Tales of Baby McCabe: 'Merica!

Happy 4th of July! We had a busy but fun 4th. We went to the Sowl's house around 11 and visited with friends. Nolan had fun running all around the house and yard. Then we went to the Richfield 4th of July parade. It was really fun! The city always puts on a great parade and this year was no exception. Nolan and Abigail sat on a blanket on the curb, happily watching the parade and eating candy. At one point they put their arms around each other. It is so, so sweet to see their love for each other.

After the parade we went down to Lake Washington. We had a yummy potluck meal with all of Jason's extended family. Nolan enjoyed running around the yard and house and playing in the "park" (Alissa and Derek's playground set). The boys crashed hard that night!

The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with Grandma and Papa and Dustin and Scott. Nolan loves hanging out and playing with all of them! We got out on the boat, which Nolan loved, William not so much. He has to wear a baby life jacket, which looks so uncomfortable. The boys played with a water table. They had a blast doing that! It was Nolan's first time this summer, and Liam's first time ever. They splashed and splashed, grinning the whole time.

When we got home this weekend we filled up our water table and inflatable pools. The boys had a lot of fun playing in those, too. After Jason got the giraffe pool set up Nolan hugged the giraffe and told it he loves it. Liam had fun in the water up until he was trying to crawl back into his pool and nosedived into the water. He got a mouthful and then was a little wary of the water. Hopefully he won't remember that the next time he's in water!

Nolan is still being so sweet to Liam, wondering what he's doing, saying he wants to play with him, getting concerned when he gets hurt. Nolan also has been so sweet to us, telling us over and over that he loves us. It melts our hearts!

William is now 10 months old (what?!?)! I can't believe it! Party planning is underway for his first birthday party.

Here are old and new pictures (some I finally uploaded onto my computer).