The Bolton's House: The Before

Hi - it's Allison. I hijacked Cooper's blog to bring you pictures of our new home. Welcome to Lasell Street! We closed June 7th, so we're officially home owners. We'll be moving in the next couple of weeks, and are spending our next few weekends getting the house ready.

Here's our house, complete with the Camry and the Accord in the driveway. It needs a new coat of paint and some landscape work, but it's ours!

This is the view from Cooper's room upstairs into our backyard. Again, needs some landscape help, but it's a nice place to run and play.

Cooper greets you as you walk into the front door at our sunroom - a little paint, removal of old ugly rugs and light fixtures, and the addition of some plants should do the trick.

The front hallway.

The living room...

The dining room, complete with ugly rug...

The beautiful dining room fixture.

The kitchen in all its glory with copper backsplash, white laminate counters with gold flecks, white shiny wallpaper...

The bathroom

Master bedroom...

The Den/Fourth bedroom...

The green shag carpet on the way upstairs...

The upstairs landing...

Cooper's new room...

The guestroom...

Cooper and Jeff picking out paint colors and supplies at The Home Depot.

Celebrating our new home with a fancy plate of mac-n-cheese...

Heavy on the cheese...

So these are the before pictures. Stay tuned for the afters, though it'll be a while on the kitchen. We're removing wallpaper, painting every room, installing carpet upstairs, and getting new appliances before we move in.

Cooper will be back to post on his blog later on! Take care!

Lots of Fun!

Hi (imagine me waving here since it's one of my favorite things to do!). I'm sixteen months old now and all grown up. I don't have a whole lot to report this month - just a lot of cute pictures!

I'm allowed to watch a little tv now and Little Einsteins is my favorite show. When the music comes on, I start to wiggle. When the rocket ship takes off, I can do the "Pat, pat, pat," and "Hands up!". It's the best!

Playing in the tent is fun!

Speaking of fun, Mommy and Daddy taught me how to play Ring Around the Rosey.

We all fall down!

I'm getting older now and I know what I want. I know what no means, but I sure don't like to hear it. Or maybe it's the seven teeth I got this month. How can you resist this sad face?

Full out tantrum mode. There's no stopping me now!

I'm working on using a fork and spoon. It gets messy sometimes.

The Please Touch Museum is one of my all-time favorite places to run around. Mommy took me there when Daddy was on call. I got to pretend I was a bus driver. Vroom, vroom.

Oink is a little hard for me to say, but I can say "Moo" for a cow and "Teet teet" for a birdie.

Captain Cooper!

Splashing in the deep blue sea.

Can you see a theme?

I celebrated Derby Day with a fast ride on Daddy's lap!

I celebrated Preakness Day with a ride on a carousel.

This is me on Afleet Alex. It was so fun!

Then it was Daddy's turn on the horseys. It looks like I wasn't having fun, but it was only because we weren't yet moving.

Look how fast the horses go. Daddy looks scared.

After the horses, I climbed a wall all the way to the top.

I gave the steering wheel a big ole kiss. Kissing is one of my favorite things to do. I got in trouble this month at daycare for kissing Bella - the only girl in my class - on the mouth, repeatedly. Mommy said I was not allowed to kiss any more girls on the mouth except her for a very long time.

I love my cars and trucks. I line them up over and over all day long and say "Vroom, vroom."

I even like to play with my cars and trucks under the table.

Thanks again for looking at all my pictures. We only have one more month here in Philadelphia, then we're off to Boston. Next month, we close on the house, then we'll be packing, packing. Stay tuned for more!