"Mine!"

As with the bouncy seat, which Abram would not stay in when he was Katie's size, he has decided that the bassinet is really his bed. The only problem, he doesn't really fit anymore! Don't worry he doesn't get in when Katie is there.

Pool Time

Well, summer has begun at the Fletcher house. The pool has come out and Abram is having a blast with it. Not only is it a great energy burner, it is a great way to get him used to the water for all the lake trips with Papaw (hint, hint!). When we first put it out, he wasn't so sure. He would walk in splash a little and then move off to the swing or slide. He is now getting very brave and will put his face in the water to blow bubbles, lay on his front and his back in the water. We don't know much about teaching kids to swim, but hope these are some good first steps.

Signs

Abram continues to amaze us with how fast he picks things up. We decided to teach him sign language but didn't do a great job of being consistent but still continued to try things here and there. One day a couple months ago, he just started doing signs. He has signs for more, hungry/eat, hot, airplane, juice, duck, bath, and the one he is doing on Daddy-hat.
We think he developed his own sign just yesterday, he was playing in his pool and walked up to me and started blowing his lips and shivering. I asked if he was cold and he reached for the towel in my hands which he then wrapped around himself. It is so neat to be able to communicate with him. People ask us, won't the signs keep him from talking and we tell them no because for every sign he does there is a sound of some kind that goes with it. As you can see in the picture, he is doing the sign for hat on Daddy's head, but his mouth is saying "at." We hope to keep learning more and more signs and that someday Abram will teach them to Katie so we can communicate with her too.

Look out world...

here comes Katie.
Katie is getting so strong. She is trying to pull herself up to a sitting position (and often makes it up) and pushing with her legs. We think that watching her brother run around makes her want to go even faster. The Fletcher house is going to get even busier very soon.

What is that?

Katie has learned that there are things all around her. Sometimes she just enjoys laying by herself and watching those things. She likes to lay in her gym and look at herself in the mirror. It is so much fun to watch her learn and explore the world around her. If only we can keep her brother from stepping on her as she does this exploring!!

Mommy and her Girl

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