As much as things stay the same, things are constantly changing with Fletcher.

Today, he started camp at this new school because of the multitude of changes at this old school. Children thrive on consistency and that was one thing his old school had difficulty delivering. We are very thankful for those who nurtured and cared for Fletcher the past 18 months, but it was time for a change.

Fletcher is learning to ride his bike and he is taking swimming lessons where they are now focusing on strokes. It is amazing how quickly he learns.

I've been working really hard to get Fletcher to become more independent -- like going to the bathroom at night and in the morning in his room vs. visiting me bedside and having me take him; getting himself dressed and undressed; picking up after himself; buckling & unbuckling his seat belt, etc. The good news we are making great progress on each front.

It is nice to have a conversation with my son now.

We hosted a family fish fry on the 4th of July. Boy, did we have a good time. We ate tons of seafood (Thanks, Mary), played kickball, and laughed a lot. It was a day full of love and fun!

Mom would be proud of us!

Fletcher helping Elijah ride his ATV and Malik watching them.

!Sisters! (where's Mary?)

We enjoyed a week long visit from Fletcher's cousins from Daddy's brother. This was an excellent opportunity for them to get to know their cousin and vice versa. It was a great week that started out with a few day at the Great Wolf Lodge which Fletcher absolutely loved and the trip ended with a wonderful dinner a Japanese restaurant.

We celebrated Father's Day at the Great Wolf Lodge.

One of Fletcher's favorite past times is playing with our iPhones. When Fletcher is around, Mommy very seldom has her phone. It is amazing how well he navigates the screens, menus and games.

Fletcher and his beloved bunny. It is his favorite stuff animal and it warms my heart cuz it was given to him by his Grandma. And, she also gave one to his cousin Elijah, but he's not a stuffed animal kinda kid (he likes super heros), so Aunt Jeana was nice enough to give us Bunny's "replacement" since they are exactly the same. The problem is that Fletcher found the replacement bunny so now he has two favorite bunnies from Grandma.

Our stuntman... Mommy doesn't like see this...

Who's cool?

Fletcher enlisted the help of a friend to help clean his ATV...