Aunt Hope gave Fletcher his first Thomas the Train book and he absolutely loves it. So, we added a few to his collection. Fletcher can definitely relate to the "The Little Engine that Could" as he works to "perfect" his crawling. Oh yeah, those are Fletcher's feet sticking out from under the book.












Ahhhhhh.... a perfect temperature.














More water time... he..he..he.. Fletcher loves to splash his hands in the water. This week, he had his first bubble-bath...












A determined Fletcher working on his crawling as he chases the ball. He is crawling so fast, he's just a blurrrrr















Oh....you caught me, Mommy! (Good thing it wasn't the knife door!)












Learning to crawl and testing boundaries and patience…

Fletcher is very busy these days – exploring the house either by crawling or using his walker. No idle time for this little guy. He uses his arms and one leg to pull himself along. It sure would be a lot easier if he did it using all four limbs, but he continues to drag the one locked leg (we call it the wounded solider) along instead of using it, but the past couple of days we’ve noticed him up on all fours more often. So, hopefully, he’ll make it easier on himself soon enough. He is keeping the floors clean though -- they are “spit shined” with his drool and his shirt :-) He now has an affinity for floor lamps, doors, the stairs, and any type of cord (electrical, phone, computer). With the ability to crawl, Fletcher has also discovered his ability to pull himself up into the standing position and he’ll use just about anything to try to get leverage – a door he’s opened, the dishwasher, a floor lamp, Mommy’s or Daddy leg, anything… We can’t leave him alone anymore and nothing in the house is safe from his finger prints, drool, nor destruction – our lives have officially changed!

Fletcher is becoming a little more discriminating with his foods lately… He’ll take it in, taste it, and if it is not to his liking he’ll spit it back out repeatedly -- even food he has been eating for a few months. Also, with the teething, a dose of infant Advil or Tylenol is needed occasionally for pain or fever and I’ve had to start sneaking the dose in Fletcher’s favorite fruits since he won’t swallow it if I give it to him direct. Wise little bugger… We did learn that Fletcher likes the taste of coffee, cola, chips, potatoes, deviled eggs (yoke part), ketchup, pasta, and a few other treats. He does not like papaya – so I guess we will have to cut that out of our diet.

Mommy washes Fletcher’s hands 3-4 times a day like a big boy in a sink. Now he will nearly leap out of your arms if he sees a faucet. He loves to turn the water on and “wash” his hands (play in the water). Of course, in a few years, he will deny ever having touched water. When you pull him back from the faucet/sink, he starts to cry because he wants to play with the water some more…