Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Last Saturday morning.  Joshua Deaner was in town for an art book fair, and Ryan and Ellen invited us down for bagels.  Oliver and his parents Kate and Grant came over too.

Ryan and Ellen’s cats getting creative with their hiding places.

Ryan showed us a slideshow of their recent bike trip (Noah, nonplussed).

When Ryan broke out his Lego collection I knew we had to go.  One more minute and Noah would have turned that thing upside down.

On the drive to Chelsea.

“Noah!  Time to look at some art!”

Later at the playground, stuck finger.

Found bike made gender neutral.

In a moment of excitement, Noah ran up to hug my leg, and caught my camera in his forehead…

Then Joshua’s parents (Ellie and Dennis) and brothers (Rob on the left, and Jon on the right) showed up out of nowhere.  3 of the men in this photo took part in the NYC Marathon the next day.  Joshua was not one of them.  Neither was Noah.

After lunch, back in our ‘hood.

Fun with traffic cones.

I met Maurico a few weeks ago at an event I was photographing.  He gives tours of Brooklyn, and I thought it might be interesting to have him give us a tour of the area around Fulton Mall (where I bought Noah his first pair of Jordans) and Fort Greene.

Noah wasn’t feeling it.

After the tour/nap, the family needed a treat.

Noah with some dude. (photo by Kate)

Lil’ dude likes baked goods.

I made Noah work off those calories.

Found gift.

Gotta love Fall.

Over Labor Day weekend, The Kapadia’s invited a bunch of us out to their Jersey house for the day.

Layla.

Mark, Lou, and Avi.

Noah and his new camera.

Their private beach.

Maya.

Bait.

Crabs!

Some snails(?) we were not trying to catch.

Lou, Maya, and Avi were in charge of the net, and only one of them fell in the water.

Ryan, crabbing supervisor.

Nonplussed.

Mark teaching me how to take care of my crabs.

Dinner.

Lil’ dude.

View from dinner.

Thanks to Darpan and Erika for inviting us out, we always have a great time.

On Saturday the whole Urban clan drove out to (Noah’s Uncle) Matt’s house.  The party was a mix of nice-to-see-you, how-was-your-birthday, here-is-your-christmas-present, my-isn’t-the-weather-lovely, Happy-Mothers-Day!!  Good times.

Noah started the party right by smacking his face on the pavement.

The bruise on Noah’s face was better than the cut on Matt’s hand.  The night before he kept washing (on accident) a glass that had just shattered.

Chilling with Uncle Tim.

Admiring Matt’s odd toy collection.

Matt’s friend Pete.  Creepy.

Tim missed Christmas, so when it got cold Emmett gave him his gifts.

Insert me into this photo somewhere.

Thanks for having us out Matt!!  And thanks to everyone for the birthday cards and gifts.