We celebrated Christmas during our visit. Elijah is enjoying a delicious bite of Grandma Jean’s famous cinnamon rolls.
Oliver enjoying some quality time with Uncle Matt & Aunt Andrea
Stocking time! 
Mmmmm olives. The kid loves olives. Like father, like son. 
Snuggle time with Uncle Matt
I have never been so sick of having long hair in my life. It was time for change. So I chopped it and donated it to locks of love.
Before
After
The fabulous Corey Brown came to my parents house for a photo shoot, our first as a family of 4!! I am in love with these photos.
I’m not sure why, but it’s so cute to take a picture of a baby in a sink. We do it a lot. Here are a few more. 
We spent Thanksgiving in Kansas City with my family this year.
Elijah was beyond excited. This was the morning we left. He grabbed his backpack and announced that he was “ready to go” as soon as he woke up. 
It was wonderful to see family again. We played musical Oliver.
Mary & Kevin had baby Hayden a month or so after Oliver was born. So we had a little baby party.
Elijah hangin with Daddy.
We took a weekend trip to Bowling Green in November. It was hard to believe we hadn’t been there since New Years.
Elijah had lots of fun playing in the leaves with Grandma and Grandpa.
We visited a children’s garden. 
City park has a great playground. He could have stayed all afternoon. 
Oliver met his great grandma Carol and great grandpa Jack for the first time. 
They brought a present for Elijah and Daddy, matching workmen’s gloves. 
First sink bath
Adoring grandparents. 
Baby Oliver at 2 months old. 
Big brother Elijah loves to give him kisses. 
Cheese! 
Halloween was lots of fun this year with Elijah. He dressed up as a monkey again. The costume still fit, barely. 
Elijah next to his pumpkin. He carved it with Grandma Janet. 
Little Oliver hung out with Grandma in the Moby. He basically slept though the fun. 
Our little monkey. 
Knock, Knock, Knock.
Trick-or-Treat! 
This spring we planted a bunch of vegetables in a garden in our backyard. We were excited about all of the delicious, organic vegetables we would enjoy. Apparently, the chipmunks were too. For the majority of the summer they ate the flowers before they could turn into vegetables. The tomatoes never had a chance to turn green before being devoured. It was very very sad. Toward the end of the season, a few things managed to survive the chipmunks. This was the final harvest before the weather turned. We picked off all of the tomatoes green and let them ripen in the window.
You can see the scratch marks on the eggplants where the chipmunks tried desperately to take a bite.
They also devoured our pumpkin on Halloween. Not cool Alvin, not cool.
We headed to the pumpkin patch in October for our second annual trip with the Fulkerson-Smith’s. This year we stay much closer to home.
Family photo! Oliver slept through the whole thing!
Mmmmwwwaaaaahhhh!
The Fulkerson-Smith clan (Kelin, Brett, Jackson & Kennedy)
The boys rode the train with Aaron & Brett.
The boys are always willing to hug on command. It’s adorable.
Playing in the hay.
Jackson climbed up a huge slide all by himself! The kid has no fear!
Bounce house!
