Tales of Baby McCabe: Any time now!!!

Well it's almost my due date! Baby can come any time now! We'll see if this will be an August baby or a September baby. I just hope the baby comes before school starts next Tuesday. haha :)

The last few weeks of summer vacation were relaxing but fun. Our time was mostly spent hanging out close to home, in case baby decided to come early. Nolan, Keegan, and I went on many walks and also played in the water table and giraffe pool in the backyard. We also got together with my mom, Laurie, Abigail and Anika. I also took Nolan to the Splash Pad and he loved it this time!! At first he held my hand for a few minutes, but he quickly realized he liked the water, so then he walked all around it on his own. He played in the water, got his hair and face wet, and enjoyed people watching.

We went to the State Fair last Friday. Nolan did a great job riding in his stroller. He even took a nap in the heat/crowd/noise! He also enjoyed the french fries and Sweet Martha's cookies. :) We did have to stop a lot so I could rest, but we were able to enjoy the day at the fair. Next year we'll have to stop at the Kidway so Nolan can go on some of the rides.

Last weekend was busy with grandparents. Rich and Colleen came up on Saturday and spent the day with us. Rich and Jason got the railing put up on the open side of our stairs, which makes me feel so much better about Nolan walking up and down the stairs! He mostly walks and holds the wall/railing now, instead of sliding down on his bottom. Such a big boy! While they were working on the stairs, Colleen and I played with Nolan outside. He played in his giraffe pool, on his zebra, I pulled him around in his wagon, he went in his swing. That night we all went out to eat at Bunny's. It was a great day!

On Sunday my parents came over and we took Nolan to the Splash Pad again. He had fun playing there again. It's so cute to see him running around the splash pad, and then stopping every now and then to watch the big kids playing. We also took him to the toddler park that is near the Splash Pad. He showed off all the things he knows how to do: jump on the bridge, rock on the bumblebee, slide down the big slide. He had a blast!
Nolan is lucky to have such wonderful, loving grandparents!

Nolan's new trick is showing off different facial expressions. He can do happy, sad, mad, surprised, and scared. He also can fake cough, sneeze, fuss, laugh, and yawn. His yawn is my favorite. It's hilarious. I recorded him doing all of these with our video camera. I should get it on my phone too, so I can upload it on here.

Since I haven't had the baby yet, I'm back to work this week for workshops. My schedule is different this week than what it normally will be. I'm working a couple full days instead of half days every day. It's been a little hard on Nolan since we were together every day this summer. He has mixed emotions because he absolutely loves playing at Mamie's with Abigail (and Anika), but he misses me. So this morning as I was driving us to my mom and dad's, we were talking about where we were going, who we were going to see, and what the day was going to be like. When I said that I was going to work and he would eat and go night-night at Mamie's, I saw his little hand pop up in the rear view mirror and he said, "More, mama!" meaning he wanted us to hold hands. So we held hands as I drove. It was really sweet. :)

Here are some pictures from the last of our summer vacation. Still trying to get the videos to upload...