Washington Christmas Vacation

We took our first road trip up to Washington for Christmas. We got some great advice to drive up at night (thanks Gayanne!) so that Oliver could sleep the majority of the drive. It worked!




Oliver had fun spending time with Great Grandma and Grandpa Ullery.



We always love being able to see the Pelletier Family and Laura kept Oliver entertained!



Kaitlyn and Oliver in their Christmas pajamas .... kisses for the cousins

It was fun to spend Christmas Eve with the Boldt family.




Christmas morning!!! Oliver had so much fun eating... I mean opening the presents.


Christmas evening at Great Grandma and Grandpa Ullery's with the family was very special for us and we are so glad Oliver got to spend time with all of you!

Papa and Oliver ..... Nana Sheri and Nana Nancy with their grandbabies!



On the way home, we stopped at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Yum!


We also went to the Oregon coast aquarium. Oliver kept pounding on the glass trying to get the fish, crabs, and sharks. He had not been very vocal until around Christmas, so we had a lot of fun hearing him babble at the fish.


Pit stop at Starbucks for the drive home.... Nick hooked up a video monitor in the back seat, so we could watch Oliver while we drove at night. Here he is sound asleep - our little angel!!

California Christmas Celebration Weekend

We celebrated Christmas twice this year! The first celebration was in California with the Koske side of the family. It was a fun filled weekend with Chris and Lauren visiting and a family holiday party.


Oliver loved getting to know Lucy - here he is meeting her for the first time. He got a big kiss from her :)


It was cute to watch them play together. Lucy was so great with him!


Time to open presents... Oliver on his first Porsche.


Climbing on Poppy and playing with Lucy is so much fun.


Getting love from Uncle Chris and Auntie Lauren!


Oliver is so lucky to have such amazing family. He was having fun playing and cuddling with everyone all night long! Here are the moments we captured on camera.

Lunch with Meredith and Marianthi

Meredith and I have a fun tradition of meeting at Lake Elizabeth for a walk and then going to lunch. I'm not sure who looks forward to it more the mommies or the kids.

Oliver meets Santa for the first time!

Here are Oliver's first pictures with Santa. We had a great time and Oliver made us laugh because he kept looking up at Santa like he wanted to grab his beard. Good thing it was a real one!






Oliver

This is how I Army crawl.

Christmas in the Park

It is so much fun having a child during the holidays because now I have an excuse to do all the fun activities! We had a great time at Christmas in the Park in San Jose.

Variety of fun in November

We go on a walk to the park almost every day, so I wanted to show some recent pictures. I've also included a cute picture of Oliver in the jumper that he also enjoys.


Swinging in the park!


This picture makes me smile because he is so serious. He wanted to reach for things and was having a hard time with the gloves on his hands.


Here's the picture in the jumper. He kept looking at me when he was turned the other way. It was so adorable and I'm glad I was able to get a picture of it.

Thanksgiving Festivities

Lindsey's family drove down from WA for Thanksgiving and we had an amazing time!! Thanks Patti and Chuck for being such amazing hosts.


Oliver was all smiles because he had both sets of grandparents doting on him Thanksgiving morning!




Oliver enjoyed getting love from Lauren and Kris


Cheers! (notice the sippy cup)


He is a lucky boy to have such amazing Grandmothers!


Some of the favorite pictures of quality time with Uncle Chris!


Snuggling my little candy cane!


We have a semi-tradition of going to the car show in SF the day after Thanksgiving. We enjoyed going with Oliver, our families, and the Smith's.


After the car show we went to the Stinking Rose in SF. It was our first time feeding Oliver solid foods in a restaurant, so we had to document it. Haha!!