Beer Pong, New Cars, and the Easter Bunny...

Welcome back to my blog. I've learned so much now that I'm 14 months old! I'm talking more and more and can now say mama, dada, hi, bye, this, that, ball, and yeah. I understand a lot too!


I walk really fast now and I've learned how to climb.


I push all the buttons on the tv - I can turn it on and off, I can make it loud or quiet, and I can change the channel right in the middle of an important moment of a show. I am so funny!


I love my baths. I can get pretty dirty, so splashing around is fun!

Then I get rocked in my chair and read my favorite story, twice.

And then off to night-night land I go.

This month, I got to go to the Poconos with mommy and daddy for their residency retreat. They said the hotel reminded them of The Shining. There was a lot of snow on the ground, but really that was the only snow we got all winter.

I got to spend a lot of time with mommy, daddy, and their friends. Listening to everyone complain about residency really got tiring.

That is until daddy taught me how to play beer pong. I wasn't very good at it.

Look at my new car! Well, really it's mommy and daddy's new car, but it's so cool. I love to sit in my carseat and jam to the music. I'm a good dancer.

Mimi and Papaw Evans came to visit me. I was so excited to see Mimi!

It's slowly getting warmer here in Philly, so I got to go play in the park a lot. I like to pick up sticks. Would you like one?

I can push my own stroller,

admire this mighty tree,

and yell from behind the bench.

Papaw and I have the same hair-do.

Everybody in Philadelphia look at me!

Ta-da!

I'm big enough now to have my milk out of a real cup with a straw.

I sported my green on St. Patricks Day.

I love daddy. I also love giving big sloppy kisses and hugs.

The Easter Bunny came to visit me! He brought me two books, an Ugly Doll, some Crocs, and some Peeps. How fun!

We got all dressed up to go to church on Easter Sunday. I'm not very good at sitting still, but I did dance to the organ music.

Check out my fancy new look. I hope you all enjoyed my blog. I'm growing up so fast. I'm even moving up to the big boy room in daycare this week. Stay tuned for next month - maybe mommy and daddy will even have a new house to show you!

Visiting My Grandparents and My Cousin

Hi everybody. I'm growing up so fast - I'm now thirteen months old. This month my Mimi Evans came to visit, I stayed with Grandpa Bolton while Mommy and Daddy went house hunting in Boston, and then I went to North Carolina to visit the Boltons and my new cousin Samantha.


Aren't I cute?


I went to my first birthday party for my friend Ishaan who was turning one this month. He had his party at the Please Touch Museum which is one of my favorite places. I had a great time at this party, sailing the blue seas as Captain Cooper. The best part was when noone was looking, I stuck my hand right in the icing of his birthday cake. Mommy and Daddy were really embarrassed and we left shortly after that. I was hungry and that cake looked so yummy.


Before we left the museum, I had a good time carrying this pretend vacuum cleaner around.

When Mimi Evans was here, she dressed me in my Kentucky gear before Daddy woke up in the morning, hehe. Daddy took this picture to send to Mommy when she was on call. I'm playing in a corner behind a chair and the curtains - I didn't think anyone could see me.

Mommy asked Mimi to take some nice pictures of us together. They told me to "cheese" for the camera, so I obliged. Pretty, huh?

After Mimi left, Grandpa Bolton came up to visit me. Mommy got the job at Boston Children's so she and Daddy left for a few days to play House Hunters in Boston. Though they didn't find anything, they got a better idea of neighborhoods that they thought I would like. Before they left though, we all went to The Franklin Institute - a science museum that had a Star Wars exhibit.

Haha, Mommy can't get me as I race through this artery like a little red blood cell. Yes, we are all dorks.

Daddy and I flew the friendly skies in a jet fighter.

Mommy and I pretended we were airplanes in a wind tunnel. You may not be able to tell, but the wind is really blowing my hair.

When I touch this tube, all the light comes to my fingers. Cool!


Climbing a rock wall...


This year I spent Valentines Day in the car driving from Philadelphia to Charlotte, so no cute poses for me this year. This is what I looked like last year when I was just over one month old. I was little.

Here I am in Charlotte with my cousin Samatha. Samantha is two months old - she's pretty cute. I'm not sure what I think about her quite yet - I didn't like when she cried, and I especially didn't like when Mommy held her. Mommy's lap belongs to me!

Sixty degrees and sunny was a nice change from the ice storm we escaped in Philadelphia, so we went to the park to play and work off some of my crankiness.

Here's me with my Bolton grandparents and Samantha.

Swinging is so fun!

Weeeeee!

The slide was really fun too!

Check out me and Samantha in our matching Winnie the Pooh jammies. The look on my face at her crying says it all. I tried to bonk her on the head but noone would let me. Look at my cool hair!

Time to say bye bye to Samantha, Lauren, Isaac, Grammy, and Grandpa. I had a fun trip, but I was really homesick. I hope you enjoyed looking at all my fun adventures this month.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

A new year, a first year, the Cards, the Cats, walking, and causing trouble - what a great month this one has been...


As you can see, I was not the poster child for the New Year's baby. I can hardly stay up past 730p. Nope, I went to bed like it was any old night, while Mommy and Daddy watched the ball drop, then went to sleep themselves.


I did get a special visitor this month. Mom's friend Ali was in town interviewing at Penn for a residency spot. It was nice to meet her.


January 5th was the UK/UofL game. Daddy was on call that day so Mommy dressed me in red and blue. Boy, I was confused. I sure didn't like wearing this trucker hat though - that just made this outfit a little too over the top.

The next day while Mommy was at work, Daddy dressed me in my Cards gear and gloated all day long.

On January 6th, I had my birthday party - don't tell anyone that my birthday wasn't until the 9th. It was Sesame Street themed - I love Elmo. Don't Mommy and Daddy look silly in their hats. There were lots of people here to help me celebrate. I showed off all my funny skills including the walking that I was learning to do. I was quite the entertainer.

See my cake? It was yummy.

And look at my Elmo and Oscar cupcakes!

Cake is yummy!

January 9th is my real birthday. Daddy was on call that day. Boo. The day was pretty low key, although I did have a little party at daycare. I got to open a few presents. I don't really know why people call it a birthday - I got presents and cake lots of times this month! At this point, I could only take a few steps, so whenever Mommy left to go in the other room, I got mad because I couldn't follow her. Mamamama!

I got this cool puzzle.

When Mommy is on call, Daddy lets me dress in whatever clothes I pick out. He also lets me dance on the dryer. Playing with Daddy is fun!

Look at me!!! I'm walking on the streets of Philadelphia! I can even walk the 1.5 blocks home from daycare, though it takes like half an hour. I've also learned how to say hi and bye.

This is my sleepy face after I'm all clean and ready for bed.

And now I have almost enough hair for a faux hawk. The few hairs that I have are curly!

I like being one!!! I'm such a big boy. Thank you all for looking at my blog and I look forward to new adventures next month. Keep in touch!