The McCarty Family

Below is Noelle doing a pose, which she says, "Oooh, that's tricky tricky."
Each stage is so fun. Recently her little imagination is beginning to work and play is taking on new forms. She loves to sing. In this video, she came up to my computer chair and began singing like this. At first I wondered what she was doing, was it a complaint or a silly noise... Oh, she's singing! I had to grab the camera fast and catch this. Well, at least she comes by her singing talent honestly.



A funny story:
A couple days ago my mom was watching Noelle and was trying to get her to eat some lunch. This child has also inherited our sweet tooth and has obviously recognized what has sugar in it. This is how their conversation went:

Noelle: "Need Jelly (Gelly) Beans"
Mom: "You can't have jelly beans until you eat some of your lunch."
My mom opens one of her cupboards and Noelle sees a container of Andes Mints.
Noelle: "Hooray, Hooray, you found ca-co-let!"
Mom: "Noelle, you can't have any chocolate until you eat some lunch."
Noelle: Begins to whine and get sad, "You need a vitamin"
Mom: I don't have any vitamins.
Noelle: "You need Tylenol"
Mom: "I don't have any tylenol"
Noelle: "You need mommy" - by now very distraught.

I am just over two weeks away from my due date (May 8th) and so incredibly thankful. Everyone is a little surprised at the thought of me making it to my due date or beyond but I'm so glad to be on this end of the pregnancy. The possibility of her coming late was just a dream for all those months when I was so worried about her coming too early.

I really have no idea when she's going to come. We are so excited to meet her though. I started this baby pool if anyone wants to join. I'm trying to come up with a prize for the winner. Here is the link to the baby pool:

http://www.expectnet.com/games/mccarty

The party was really great. Definitely a hotter than normal day for April but we had some good shade. Thanks to my mom doing most of the food, I didn't have to stress too much before hand and I cannot even say how great it was to enjoy the party without worrying about "over doing it", now that I'm past 36 weeks.
Noelle seemed to have a lot of fun. The bubble wrap (wrapper pop - as Noelle calls it) that my brother brought her was a big distraction during present opening. It is so funny how I get cute party favors to play with and she has all these great presents to open but she's obsessed with the water balloons and bubble wrap.
It was really fun to have so many friends and family with us. It was also fun to have it at Halecrest Park, where my brother and I had countless birthday parties!