Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Last Saturday we geared up to hike (in the slush and snow) over to see Jerry and Amanda.  Amanda is due any day now, so we wanted to give them a little taste of why it’s not worth it… I’m kidding.. (ish).

Amanda, this is what it’s like getting ready.

Lil’ shy dude.

Kate and Amanda talked about the lastest in parenting books, and Noah drew on some paper, and played with some toys.

Jerry and I hid behind our camera’s and talked about how we were going to take over the world.

Then it was time to go. Noah put his coat on, I mean… got back in the backpack.

One last look at that belly before it’s gone.

Here’s a random photo for you to look at while you think about how wonderful it is that a new life will be coming into the world.

It’s been a pretty impressive year for snow in NYC.  Last week we got another 14 inches of snow, shutting down Noah’s school (and any work I was going to get done).  Daddy Day Care!!  Below is an account of the conversation I had with Noah over the course of morning.  Enjoy.

“Look how dope it looks outside Noah!”

“Look!  We are going to have to go out there and play around.”

” Bye Kate, have a good day at work!!”

“O.k. Noah, let’s go get ready!”

“What? Aren’t you psyched?!? Look at all the great snow.”

“Look at our car!”

“You’re not psyched!?!?  C’mon!”

“Here, get in this backpack and I’ll show you how great this is.”

“Look at the chains on the garbage truck!”

“Look at the bike!”

“Look at the barbed wire!”

“Look at the balloons!”

“Look at how bummed that car is!”

“Look, a snowboard!”

“Look, sledding”

“Do you want to go sledding? Put on these mittens so your hands don’t get cold.”

(Borrow a sled. Sledding. Camera dragging behind us.)

“Wasn’t that fun!”

“Ok, ok.  How about standing over here, Nana(s) will like this scene.”

“Fine… get back in the backpack…”

Me, “Look!”

Noah, “No look!”

One good thing that came from our adventure? A really good nap for Noah.

Modern parenting.

After we all wake up, we drive to Natick to see The Charests.

Ben!

Ben’s skis!

Tyler!

Noah wanted his cinnamon roll on the firetruck.

It was a quick visit, we had to get back to NYC to watch The Pats lose.

Fast forward about 4 hours…

Derby!

Surprisingly, even Savannah in her Patriots cheerleader outfit couldn’t get our team into the game.

Thanks for breakfast Mark, Sarah, Ben, and Tyler!!  Thanks to The Savas’s for having us over to watch the last Patriots game of the season.

Lil Dude in some of his Patriots gear on Monday night.

Putting some puzzles together and looking tough.

Until Kate finds a “fuzzy” (feather from the couch).

Scary stuff.

Go Pats.

Noah and his Auntie Mindy caught up the other night via the interwebs.

Noah went and got his computer.

“Noah, on a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you that you will see Auntie Mindy for Thanksgiving?”

“10! (or is that “0”…  probably “10”)”

Mindy not laughing at my jokes…