Tales of Baby McCabe: Busy Spring

These past few weeks have been pretty busy; I hope I can remember it all! A few Sundays ago Nolan, his cousin Abigail (my sister Laurie and brother in-law Nick's daughter), and my parents had a photo shoot. It was a Christmas present to my parents from both of our families. The photo shoot went well! We got some excellent shots of the two cousins and of the grandparents with the cousins. Nolan just smiled and gazed at Abigail for most of the photo shoot, which is what he usually does when he's with her. He absolutely adores her! The feeling is reciprocated. Abigail adores him right back. She gives him kisses and has her baby dolls give him kisses, too! It's super cute. Jason and I are trying to narrow down which photos we want to get printed. There are so many good ones to choose from!

The following Friday we took Nolan to Stillwater to have Judd Sather (studio j photography) do his 6 months photos. Nolan was a rockstar for the entire photo shoot! He was SO smiley! We went back to the studio this past Friday to choose some prints. It was SO HARD to choose because there were so many good ones! We somehow managed to make some decisions. I cannot wait to get them printed and framed. When I get the digital prints I will upload them on here.

Last week was my first official Mother's Day and it was wonderful! Jason let me sleep in and took care of Nolan after he woke up and nursed. Then he made me french toast for breakfast. After Nolan's morning nap we went to the MN Zoo, where moms got in for free that weekend. It was fun walking around and having Nolan look at the animals. He is such a people-watcher, so I think he looked at the people more than the animals. But he did watch the monkeys move around. His favorite was to look at the fish and sharks swimming in the huge aquariums. I think we need to get Nolan to Underwater World at the MOA soon! He will absolutely love going through the tunnel and watching fish swim all around. After the zoo we went to my parents' house for dinner. My parents gave me a sweet card and pretty smelling candle and Laurie and Nick gave me beautiful flowers, a card, and a CD of songs from The Voice. I loved it all! Jason gave me gorgeous earrings that have Nolan's birthstone, citrine, with tiny diamonds surrounding it. I love them! I'll post a picture of them soon. Overall it was a fantastic day.

Last night we took my parents out for dinner as a thank you for watching Nolan while we work and for everything they do for us. We ate at the yummy Urban Eatery. The weather was hot and sunny so we ate outside on the patio. Nolan did so well! Jason and I were nervous because he woke up from his second nap at 2, so he'd been up for awhile. But he smiled, chatted, squealed, and flirted with other patrons and the staff. While we ate dinner he ate some banana out of his mesh feeder. He started to get tired at the end of our meal (it got later than we thought it would) and the weather took a nasty turn. It got dark, cloudy, windy, and started to rain! We quickly took off after that and went home and put Nolan to bed. He was such a good boy though.

Nolan's latest accomplishment is sitting on his own. He sits so well now! He has some toys he likes to play with while he sits. Sometimes he is content chewing on a toy and watching TV. His favorite "toy" right now is water bottles. He loves chewing on them and holding them. He cries when you take it away! Nolan has come very close to getting up on all fours. I can't believe how fast he is growing and learning!

This coming Friday we have Nolan's 6 month doctor appointment. I'm looking forward to finding out how much he weighs and how long he is, but I'm definitely NOT looking forward to his shots. Hopefully he'll handle them like a champ like last time and won't get any bad reactions.

Here are the lastest pictures of our little man: