Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Up until now, I had been Noah’s hair stylist.  The other weekend I passed the reigns to someone much more qualified, Lucus.

Noah was kind of ok with it, especially if he had something to chew.

Squirmer.

Thanks for making Noah a little more respectable Louis.

“You still feeling sick Noah?”

PSYCH!!  Lets go open some more presents!!!

Out to Emmett and Lisa’s we go for Urban Family Christmas!!

Gotta make sure the tree is still perfect.

Gotta make sure we get some attention from Nana.

Gotta catch up with Uncle Matt.

Then we gotta get to these presents.

(photo by Kate)

A big stuffed elephant from Uncle Matt.

An amazing chair from Nana and Opa for Noah.

High five Opa.

Wasted, all those gifts…

Gotta steal some snacks to get the strength back up.

Time to get all these gifts together and head home.

Thanks Emmett and Lisa for hosting, and thanks to everyone for the thoughtful gifts and good times.

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.

Big day.  Jesus Christ was born, Nana Holt was born, and someone brought us all these presents!!!  Craze.

Noah needed a quick cracker before tearing into the presents.

First one…

BOOTS!!  No more plastic bags!!

Auntie Mindy got a blanket, which is kind of like a Snuggie© but without arm holes.

Kate got a new grill pan, which she loved, but this was her expression for every present.  Genuine excitement with no hint of sarcasm. She has an amazing gift.

“This one is for you Nana.”

“This one is for you Auntie Mindy.”

Mittens!!

Mom was psyched for Noah to open this one.  What could it be?

Might as well dig in.

Puppets!!!

“Are these puppets my presents or yours?”

Nana got a new leather jacket.

The little present was for Grampa.  The big one was for Noah.

A busy morning led to an early nap.

Brooklyn was looking really good last night.  I couldn’t put my finger on it at first, but then I realized…  THERE’S SNOW!!

Rumor had it that Nana and Opa were decorating their tree, plus they needed some help setting up their new computer, plus we needed an excuse to go out in the snow.  So we took our time and walked over to see Nana and Opa.  Making sure to first go real fast!!

Then make sure we skid to every stop.  Even when we don’t need to stop (and Kate’s a pro, she skids with her eyes closed).

Everything looks good with freshly fallen snow on it.  Even garbage…

…but especially lights.

Crazy people come out in the snow too, like giant glowing elves.

And people do crazy things, like leave their windshield wipers up (pet peeve).

We made it safe and sound and after a quick change Noah was ready for some milk from Nana before going to sleep.

Noah say, “Thank you Nana and Opa for letting me sleep at your house so that my tired looking parents could sleep in.”