Finding Nemo

Hi everyone.  This month I turned twenty-two months old - I'm practically a grown up.  I'm talking even more now.  I say funny things like "Boopah mean, Mama cry," "Elephant big nose," "Giraffe long neck," "Thank you Mommy," "Boopah naked," "Boopah's turn, Boopah share," and all sorts of three word phrases and other funny stuff too.  This was a big month, with Halloween and all, so I have tons of pictures to share with you.

See my fins?  I'm a clownfish that looks remarkably similar to Nemo.  On Halloween, I wore my costume most of the day.  Since Mommy was at work, most of these pictures are courtesy of "Nonna" who takes care of me during the day.

My best buddy Kaya was a bunny, complete with a carrot.  The carrot looked yummy so I thought I'd try it too, but Kaya didn't like that idea.  

I am a scary fishy with lots of teeth!

I got to go trick or treating twice!  The first time I went with Nonna, Mommy, and other friends.  Daddy was at work still.  Trick or treating was so fun!  

Sometimes I said "Knock knock."

Sometimes I said "Trick or Treat."

Sometimes I said "Thank you."

I always said "Next house."  We went trick or treating around the neighborhood when Daddy got home from work, but since it gets dark at 430 here, I didn't get to take any pictures of that.

This month marks the one year birthday of my blog.  I've been blogging since I was ten months old, like I am in the picture above.  Happy birthday blog!

I am a very concerned citizen and went to vote, twice.  "More vope!"

Mommy has had an easier month this month and we've had more time to do fun stuff.  The following series of pictures is from a nice day at the park.  It was a pretty day, but noone else was at the park since it had rained the night before and all the stuff was wet.  That didn't stop me - weeeee!

We also got to go to the Children's Museum.  I'd been there before but never with Mommy.  It is so fun!

Since it's officially fall, it's time to do more yardwork before the winter sets in.  I like to "pway" in the "leas".  While Daddy rakes them up, I mow them with the lawnmower.  I'm helpful.

We've done a lot of fun stuff this month.

I've cheered on the Cats and the Cards, to no avail.  I can only say "Go Cats!"  Mommy may have something to do with that though.

I tried my first fondue dinner.  Yummy cheese.

Speaking of cheese...

I like to sit in the refrigerator.  Don't ask.

I have a big fro.

I love to build "nunnels" (tunnels) for all my cars to drive through.

I like to splash in the bathtub.

I like to try on my new snowsuit in preparation for what's to come.  Mommy said it did snow this year in Louisville before it did in Boston for the first time this year.  Weird.

Yeah, life overall is pretty tough.  There's some pretty cool stuff coming up - Thanksgiving, a trip to Kentucky, Christmas, my 2nd birthday, so you'd better stay tuned.  Take care!

Boopah and Ayeee Dup

Hello.  My name is Boopah.  Yes, Boopah.  At least that's what I call myself.  I'm now 21 months old and growing up quickly.  The weather is getting colder, the leaves are all sorts of colors, and mommy and daddy had really busy months at work, so they didn't take too many pictures.  I say really funny stuff...  If you ask me what color something is, I always say bwoo.  If I can't find you, I say Momma where are you?  When I go pick up Daddy from work, I say Hurry up!  If I'm afraid of something, I say Bye bye, night night.  After I sneeze, I say Boopahs neez.

One of my favorite sayings is "more cars."  There will never be enough cars.  Mimi and Papaw came for a whole week this month to visit us.  It was the first time Papaw had seen us here in Boston.  I told Mimi "more cars" and she lined them up on top of me.  It was so funny.  I have all sorts of cars, but my favorite one is Ayeee.  Ayeee is also known as Sally, the little Porsche from the movie Cars.  I must have Ayeee with me at all times.  I also have a cup that has Ayeee on it that I call my Ayeee dup (translation:  Sally cup).  

It is definitely fall here in Boston.  The weather is cooler and it is now dark when mommy and daddy go to work and dark again when they get home.  Let's go on a walk through our neighborhood...

One of our neighbors has a "Boo tree."  This is a tree with little ghosts and pumpkins (or ghoosss and punkin) attached to it.  The Boo Tree is cool!  "Ghoosss, boo!"

This neighbor has an inflatable house with little goblins inside.  Can you believe it?

This neighbor has a skull on his front steps.

All this Halloween spirit got us in the mood to go to the Pumpkin Patch.  We had to find just the right pumpkin.  We headed up to Lookout Farms to find just the perfect one.  There were so many choices.

I can't decide!

I finally found the perfect one.

See, doesn't it look great on the front steps?  Check out our Red Sox pumpkin too!!  Notice Ayeee in my left hand.

Mimi and Papaw were perfect babysitters so Mommy and Daddy could go out for an early anniversary dinner.  They brought me the movie Cars.  I never sit still, even for a moment, but the second that movie came on, Bebe, Ayeee dup, blankie and I were ready to watch "Lightning, Doc, Mater, and Ayeee" all night long.

Mimi, Mommy, and I took a trip to the Aquarium.  Mimi wanted me to smile and take my picture with the sting ray, but it was scary.  Bye bye, night night!!!

At least there was glass separating me and Myrtle the Turtle.  We saw lots of "shawks, poosh, turtles, and pengins" (translation: sharks, fish, turtles, and penguins).

I had a nice visit with Mimi and Papaw.  They left to go "airpane up sky."  So now "Super Boopah" will say bye bye, night night.

Boston and Hurricanes?

Welcome back to my blog!  I'm 20 months old now.  My hair has grown and so have I.   I'm really talking quite well now and often use at least 2 word sentences, although most of them start with the word "More..."  Mommy and Daddy said that I am officially a Boston native because when I see the trains, I yell "More T!" (The T is the name of the Boston public transportation system.)

We've done a lot of work on the house, though there's still tons to do.  We have the exterior of the house painted.  Look back to a post in June if you want to see the before shot.  Since this picture was taken, we've ripped out all the old landscaping and add a lot of new landscaping.  Mommy also finished painting the red fence black.  

Gigi (formerly known as Grammy, but I couldn't say that) and Bubba (it's how I say Grandpa) Bolton came up to Boston to visit this month.  We had such a good time on the trolley bus with Taylor that I took them on a tour too.  We're down at the docks posing with the boats (or boaps as I say).

Walking though downtown.

Gigi let me wear her big glasses.  I look like Elton John.

The weather is starting to cool down and the leaves are starting to turn.  I'm playing outside when I can and enjoying the 60 degree weather before I have to start bundling up for winter.  Boo.

Mommy and I took a trip back to Madisonville for a weekend.  We flew in for Maureen Berry's wedding.  Boy did we have an adventure!  First, I got to fly on an airplane.  Then Papaw Evans came to pick me up at the airport and brought me some toy cars.  Then, we ran out of gas.  Yes, that's right - Papaw didn't have much gas when he picked us up, so we thought we'd stop and get some just outside of Nashville.  Little did we know that Nashville and then entire surrounding areas were out of gas - who runs out of gas?  So we drove around looking for gas stations that had gas.  We finally found one that had gas and we were about seventh in line.  When we got to be third in line, that station ran out too.  Luckily we remembered that Meredith McCoy lived in Nashville.  So she and her family brought us two gallons of gas that they'd gotten earlier in the day in their 2.5 hour search for gas, took us to their house, and then we took their car back to Madisonville.  Thank goodness for my Elmo video and my new portable DVD player.  What a long day!!!

We finally made it home a little after 10 o'clock and I was ready for bed!  

I got to play the piano at Mimi and Papaw's house.  I was pretty good.

How could I not be good since Mimi was teaching me?

Then we got all gussied up for the wedding.  Yes, that is my pacifier in my mouth (my pa-pa).  Mommy let me have it for the wedding so that I would be quiet.  It still didn't work.

After the wedding, we went to the annual Catholic church picnic.  I got to see a horse named Sally.  I would get up close to her, but was too afraid to touch her.  I just kept telling her "Bye bye."

After the picnic, I went over to the McCoy's house and played with Meredith's daughter Isabella.  We had a little goldfish picnic of our own.

It'd been almost a whole year since I had been to Mimi and Papaw Evans' house.  They had done a lot of remodeling, including new landscaping.  They put me to work making me water it.

But I also had to water Mimi.

Who would have thought that up here in Boston we would be so affected by hurricanes?  It was because of Ike that we ran out of gas in Nashville.  We've had to survive hurricanes Hanna and Kyle.

I hate being cooped up inside.  When it's raining outside, I still beg to go on walks, outside, or to the park.  Sometimes Mommy and Daddy let me, even when hurricane Hanna is here.

But we've had to think of other creative things to do.  So, here is the emergence of my alter ego... Super Cooper!  I fly around the house with my yellow blankie cape, backwards Louisville hat, trusty shades, and mighty purple sippy cup.  Bad guys beware!

I got to play outside a little bit when Hurricane Kyle hit.

Then I went to the Baby Disco.  Yes, it's a nightclub opened up once a month during the day in cities throughout the country, just for toddlers.  I got to practice my stellar moves.

Since Mommy now is on a real rotation and Daddy is back taking care of the adults, the three of us are rarely together.  We took this picture the other night because it was the first time in over a week the three of us had been home together.  I do know what the word "work" means.

I hope you've enjoyed my blog.  This is me on the new computer.  We did have a few of our Philadelphia friends Naomi and Marsha visit this month and look forward to the people visiting next month.  Take care!!!

Cooper's Music Video:  Make sure your sound is on.  Enjoy!

Surviving Hanna

The day the hurricane hit, Cooper was being particularly pesky and begged to go outside.  He usually hates getting his head wet, so I thought I'd show him that going outside was a bad idea.  Boy did I teach him - now he loves hurricanes!  (PS the thunder in the background is just added for effect - it was not thundering outside while my child was playing).  

The second video is Cooper doing just a few of his tricks.  He's not so much a baby anymore!

Enjoy! -Allison