Eli has more toys than he knows what to do with, but of course that doesn’t stop any of us from showering him with more, especially during the clumped together  trifecta of Hanukkah, Christmas, and his birthday.
But gift giving isn’t always easy.
And two of Eli’s birthday presents have been HUGE headaches.  Not for him mind [...]

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Today, Eli turns two.  And I really can’t get over it.
Judging from the picture above, neither can he.  (That’s him sitting on his first present, a new chair, while opening another present, an Elmo book he can read in said chair.)
A year ago, I marveled at all of Eli’s changes on his first birthday.  He [...]

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Happy New Year, loyal readers!  I haven’t written anything all year (ba dum bum), so I’ve got a handful of random thoughts to share with y’all from the past week plus.  Here goes:
So Eli is really into Thomas the Tank Engine, and I don’t get it.  The train cars themselves are sentient and conscious, but [...]

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This past weekend, ACE went to Atlanta!
(Sadly, we were not the full ACES, as Sherlock got the consolation prize of a fun-filled weekend at the local pet hotel.  Yes, I know that’s a pretty lame euphemism, but I’m sticking with it, OK?)
We’ve all been missing Aunt Georgia since she moved down south in March, and [...]

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For the past decade, I have been a freelancer. For the uninitiated, that means that I work from project to project.  For the most part, I keep pretty busy, but every now and again, I get a few weeks off in between shows.  Like recently, for example.  I started on a new show yesterday, and [...]

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Wow, time sure does fly.  Was it really a whole year ago that my son was born?  Everyone tells you that it will, but it’s a whole other thing to actually experience it.  I put together a video of Eli’s life so far (watch it on his FB page!), and it is absolutely mind-blowing to [...]

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Eli, Courtney, and I got back last night from our annual trip to Ithaca, and even though traveling with an infant completely changes the nature of your trip, we all had an amazing time.  It was a lot of fun bringing Eli to our favorite spots: Cornell’s campus where we saw plenty of weddings go [...]

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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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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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