Princeton, New Houses, and Harnesses

Hi! It's me, Cooper, again and now I'm fifteen months old. I've had a really great month this month. I'm talking more and more - I can say mama, dada, hi, bye, more, yeah, mine, this, that, ball, shoe, and I repeat a lot more. I understand so much! I've started learning my body parts - I'll point to my head, nose, eye, ear, mouth, teeth, and toes. What a smart cookie!


I love to stand on the furniture and dance.


While Mommy was on call, Daddy and I took a road trip to the Princeton campus. I had a good time.


Later that day when I got home, I tried to build the tower out of my legos.

Mommy and Daddy bought me this great tent that I can set up in the living room. I love to dance in the tent and play with my cars. Pushing my cars around and lining them all up are my favorite things to do.

It was Mommy's birthday this month. She was post-call and sick that day, but I still got to eat some of her birthday cake that Daddy and I made together. Happy birthday Mommy!

Birthday cake, yogurt-covered raisins...you name it, I'll eat it. If I like it a lot, I'll do a little dance while I eat.

Mommy and Daddy went up to Boston for a weekend this month and left me with Grammy and Grandpa Bolton. I had a great time with them!

While they were away, they bought us a new house to live in this summer. It's in West Roxbury, a little suburb outside of Boston. It's a little 1930's bungalow, 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with a finished basement. They say it has good bones, but needs a little fixing up. They bought it from a little old lady who lived there a long time, so the inside is little old lady-style.

I get a backyard that's fenced in. There were lots of kids on the street, so I hope to make new friends.

Here's the living room with nice hardwood floors. It has a fireplace too.

Here's the big window in the living room.

Here's our dining room.

Here's our beautiful kitchen, complete with the first dishwasher ever made, white shiny flowered wall paper, and old icky cabinets. It'll be fun to fix up.

Here's the spot where we can eat in the kitchen. Mommy and Daddy's bedroom is downstairs. There are two bedrooms upstairs, one of which will be mine. I can't wait. There will be a fun playroom downstairs too. Yay, new house!

It's finally gotten warm around here, so I've gotten to spend a lot more time at the playground and outside.

I'm ready for golfing!

I like to walk really fast. I like to walk in all directions. I don't like to be picked up if I can walk there myself. Daddy's aunt got me this harness to keep me in check. It's a puppy dog backpack with a little leash. We were trying it out on our way to the park. Some people thought I was cute and some people thought I was like the Mike Myers harness kid. Oh well. I didn't get lost or run into traffic.

Check me out in the park, playing in an old fountain.

Showing a little leg since it's warm enough to have them hanging out.

Mommy took me to the zoo while Daddy was working. Boy was I excited. The only animal sound I know is Mooooo, so I said that a lot.

Mommy didn't get too many pictures of me because I move so fast. You'll notice most of them are from the back while Mommy is holding onto my leash, hehe. I liked the petting zoo best and here is me with the chickens.

I wanna ride that horse!

There was a goat right here that I was petting. Where did it go?

I couldn't find that goat, but I did find this nice girl.

Since we won't be in Philadelphia much longer, Mommy and I took our picture in front of all the tall buildings. We're enjoying the nice weather and hope it lasts. Keep in touch and stay tuned for next month!

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.