little tie on, too cute! When we were in Hong Kong, we were able to stay a few hours at the orphanage and play with the kids. There is one little boy that we all keep thinking about. Macey actually wakes up crying about him, she's so worried. His name is Sunny and is 2 months younger than Zech. Please keep him in your prayers that he will find his forever family. We got pictures of him Monday, he is so adorable. Well, until next time.................

Zech and his best friend Kayden

Here are some pic's of Kayden and Zech. We gathered stuff for our fairy house. The kids loved it!! They built their first house that day.

Past due photos

Zech At the County Fair


Zech riding in a boat

Macey and Zech coming down the big slide