Sports, Parks, Visitors, Beaches, and Pee Pee

Another month has passed and now I'm nineteen months old!  I keep growing up so fast.  I've really had a word explosion this month - mommy can no longer keep up with the number of words I know.  I am putting together two words in sentences and once I even said three words in a row.  My favorite things to do are going to parks, playing choo-choos and cars, reading books, drinking milk, dancing, and pointing out buses.  Take a look at what I've been up to this month.

Whenever Mommy or Daddy is on call, the other one thinks of pretty cool activities for me to do to keep me busy.  I went on my first hike with Daddy.  The weather has been absolutely gorgeous - with most days in the mid 70's to 80's.  

Then we had some snacks on the front porch.  My front porch doesn't even look like this anymore though because Mommy and Daddy ripped out all the bushes and had the whole house painted.  We have an ice cream truck that comes by the house every day at 4.  I got my first popsicle on these very steps this month - yummy!

On one of their days off together, Mommy and Daddy took me to the zoo.  It was not one of my best moments though.  Normally I really like animals (or "mamimals").  I can tell you about the sounds of horses, cows, sheep, dogs, cats, owls, snakes, lions, birds, and ducks.

I still love the camera and making silly faces.  I'm really good at imitating your face and have a pretty good sad face I can do on command, complete with pouty lip.

I had a couple of visitors this month.  Ashley and Mike Fitz came to visit us and we had a cookout in our back yard.  I got to stay up real late.  I don't have any pictures of that though.  Uncle Taylor (Ta-Ta) also came to visit all the way from Illinois.  He hadn't seen me since Halloween last year.

Uncle Ta-Ta was really good at vrooming my cars and trucks.  He described me as "constant motion."

When Ta-Ta was here, we went to a neat park.  We were even able to get pictures of the tree of us!  There's a video down below if you want to see how much fun I had that day!

I put on my safari hat to take Mommy, Daddy, and Ta-Ta on a trolley tour of Boston.  It was awesome.  Mommy and Daddy weren't sure I was going to like it, but I did.  Everytime the trolley stopped, I exclaimed "More bus!!!"

Here's a view of our new city, one of the many neat things we saw on our tour day.

After one of our trolley stops, I got to ride Daddy.  

I'm getting into playing sports.  I now have my own baseball bat and golf clubs.  Here I am playing soccer.  The video below shows me playing basketball.  The Olympics really have me motivated.

This is my Elmo potty and that's me sitting on the potty.  Aren't you proud?  It's a little early, but Mommy and Daddy have me practicing on the potty and I've actually pee-peed in it three times in the last two days.  It's really exciting - plus they reward me when I go!

We took a big day trip this month to Singing Beach on the North Shore.  It was only an hour away from our house.  It was such a beautiful day and I really had a great time.  Can you find me?

The ocean was so much fun.  I love when the waves came up and got me.  "More wawa!"  

Yummy pretzel!

I thought the best waves were over there!

Wahoo.  The beach is cool.

I hope you guys enjoyed my blog this month.  Next time you see me, I'll be talking your ears off.  Mommy and I are coming into Kentucky next month for a wedding, so hopefully we'll see some of you then!  Take care and start planning your Boston trip now before the snow!

Cooper in the Park

Settling In, Hard Work, Outdoor Fun, and Half Birthdays!

Hey everybody!  Welcome back to my first Boston blog!  I've lived here almost one whole month now.  See... here's the proof that I am smart enough to write my own blog!

Obviously a lot has happened this month.  I turned 18 months old.  I'm learning new words left and right - like no, dog, out, help, down, turtle, noodle, yellow, Grover, truck, choo choo and many many more.  I know the sounds of animals - I can tell you what a cow, sheep, kitty cat, lion, bird, and dog say.  My favorite thing though is finding a bus.  If there is a bus in a one mile radius, I will find it, point to it, and yell "Busssss!"  

There's a lot of work to be done on our new house on Lasell Street.  While Mommy and Daddy do a lot of the painting, I get my fair share of work done around the house too.

I'm primarily responsible for mowing the lawn on a daily basis.

I help build furniture.

Again, I'm really good at yardwork.

All this work makes a little boy dirty though.  Sometimes I like to see what the dirt tastes like.  I've never had so many baths as I've had while living here in Boston.  Mommy and Daddy said the first dirty picture of me looked like an ad for Feed the Children.

Grammy and Grandpa Bolton came up, along with their Dog-Dog Bijoux for a visit.  We had a really good time - check out my videos I posted earlier if you haven't seen them.  They did a lot of work around the house, especially in the yard like I did, and they bought me this really cool red wagon.  It even has sippy cupholders!  I like to go on big walks around our super hilly neighborhood almost everynight after dinner.

I may look really sweet, but don't let that fool you.  Mommy and Daddy made me get rid of my pacifier two months ago after I threw it at them.  I guess they told me.  My temper can be something fierce, but usually just when I'm tired or hungry.  The first week I was here, I slammed the door in Mommy and Daddy's room and locked it.  Mommy had to call the fire department to get me out of the room.  Six firemen and one policeman got me out of the room safely, but by that point I was too upset to even care about the cool firetruck.

Speaking of cool trucks, I still like to vroom vroom my cars and trucks all over the house!

Yep, that's me everyone!  I am one... well actually one and a half to be exact.

For my half birthday, Mommy and Daddy got me this really cool swimming pool that's in my own back yard.  I love to splash splash on hot days.

Sometimes I drink the water.

Boston has a lot of really nice parks that we've been visiting, some of which have sprinklers!  Sprinklers and swimming pools are great for those 90 degree Boston days (yes, it's hot here too), especially when your house has no air conditioning.

No, I have not had my first haircut yet.  Do you think I need one?

Mommy and Daddy took me to the New England Aquarium.  Check out the sign about the "Shahhhks" exhibit.  Silly Boston people!

The fish were really cool.  I especially liked Myrtle the Turtle.

And the jellyfish were really scary!

Help me Daddy!

Maybe I'll just stick with this jellyfish light for now!

As you can see it's been a really busy month.  Mommy and Daddy are working hard on the house, and so far doing all the work themselves (well, a lot of family help too).  They didn't want me to put any pictures up yet until things are a little more finished, but trust me, my room is looking great.  Mommy and Daddy have started their new jobs and survived nearly three weeks without any great catastrophes.  The people seem to be really nice, and everyone seems to comment on how they've gone from the number one hospital to the number two, haha.  I've been going to daycare everyday at my new friend Kaya's house.  It's just me, Kaya, and her mommy.  Kaya is a month older than me.  They keep me really busy everyday and take me on fun adventures.  

Please keep in touch and come visit us here in Boston!

New Videos

Mommy and Daddy got a new computer this month, so they thought they'd add a new feature to the monthly blog with some home movies.

The first one is of me and Bijoux, the Bolton's dog.  At first I was afraid, but then I learned how to say "dog dog" and set all my fears aside.

The second one is me, my backyard, and my new swimming pool.