Merry Christmas!!!!

Kevin and I had a wonderful Christmas! On Christmas Eve we went to my Aunt's house and ate way too much food! We had a great time. That evening, we opened our Christmas presents. Kevin's parents gave him a ton of A Christmas Story gifts. He was in heaven! Both Kev and I love that movie. We watch it at least 5 times every Christmas. Here he is with a T-shirt that says "I triple dog dare you" and a leg lamp puzzle that a co worker gave him.

Kevin's parents always send Guido good treats and bones that he absolutely loves! My parents send him OSU T-Shirts and Hats that he absolutely hates, but we love them! This year Guido got a Buckeye hat. We put it on him and laughed and laughed!

He tried, but he couldn't get it off. Maybe if we sport him in his hat and t-shirt on Jan. 5th, we'll beat Texas at the Fiesta Bowl.......fingers crossed

Here are all of Kevin's Christmas Story gifts. T-shirt, DVD, Leg Lamp Puzzle, Christmas Story Game, and Leg Lamp Nightlight. All he is missing is the Red Rider BB Gun :)

On Christmas Day, we went over to Wendi and RJ's for another wonderful dinner. This is Wendi's French Bulldog, Bosley. He was all tuckered out.

Here is one of the dinner tables. There is Bruce, Patti, Wendi, RJ, Andrea and Joe

We were at the kid's table with Cheryl, Cameron, Kev and there is Wendi again :)

Here are Kev and I enjoying our paper hats

On Saturday, Kev and I decided to go to the Wild Animal Park. A co-worker of Kev's gave us free passes. The Wild Animal Park is a 1800 acre wildlife preserve that houses over 3500 animals and represents 260 species. It is also a botanical garden. Here we are overlooking part of the park.

Here are some giraffes and rhinos hanging out and eating together

You can kind of see from this picture how much space the animals get to roam around. It is a really cool place. Kev had never been to the Wild Animal Park, and I was only here once when my brother and his wife came out to visit about 4.5 years ago. So it was pretty much a new experience for both of us.

More Rhinos

This was in the kids section, and they had created some snow (it was basically ice) and they were letting the kids slide down this make-shift hill. It made Kev and I laugh :) Poor San Diego children really can't experience good snow sledding :(

This is a poisonous green frog......very cool

I saved the best picture for last :) This is a picture that my uncle had of my mom and my dad back in the day. Dad, what is up with your ears? Mom, love the ruffle dress :) Ahh, comic relief. Actually, you guys make a cute couple :)

Practicing!!!

This weekend we got to babysit our neighbor's 5 1/2 month old baby, Brett. This was the first time Becky and Josh left him overnight and we were excited to watch him! Since Kevin and I are the youngest in the family, we really don't have a lot of experience with little ones. It was great practice! Brett was soo good! He slept well, ate well, and thought both Kevin and I were hysterical! I still would go and check on him about every 2 hours while he was sleeping. (as if the video baby monitor was lying to me) but it made me feel better. I am now positive that I will officially get NO SLEEP when my little one is first born, because I will be checking on her constantly!

Isn't he sooo adorable! He really was that happy the whole time. He never cried! I hope our little one will be this good when she is Brett's age.

Here he is playing with some toys and having a grand old time.

Here is Kevin and him getting ready to take a nap

Here is Brett and I actually napping!

When we got home, poor little Guido had missed us! I fell asleep on the couch and this is Guido's favorite cuddle spot....right behind my knees.

Well on Monday, I will officially be 9 months pregnant. My due date is January 22nd so only about 4 weeks to go! Here are some belly pictures for everyone!

Getting Ready!!!

Last Sunday we went over to our friend Cindy's house to meet the boxer she adopted. His name is Leo and he is such a cuddler! I think he liked me :)

Isn't he soo cute? He is really the sweetest dog ever!

My work office had our Secret Santa exchange this past week. We exchange names and give little gifts throughout the week. Then our Manager, Victoria, takes us out to Bucca De Beppo and we tell who we had and eat lots of great food. It was a lot of fun and I couldn't eat for the rest of the day.

Kevin and I spent this weekend getting ready for our Baby Monkey's arrival! I washed all the baby clothes and blankets and started getting my bags packed! I am 34 weeks along so I need to start thinking about getting ready for labor. I think my last month will go by quickly because of the holidays. Actually the whole pregnancy has gone quickly. I have had it really easy. We are getting excited for her to be here and we want everything ready and in place for her arrival :)

December Nights

This weekend, Balboa Park in San Diego hosted their annual December Nights. Balboa Park is
the nation's largest urban cultural park. Home to 15 major museums, renowned performing arts venues, beautiful gardens and the San Diego Zoo. Their December nights ran Friday and Saturday and they had an estimated 300,000 people attend. The museums were free, there were food vendors, carolers, a beer tent, and lots and lots of people! Kevin and I went on Saturday night and had a great time. This is me in at the Natural History Museum.

Here is Kevin in front of a Dinosaur at the Natural History Museum.

This is outside walking around. We went from about 5:30pm - 9pm and the weather was really great. It was probably in the mid 60's. Sorry to rub it in to everyone in Ohio who is freezing :)

Here we were sitting and listening to some live music.

All the art shops were open and it was great to just walk around and browse.

Typical Jill picture :)

Oh, and I am 8 1/2 months pregnant! I am feeling really good. I have been sleeping better so I really have no complaints. Kevin says it looks like a swallowed a volleyball. I have to agree with him :)