Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

First off, I want to clear something up.  The wires, birds, and cat on the wire on the wall in Noah’s room is all part of a decal.  I, or Kate, can not take credit for painting or drawing that.  I can however take credit for painting the fake telephone pole (6″ wide vertical black line), any spelling mistakes made in this or previous posts, or any rambling half completed sentences that don’t seem to make sense.

Now on with our show..  On Super Bowl Sunday we (Kate) did some cleaning up.  Putting away some toys that Noah doesn’t use anymore.  You can probably guess that this made Noah really curious about the things that Kate was putting away, so he started playing with them…  It’s just how things go.

To heckle Noah I put a toy on his belt loop.

To be helpful Noah started throwing wipes, and anything else he could find, away.

Thanks buddy, and thanks to Nana and Opa for offering to store things for us.

Noah and I shoveling the dusting of snow and testing out our new backpack.  Psyched to get this one out on the hiking trail.  (photo by Kate)

It was pretty cold (2º F I think), so we didn’t stay out long.

A puppet show to warm up.

It worked.

Sketchy looking puppettress.

Later we went to see my good friend Jen who got married, bought a house, and had a kid since the last time I saw her.  Meet Cullen.  He’s 9 months old and wearing the same size clothes as Noah.

Olivia and Madisyn, Cullen’s older sisters, giving Noah some attention.

The cat was over it.

Madisyn watching Noah chase after a glowing ball.

Thanks for having us Jen and Matt, it was great to see you all.

Just to keep the warnings coming..  Warning!  My parents have a crazy shower/bath/jacuzzi/football watching/music listening/steaming booth in the basement which has a built in light show that is impossible to resist if you are looking for a place to photograph someone bathing (assuming you have their permission).  The warning?  You’ve probably seen this bath before, and you’ll probably see it again because Noah and I are psyched on it.

Noah’s new toy boat.

Hey, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  Here at www.noahholt.com/blog the holiday recapping continues..

Kate and I went skiing the day after Christmas and when we got home everyone was over to Uncle Gerry and Aunt Paula’s so we walked over, bottle in hand.

When we got there Noah was tearing it up in Aunt Paula’s Tupperware cabinet, with her permission.

Chilling with Nana and Uncle Lenny.

Diaper change distraction with a flashlight Uncle Lenny gave us.

Mallory’s new tattoo.

Auntie Mindy getting used to the struggle to dress Noah so we can get him home and into bed.

The reverse struggle.

After a nap from all that present opening, we took showers, and got dressed, ready to tackle the rest of the day.

Then it was time to put some of those presents Noah got to the test.

Mittens work.

Sled and boots work.

A newish Christmas Day tradition up here, fried turkey.

A turkey so good, Mindy needed three forks.

Nate dawg came over for some Wii hunting…

Kate, of course, had special techniques, and a little distraction action by Noah on her leg.

Rocking back and forth trying to mess up moms shot.

It was a long, but fun day for everyone.