Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Dear Noah,

I hope you have a great birthday. I am sorry I can not be there to celebrate but you will have so much fun with Mom, Dad, Nana and Grampa Holt.  You are the sweetest nephew and I am so lucky to have you in my life.  I will talk to Jeremy the Jet to see if he can get me to NYC soon.  I love you and I hope you get some cupcakes like you wanted. 

09 – Personalized Happy Birthday Song for Noah

Enjoy your song. I can not wait to see some birthday pictures.

Love you more than anything.

XO Auntie Mindy

Welcome to the world Declan James Urban. Born at 2:24 am and he’s 7 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. Aunt Lisa says that “He is perfect in every way but he is in the NICU for low blood sugar and will remain there for at least 48 hours”.

We are psyched to meet him.

(photos coming soon.)

Last Saturday Noah and I went to City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City for Chris’ Birthday Party.

Chris and his friends.

I wore my special ice skating tights, to help me jump higher.

Miles brought some friends too.

Noah wasn’t into the skates at all, and it took a lot of coaxing. Our first go was pretty wobbly so we took a break and had some lunch.

With renewed strength, lil’ dude was a little more adventurous. Tim skated with him so I could get some flicks.

Cake time.

Patience.

After cake we went back to the rink and Noah, hopped up on sugar, kept pushing my hands away as I tried to skate with him. With my hands free, I couldn’t help but take some flicks with my phone…

…and a quick vid, before/as I got yelled at.

Happy Birthday Chris! Thanks for inviting us!

Auntie Mindy sent Noah a package for St. Patrick’s Day.

Lots of green!

Puzzles are hot right now! Especially personalized ones.

New shoes!

Coloring books!

THIS was under the coloring books…

Seriously!?! Noah now has his own iPad? Wow.

Amazing new coloring books too!

What a package. Really above and beyond. Thanks Auntie Mindy!!

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.