Loyal readers – it is time to settle a debate once and for all, with an Official Alannoah.com Poll!
The question: Which parent does Eli more closely resemble?
To judge this noodle-scratcher in a fair and equitable manner, I will present side-by-side pictures of Eli (who will always be on the left) and baby pictures of myself [...]

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n Thursday of last week, after I collected our mail, I noticed something on our front door.  It was a pamphlet saying that our house had been selected to participate in the Nielsen ratings system.  As TV junkies, Courtney and I were obviously excited.  If we had a Nielsen box in our living room, what [...]

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I’ve been called many things in my day, but “mature” is usually not one of them.  I mean, let’s be honest here: I watch a lot of cartoons and I am eager to spend any free time (a rare commodity, to be sure) playing video games.  So every now and again, I’ll realize that I [...]

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Since Nick passed away, our group of friends from high school try to all get together once a year to honor his memory.  The first year we did it at Nick’s family’s house, last year Lauren hosted, and this year the Noah’s had everyone over.  It was a great day – the weather was beautiful, [...]

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The Noah family has returned from California.  It was a fun, if not terribly relaxing, trip.  Eli got some quality time in with G-ma and G-pa, he got to meet some friends, and he got to see the Pacific Ocean in person, as evidenced by the above adorable picture.  It would have been nicer if [...]

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So far, in his less than 7 months outside of the womb, Eli has been in cars, trains, and a ferry.  Tomorrow he will add an airplane to that list of forms of transportation he has been in.  All that will remain is a spaceship, which I imagine he will use to get to his [...]

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The Noahs have new fences – three of them, in fact.  The backyard perimeter has been solidified so that Sherlock, our ever-escaping beagle, can no longer venture into our neighbors’ yards.  At least, he better not be able to, after what we paid to the fence company!  It wasn’t necessarily a relief to fork over [...]

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On Saturday night, I got to meet geek godess Olivia Munn.  Jealous?  You should be.  Olivia, for the uninitiated, is the co-host of G4’s Attack of the Show.  And she’s a new correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (which she does not think is sexist, by the way).  And she’s a comedian, and [...]

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Eli’s first Mets game was a success! He really seemed to enjoy it – for a good chunk of the game, he was staring off, seemingly staring intently on the action on the field. Or, more specifically, at the action on the giant screen. Eli, like his father, seems to have a [...]

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This Sunday, on the Fourth of July, America will turn 234.  But more interesting than that is Sherlock will turn 7!  Yay!
Long story short: We adopted Sherlock on August 5th, 2005.  Since he was adopted, they didn’t know exactly when he was born, but they estimated he was 2 years and 1 month old.  (I’m [...]

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