Success.

Well, the hike that Zac took Joel on went well. He hiked up hill for over a mile and then Zac carried him back down on his shoulders. Zac thinks his feet fell asleep while riding because he kept telling Zac that he had pokey rocks in his shoes and wanted to get them out. Cute. :) The last picture is them at the top of the hill.

This little man also had a big developmental evaluation today. We are taking part in a study done by the CDC looking for possible indicators of autism. It's been a several month long process and today was our evaluation at Children's Hospital. The CDC is partnering with 6 Children's Hospitals across the nation to do the testing and research and today Joel just happened to be evaluated by the same psychologist who did his orginial evaluation and autism diagnosis a year and a half ago. It was really nice for her to be able to compare him then and now and to see the changes. She was so encouraged by his growth and development and really thinks that he is on the right track. It was great for me to hear so we will just stay the course and continue to do what we have been doing. I was able to sit in on the eval (4 hours) and so I could see firsthand the things that Joel still needs to work on so we can tweak some the things we have been doing accordingly. Overall, it was a good experience and we will await the official results (she has to tally scores and do evaluation summaries). We are so grateful that God is continuing to work a miracle in this little boy!!