Dacotah loves the outdoors and water so we decided to start vacation off at Fall Creek Falls in Pikeville Tn. It's a little over an hour drive off the TN 101. We started off with the 1.2 mile hike to the falls. Dacotah walked across the swinging bridge without a second thought while mommy was close behind trying not to freak out! Dacotah walked at least halfway before wanting to be carried. Now being carried wouldn't be a huge deal except he will not let daddy carry him, if Travis gets him he screams nonstop for Mom--------mie Mom----mie yeah you get the point. Over and over and over again even if I am right beside them. Thank God he started letting me carry him in the ergo again about a week ago! He doesn't like being wrapped but he is doing good with the ergo. Sad thing is with his weight I have to get Travis to help get him on my back, it works and I know he's safe, so off we went on up the mountain and the first bridge we came to he wanted down... Then he wanted me to carry him again, then he wanted down at the big turtle rock.... Anyway by the time we got to the falls overlook we were all a tired hot mess, and we forgot the drinks in the cooler in the van so we had a quick snack of chocolate teddy Grahams on the turtle rock. Dacotah took a tumble off the back, but thank God he came away with a tiny scratch! He traveled on back back and fell asleep on the way back to the picnic tables.
He slept on my back while we had turkey sandwiches, chips, and drinks. As soon as he woke up he wanted down again. So we took off to the cascades. You cannot keep this kid off of rock walls or out of water. Honestly there is no point in trying. He fell on his butt in the river, stood up and kept on trucking. Daddy had to come in with his tennis shoes on so we could watch both kids. Montana went down the rock slide, mommy too. Daddy went over to the big hole and did a can opener! On daddy's second try Dacotah counted him down with a one two!!!! Travis jumped in and hit his back on a rock... Dacotah decides he's done enough watching and so we found a small slide for him where daddy caught him at the bottom.
We went back to the calm stream and Montana and me went farther down to the top of the falls. Mommy slipped and fell as did Montana! Dacotah did NOT want to leave the water but when we let him climb the rocks back up the side of the hill he showed no fear and off he went. The doctor said kids with autism loves climbing, definitely fits this kiddo.
The ride back was uneventful but by the last 10-15 minutes he was hollering and wanting unbuckled; by the time we pulled in he couldn't wait to get out of the van.
After dinner grandma and papaw came over, Dacotah saw papaw and for the first time in a couple months he hollered out "Papaw"!!!!! We are over the moon. We all went to the indoor pool and Dacotah swam (I put a hand under him for support and tell him to swim) he uses his arms and kicks his feet and loves it! I really wish UVA@Wise didn't require pool passes for family members of the swim team, else I could take him swimming up there while sissy swims. Oh well we have our outdoor pool until the fall.
He has had a rough night. He's gotten up four times since 10 despite me giving him medicine at 11:30 to help him rest, he is super tired, and is awake as I'm writing this blog... I have a feeling it's going to be a very long night. (Don't worry I have cold coffee and milk in the fridge to get me through the morning lol!
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