Tales of Baby McCabe

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Baptism

Happy March! February ended on a happy note with William's baptism. The day went really well. William was a happy guy (as usual) during the whole baptism. He was awake and wide eyed and tried to play with the water. He was happy as he was led up and down the aisle and was introduced to his church family. Everyone came back to our place for lunch and dq cake afterwords. William ended up taking a nice, long nap, which was nice for Jason and me! He received many nice gifts. Nolan was well behaved, too. He came up to the alter for the baptism, but only lasted a minute. Then he joined my parents in the pew. He was happy to share his toys with his cousins at our house, and of course loved the ice cream cake. It was a good day!

William will be six months this coming thursday, which is hard to believe! He is getting better at sitting on his own, but he still prefers to stand. He makes a new face where he sucks on his lips. I think it helps soothe his teething gums. He looks like a little old man when he does it though. It's so cute!

Nolan cut his first two-year molar this week, and it was hard on him. He was just miserable! I hope the others are easier for him, but I doubt it. He is still talking more and more. He cracks us up all the time with his cute expressions and sentences. He is such a fun kid! Nolan and I went to southdale today and he was so well behaved. He was patient while i shopped (a sucker helped with that). Then I let him out of the stroller and he played on the interactive pad on the floor and at the play place. He was great and stayed with me, didn't run off, and took turns on the slide. He had a blast!

Here are the recent phone pictures. Soon I'll upload our camera pictures.

Cute new face

Nolan had so much fun playing outside at Mamie's! He lost a boot but didn't tell my mom because he was worried she would make him come in. :)

Quickly outgrowing the chair!

Sweet boy

William and his Godparents

Dapper dude

Selfie! New haircut!

Loving the interactive floor pad!

New favorite activity - playing in the sink. Might as well let him wash some dishes!

Liam found his toes!

Love him!

So happy

Oh hey just sitting like a big boy

Nom Nom

Mr. Fix-it using his drill to make sure his kitchen is secure

Napping in my arms

Fun play date with my friends Natalie, Lauren, and Lauren's daughter Mallory

Tough enough for necklaces :)

My birthday gift - Mamma Mia!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Our little Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some recent phone pictures of our little lovies. :)

Flowers from all my boys :)

Looooove my littlest valentine!

Our adorable valentines

Puzzle maniac

Bananas over Mommy!

Splash splash Liam's taking a bath

Counting to ten during hide and seek :)

Kissing cousins!

Five months old :)

Mad, scared, happy, sad. The many faces of Nolan :)

"I'll eat you up, I love you so."

Valentine surprise for Nolan

My happy little guy after a nap

Working on those sitting skills!

Kisses for Mama

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

So far in February...

February is almost half over already! We've been very busy...staying indoors. What else is new?!? With the expected heat wave coming up (30's), we're hoping to get out of the house a little more. Nolan would love to play outside in the snow again, so hopefully it will work out.

Both boys are growing, growing! We've noticed that some of their outfits are getting too small for them. Maybe that is why William is keeping me up so much at night! He needs the extra calories. His spit up has gotten a bit better, so that's been nice!

William is now five months old and is learning new things all the time. Today he started blowing raspberries and he grabbed his foot during a diaper change. He also is starting to get good at sitting up. He still needs assistance because he topples so easily, but he's getting sturdy!

William loves eating his baby oatmeal and purees. He gobbles it up...you can't give it to him fast enough! He sometimes fusses between bites he is so anxious for more food. And since he is grabbing at everything now (including my hair - ouch!), he grabbed spaghetti right out of Jason's bowl while Jason was holding him and eating. I think we'll hold off a few more months on table food, little buddy! haha

One of my favorite things William does now is give kisses. Big, open mouth kisses. It is so sweet! Also slobbery. And you have to watch out for a random spit up. Wouldn't want that to get in your mouth! But he just loves giving kisses, especially to his cousin, Anika, who loves to shower him (and Nolan) with kisses.

Nolan has been really sweet with Liam lately, giving him kisses and patting him. When Liam cries in the car, it upsets Nolan and he usually yells, "No, Liam! No cry!" I've been working on having Nolan say in a kind voice, "It's ok, Liam!" And today Nolan did! It was so sweet to hear him say that. Nolan also was trying to make William laugh today by making funny noises. I can't wait until they can interact more. They will have so much fun!

Nolan has been talking up a storm! It is so fun to hear what comes out of his mouth. Here are some memorable things:

*I asked Nolan what he wanted for breakfast. He went in the fridge, grabbed the Ketchup, set it down on the table, and said, "I need ham, too."

*Abigail was playing near the corner of the room. Nolan said, "B in corner! That funny!"

*I was wearing a new headband. Nolan asked, "Oh, what that?" I said, "It's a headband. Do you like it?" Nolan said, "Um, no. I don't. I don't." I asked, "Why not?" He said, "It yucky." Thanks, buddy!

*My mom set a plate of chicken/rice casserole down in front of Nolan for lunch. He looked at it, pushed it away, and said, "Me no like this food."

Here are some pictures from our camera. I'll have to post some phone pictures soon, too. Also, William is getting baptized this Sunday, so I'll post those pictures when I get a chance.