We went to visit Dr. Judd yesterday for Dawson's two month well check. Dr. Judd said Dawson is growing very well. He is actually on the "typical" child growth chart which evidently doesn't happen often with Down Syndrome kids (they have their own growth chart). So Dawson is weighing in at 8 lbs. 15 oz. and he is 22 inches long (thanks to the liquid gold). He said he doing very well his muscle tone is very good except for the fact that he has to hold up his heavy head and that's kinda hard but we're working on it. Dr. Judd still can't see baby's eardrums because of his teeny tiny canals but I know he can hear because his brothers and sisters wake him up all the time. The early intervention lady had mentioned that she thought he had some pretty concerning vision problems but Dr. Judd said not to worry about it because he was staring at the planets on his wall. Also we had a vision specialist from the school for the blind come to our home yesterday and she said that he focuses on faces and he looks like he has normal vision to her but she will check again in six weeks to make sure. Baby got his shots yesterday and did very well with it after of course he screamed at the nurse picking on him. Dr. Judd says baby's heart and lungs sound very good and think that when we go to cardiology this Friday they will have more good news for us. We are very lucky to not have a lot of the problems that some Down's kids have but we are staying very cautious because there can be problems down the road. We are going to stay optimistic and deal with problems as they arise.
Last Saturday Dawson and I spent the day with a very talented lady that took a lot of time making sure she caught how cute Baby Dawson is on camera. I got an email last night that his pictures are done and she is putting the disc in the mail. Here is a link to her website http://amr-photo.com/# go to the site and click on client proof the username is Dawson and the password is Call. They are the cutest dang pictures ever. She is doing our family photos soon so we will have updated pictures of the other kids too!
After years of planning and looking JR and I finally bought our first boat. We decided it would be a good time to spend more time with the bigger kids. We have gone twice this year and the kids had a blast even though it was really windy the first time and freezing the second. The kids still got in the water and went tubing. The little boys love just cruising around on the tube and the big boys get a little crazier we actually flipped the big boys right off the tube but they came out of the forty degree water laughing. Jaycee just hangs out on the boat with mom and dad and holds the flag. KayDee is still getting used to boating so she decided to stay home last time. I dropped JR off at the boat dock and backed up too soon so he fell in the lake fully clothed with his phone and everything on. He didn't come out of the forty degree water laughing. The only thing he really said was that'll teach me to leave my stuff in the boat! Baby Dawson isn't quite old enough to go on the boat yet so he stays home with Grandma which he probably prefers because all she does is hold him and rock him and sings cute little songs. I am so lucky to have such a great family.
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