Tales of Baby McCabe: Second Half of July

I can't believe these are the last few days of July! This month always flies by. I also can't believe that my due date is just about one month away! Baby will be here before we know it!

The last few weeks have been fun and busy. The weather was super hot, so we didn't get to go on many walks, but we did play with the pool and water table in the backyard. Then the weather got a lot cooler, so we've been getting out on more walks, but not playing with water outside. Nolan has been loving whatever we do. He asks for a walk or to play with water, but is ok when I tell him it's too hot or too cold to do one of them.

Nolan has been starting to say more 3 word sentences, which is so fun! The other weekend Jason asked Nolan if he wanted to go for a walk. The answer was of course yes, but Nolan wanted to know if I was going on the walk. He asked, "A mama?" (and mama?) I told him I was going to stay home and take a shower and he said, "No Mama walk." It's so cool to see him understand what we say and repeat it back to us as best as he can. He also said, as the bathtub was draining, "No wa-wa (water) more." Then when he and I were eating lunch and I had finished what I was eating he said, "All done Mama," meaning that I was done eating. He always looks so proud of himself when he says these things, which he should be! He also has counted to three a few times, but of course won't do it again now that I've been trying to get him to do it. Stinker!

The cutest new thing he is doing is giggling and saying, "No, no, no, no, no" when he sees or does something he thinks is silly. I downloaded an app for my phone where Nolan can talk to a cat and it mimics whatever he says in a high pitched voice. He loves it! I took a couple videos of him talking to the cat, but I can't get them to upload onto this blog. Next post I hope to have it figured out!

Jason bought a Burley (bike trailer) for Nolan to ride in behind his bike. Next summer I will get a bike and be able to pull Nolan and baby #2. I would have loved to have one this summer, but of course it's not safe for me to be riding a bike while pregnant. Anyway, Nolan was hesitant to wear the helmet at first, but allowed it once he saw Jason was wearing one, too. Nolan LOVED the bike ride! Jason said he talked the entire ten mile ride. Whenever we go into the garage he tries to get into the Burley and put his helmet on. So cute!

We were down at the lake last weekend for Blake's 6th birthday. Nolan loved playing on their playground and riding/sitting in the Little Tykes red/yellow toy car. He had to share it with one of Blake's other cousins, but he did well with it! Nolan also got to (finally!) go out on our boat! He wore his life jacket with little fussing, which was nice. He hadn't had a nap that day, so he didn't last long on the boat. But he loved looking out at the water and asking which way we were going. "At way?" We're hoping to get out on the boat again this weekend, then I'm not sure about any weekends after that. It's almost an hour and a half down to the lake, and I don't want to go into labor that far away from the cities. So we'll see!

I'm 35 weeks along now, which is just crazy! I go back to the doctor next week and will go back weekly until the baby is born. Jason and I have been getting things ready for baby to be here. The car seat base has been installed, we've stocked up on newborn diapers and supplies, started making and freezing some meals, bought a few big brother presents for Nolan, etc. I'm feeling good about what we have done!

Here are pictures, in backwards chronological order. That's how my phone posts them for whatever reason.