Happy Thanksgiving!!!

For Thanksgiving we went over to my cousin's house (Dan and Lynn Beckman). Kevin makes his Grandma's baked corn. It is delicious!

Here is everyone at Thanksgiving! We had a feast! I ate so much that I think my little monkey gained about 5 pounds! Everything was so good.

Kev and I put up our Christmas tree. Since I am due in January, we decided not to go all out with decorating. We both really love Christmas and love to totally deck out the house. So it took a lot of restraint to limit it to just a Christmas tree and a wreath on the front door. But it will make clean up so much more manageable when I am 9 months pregnant.

We also put in our car seat this weekend. Our car seat was given to us by Clay, Lisa, Mitch, Will, and Grace. It is really cute and has zoo animals all over it. Ken and Jo also gave us little monkey sleeve covers for the car seat. Isn't that fitting? Our little monkey has so many cute little monkey toys and dolls :)

Sleep Deprived!!!!

I just started my 8th month of pregnancy. Only two more months to go! I am due January 22nd. I have really had an easy pregnancy so I shouldn't complain, but I have definitely had more trouble sleeping over the last two weeks. In a way, it isn't too bad. I think it is good preparation for what is to come. Also, late night thinking has helped me come up with some good ideas.

1. In lieu of Christmas cards, I'll wait and send everyone baby announcements after our monkey is born

2. No Christmas decorating this year (only a tree) because I don't want to deal with taking things down and house cleaning when I am 9 months pregnant

3. I'm going to lift some light weights. Since my stomach has grown, I might as well aim for buff arms :)


When my blog is slow, I always put a picture up of my current baby. This is Guido all wrapped up in Kev's arms. Isn't he so ugly, he is cute?

Also, a huge congrats to my girlfriend Denise and her husband Kevin on the birth of their baby boy, Gavin Lee Schimming, born on Thursday in Columbus, OH. Mom, Dad, and baby are doing great!

Baby Monkey Seiple Shower!!!!

I had my baby shower this weekend, and it was absolutely wonderful! A giant thank you to Mandy, Wendi, Andrea, Lauren, Loli, and Sally for putting it together. It was a monkey theme and they went all out! Another giant thank you to my sister Shanda and sister in laws, Lisa and Jill for putting together my virtual shower since I couldn't be in Ohio to visit with the Kuhlman's and Seiple's. I had a wonderful turnout and feel very blessed to have so many friends and family that are supporting Kevin and I as we enter parenthood. So thank you all for coming, for those who couldn't come but thought of us, and for everyone that continues to check our blog. I have a ton of pictures from the baby shower......so enjoy!! Love, Jill and Kevin

Check out this chocolate spread! I was in heaven!

Mandy and Sally made these cupcakes from scratch! They even decorated them like little monkeys :)

Mandy's cat Sunshine was so cute at the shower.

Monkeys were hanging everywhere at Mandy's house. The whole place was decorated soo cute!

These were party gifts. Everyone got to take a bunch of bananas. The inscription on them read "I went bananas at Jill's Baby Shower and all I got was this lousy bunch of bananas!"

This is my neighbor Becky and her son Brett talking with Sally.

Look at all Baby Monkey's gifts!!! She was very very spoiled :)

Everyone at the shower got a monkey hat to wear too! They really thought of everything! It was the best baby shower ever! I am so grateful to have such great family and friends.

This is my girlfriend Cat's daughter Corrin. They drove in from Orange County. I actually went to college with Cat. They moved to CA about 3 years ago.

This is Cassie (my second cousin) and my Aunt Karla.

Another monkey hanging from the ceiling fan. And my friends Loli, Wendi, Kim, and Sally.

This is my friend Courtney and my manager Victoria eating and chatting it up.

Here are more of my coworkers. Melissa, Cyndi, and Jenn

This is Emily (my second cousin) sporting her monkey hat!

This is my Aunt Karla. All of my Aunts, along with my cousins Donna and Lynn pitched in and bought our stroller, car base, and two sleepers. Thank you so much!

Even the plates and napkins were monkeys :)

Here is Melissa and I trying to guess what candy bar is melted in which diaper. Those diapers smelled pretty good. Do you think Baby Monkey's diapers will smell that good? :)

Here is my V.P. Cyndi trying to guess the candy bar in the diaper.

These are my good friends Loli and Kim. Kim is the one in the back trying to hide :)

This is Sally. She was the one that decorated all of those monkey cupcakes!

Corrin, Cassie, and Emily tired out Sunshine. She was passed out!

Everyone had to make a Play-doh baby and I got to pick my favorite. There were a lot of cute monkey babies. I picked Cyndi's because it looked like she was sitting up and laughing at me. It was funny :)

Mandy hosted the baby shower. Thank you so much for opening your home to all of my friends and family! I think everyone had a really good time.

Here I am along with my cousins Lynn and Donna (on the left). Take note Shanda, my entire outfit is the maternity clothes you sent me.....Thanks!!!!

Kim got the baby cute little monkey slippers and a monkey doll!

I also received my nursing pillow

Melissa got me much needed diapers! Or should I say, got Kevin the much needed diapers!

Andrea (on the far right) got me a great first aid kit. I'm sure that will come in handy. Sitting on the chair with me, is my friend Wendi that also helped put my shower together!

Jo and Ken (Kevin's parents) sent me some of Kevin's favorite things when he was a baby. These were his Sesame Street plates and bowls that he absolutely loved!

This is a picture of Kevin when he was born. Look how much hair he had! No wonder he is such a wookie!

Here are some of Kevin's favorite books as a child. I can't wait to read them to Baby Seiple!

My mom made this baby blanket for me. Isn't it beautiful?

Of course, my mom also sent me a Brutus the Buckeye blanket!

My Aunt Linda sent me "The Magic Hanky" that she'll wear when she is baptised.

"I'm just a little hanky, as square as square can be. But with a stitch or 2 they made a bonnet out of me. I'll be worn home from the hospital or on the Christening Day. We've been told, on her wedding day, every bride must have that something old. So what could be more fitting than to take out little me; a few snips to cut the stitches and a wedding hanky I'll be. And if perchance, it is a boy, someday he'll surely wed. So to his bride, he can present the hanky, once worn upon his head."

My brother Craig and sister in law Jill, bought our bath for the baby and also sent along adorable pictures of my Niece Allie (2) and Grady (almost 1). Clay (Kevin's brother) and my sister in law Lisa, got us our car seat!

These are some rattlers and a brush and comb set from Craig and Jill

This was a huge surprise! My grandmother (Calista) who passed away before Kevin and I were even engaged had made me a baby quilt. My mom has kept it all these years and sent it to me as a surprise. It truly was a gift from above!

This is my cousin Donna admiring Grandma's quilts (there were actually two)

The baby's bath

My friend Wendi, got me this T-Shirt for the little monkey. I love it!

My sister Shanda is putting together my baby book. She sent me two pages that I need to take with me to the hospital. One is to put her footprints which reads "Someday these feet will go places" and the other is for her handprints which reads "Someday these hands will change the world." My sister also had a diaper backpack and sun bonnet made. They are perfect!

Aunt MaryAnn and cousin DawnMarie got us our highchair.....thank you! There were so many other gifts, I couldn't possibly list them all here, but I do want to thank everyone again, for making my baby shower soo wonderful. Baby Monkey Seiple is so loved and Kevin and I feel very special and blessed to have so much love, support, family, and friends in our lives.....Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

7.5 months pregnant!!

Well, here you go......Belly pics!!! I am now 7.5 months pregnant. I am in my final trimester and feeling really good. I have to go to the doctor every 2 weeks now, instead of every month. As you can see. my belly is definitely growing!

Sleeping on my stomach has proved impossible, and I really miss that! She is an active little girl and Kevin and I love watching my stomach jump around as she kicks, twists, and turns.

Kevin has been reading lots of books to get prepared for fatherhood! This one is called The Expectant Father. We both have read so many books, but we are sure it hasn't really prepared us for what is in store :)