Tales of Baby McCabe: March 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

March Madness

Not March Madness basketball, March madness with how busy this month has been. Busy, but fun! Since the weather has gotten nice we have gotten outside as much as possible. The boys have been loving it! So have I. We've gone on many walks, gone to different parks, and played in our driveway/backyard. It's been great! We just need to get through this wintery week and hopefully we will have nice weather again.

We went to a few fun places this month. I took the boys to Sealife Aquarium at the MoA. William absolutely loved it. He loves animals and could have spent all day there. Nolan, as usual, just wanted to run through the place. They were creating a new exhibit, so part of the aquarium was blocked off. They gave us free tickets to come back in May when the new exhibit opens, which is awesome.

We also met up with my friend Carissa and her boys Cale and Lane at Rainbow Systems showroom. We paid $5 to play on all of their floor models plus a trampoline. It was great! I definitely will be taking the boys back there. It was a little hard for Liam because he couldn't go on the equipment by himself. They were a little old for him. But he still had fun going down some slides and on the swings.

My dad and I took Nolan skiing one last time this season. I am so happy we did, because we saw a huge improvement! Nolan was able to ski next to me, holding onto my pole. He loved it! He giggled when we were going downhill, excited to be going fast. Next winter we will work on the snow plow.

The annual St Paddy's parade was a lot of fun. Nolan was in a mood for the first part (he's been going through a defiant/sassy stage again, ugh, threenagers.), but he perked up when he got to toss candy to kids during the parade as well as eat some. It was fun to see Jason's family and friends and catch up on everything. The weather was a gorgeous 60 degrees so we spent most of the time after the parade outside instead of in the Legion. I wish we could have stayed longer, but Jason and I had to get back to the cities to see Beauty and the Beast at the Orpheum, which was amazing.

William turned 18 months this month, which I can't believe. We had his well check at the doctor last week. He is 2' 7.75" (27%) and 23 lbs (31%). I'm still holding out hope that he'll shoot up when he gets older. He did extremely well during the appointment and loved looking at the fish in the waiting room. He is healthy and perfect! His last eye tooth is finally cutting through, so hopefully he'll start consistently sleeping through the night. He's been doing better since the tooth began cutting, through.

Recent pictures:

Excited to play at Mamie and Papa's

Snow fun

Skiing with Papa

Big boy in the magic carpet

They love this cart at Byerly's

Having fun at Best Buy

Nolan looks so big here!

Choo choo

Big boy turned 18 months!

Fun at the Rainbow showroom

Crazy hair

Cutie

Hugs! Nolan was apologizing to Liam.

Liam obviously loved it

Peek!

What!. No, keegan wasn't trying to get away from me

Fun at Play And learn Cafe

Nolan wanted to make a pig fence. He told me to plug my nose because the pigs were stinky!

Kisses for Johnny. Both boys adore him

Nolan wanted to play outside like this...haha

Beauty and the Beast! It was so good

Nolan's first taste of a Kiddie Cocktail/Shirley Temple

Nolan wanted to dance until he realized everyone was watching

Irish lads after the St Paddy's parade

Park fun

We saw a train on our walk!

The kids were so excited

Nolan was singing his bedtime song to Johnny...so sweet

Sea life Aquarium

Finding Nemo tank

William could have spent hours there

Handsome guy

Fixing the car

Ready for a walk

Mr. Fix-It

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Almost Spring...

Spring has almost sprung! At least that's what the upcoming forecast shows. And I am beyond ready for spring. These last few weeks have felt so long, very cabin feverish. Nolan is literally bouncing off the walls. It's safe to say I've resorted to more TV than I usually do these last few weeks. I (and the boys) cannot wait to get outside and play, go for walks, basically be able to be out there without the air hurting our faces.

Anyway, besides the cabin fever, not too much is new. I had a blast in LA with my friends, going to the Roosevelt Hotel pool, TMZ tour, Santa Monica beach, good dinners. It went by so fast, but I missed Jason and the boys a lot. They had fun though, going to Home Depot and visiting Grandma and Papa's. We did a lot of FaceTiming that weekend. Hooray for technology!

I can't believe William is going to be 1 1/2 in just a few days. So crazy! We have his 18 month well check in a few weeks. He still isn't talking as much as I'd like, but hopefully he'll start talking more soon. He still has one tooth left to cut. It's driving me nuts how long it's taking. It's obviously bothering him, which isn't fun. He's so sweet though, making silly faces to make us laugh and doing his happy dance in the kitchen and hallway. I just love him.

Nolan has had a bit of a defiant attitude again, but I'm hoping it passes when we can get outside more. The kid just needs to release his pent up energy! When he isn't in a mood, he is so sweet and cute. He has mastered our nightly prayer and says it over and over again with a shy smile and giggle. When I ask him to do something, he'll say, "Sure I can," or "Sure I will!" It's so adorable.

A few more funny things he has said lately:

My mom brought home a few fun decorative bars of soap from Boston for us.

Mom - Did you open the penguin soap?

Nolan - yes

Mom - does it smell good?

Nolan - no, no it doesn't

Mom - what does it smell like?

Nolan - garbage

We hadn't opened the soap yet. Little stinker. Then he said, "I'm staring at you," and started twitching one side of his face, trying to wink at her.

I was trying to have Nolan pull me on the sled outside (knowing I was too heavy for him to pull me). He tried for a minute and then sweetly said, "Maybe it's better for Liam." Hahaha

Here are a ton of videos that I finally was able to upload. Enjoy!