Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Remember when you used to have to sit in front of your computer to video chat with someone?  Noah doesn’t.

See Mindy, Noah’s moose.

See, dinosaurs, leopards, and horses.

See, Play-doh shapes.

Never psyched to leave my parents house, but we had to head back to NYC.

Tough goodbyes.

Not my best flick, but this was a scene I saw almost every day for 18 years.

To make it worse, NYC was a mess.

After we all got to play with our new toys, and after Noah took a nap, we got ourselves together and took a trip up to see (my) Uncle Wayne and Aunt Patty.

We all piled into Grampa’s truck.

Auntie Mindy heckled Noah.

Nana was so excited about how she dressed Noah.

Noah was so excited about the train set Uncle Wayne and Aunt Patty got him.

A hug for Uncle Wayne.

A hug for Aunt Patty.

Some lunch.

(My) Nana Holt opening her presents.

Thanks for having us up Uncle Wayne and Aunt Patty, and thanks to everyone for all the great gifts.

The morning of Noah’s third Christmas.

Noah was psyched that Santa had eaten some of the cookies he left out, and just as he started to say that he would like to give Santa more cookies, he heard bells ringing.

Just like Santa’s glasses, Noah was a little slow to warm up.

But Santa comes bearing gifts, which makes him pretty easy to like.

Christmas Day is also Nana Holt’s Birthday, and this year Mindy got Nana a giant whoopie pie as a birthday cake.

Noah came in from the kitchen with a towel to clean up the mess.

Noah wanted to sit with Nana’s gingerbread girl to open his presents.

Grampa Holt’s tricky wrapping style.  Trying to act like he didn’t know how.

Somehow Noah didn’t have to open this present to know what it was.

Moose pillow.

Piggy bank.

Nana and Grampa got new luggage.

Placemats.

Noah helping me open my gifts.

A massive Play-Doh work center.

Tuckered out.

Amazing morning.  Thanks to Santa, Nana, Grampa, and Auntie Mindy for all the great gifts.

Lunch in Brattleboro, VT.  This park is a lot warmer in the summer.

Fast forward 4 hours and 20 min.

Grampa plowing.

Dinner at Nina and Jasper’s house.

Playing with the puzzle that Nina’s dad made for her when she was a girl.