Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Yesterday we went with Joan, Weldon, Melissa, Justin, and their kids to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. The Temple is beautiful and it was fun to go with some of Dave's family. Maggie was really good the entire time, and seemed to be looking around taking everything in. She's already been through 2 temples in her short little life. I, of course, enjoyed the 'open house' cookies at the end.

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

I decided to humble myself and put up this picture so everyone can see the 'shelf' that Maggie gets to sit on. I forget how huge I am until I walk past a window, or see a picture of myself, yuck! Only 6 more weeks....and then at least 6 more months of trying to lose the weight :(

Climbing on the wall

It was a windy day, so Maggie is doing the sign for wind.

Our Little Family (thanks Liss for cutting off my 'hugeness')

1st Steps and More Pictures of MagPie

Maggie finally took her 1st steps yesterday. She has been cruising along furniture and even standing on her own for a few months now, but when it comes to walking, she has been such a chicken. If I would try and get her to reach for something, even just an inch away, her legs would turn to jello, and she would go to her knees. Yesterday, I was sitting on the floor playing with her and she was leaning up against the couch. She looked over at me and took 2 steps towards me, I cheered so loud I think I scared her half to death. Since then, she's been taking 2-3 steps at anytime, she's getting better and better. It's so much fun to have her hit these mile-stones in her life.

First Steps.

Cheese Grin.

Maggie is obsessed with Dave's hats....actually she is obsessed with anything to do with Daddy.

Who needs a sippy-cup when you've got a camelback.

Wook at that wittle face.

I gotta admit, she is kinda cute.

Trip Down Memory Lane

It's almost 11:00 pm on a Saturday night, and Dave is still up at the Lab at BYU. I have been exploring Facebook to pass the time and I started looking back at old pictures that I have posted. I joined Facebook shortly after Dave and I got married, so it's a good little history of our life together, so far. I'm an absolute slacker when it comes to scrap booking and doing memory books. All of our pictures are sitting on our hard drive, and I realize how sad it sounds that Facebook is the closest thing I have to any sort of 'Betts Family History'. Since the goal is to one day get this Blog made into a book, I decided that I should add some of my favorite Facebook pictures. Welcome to Memory Lane.

Our Wedding Day, November 21, 2006

With all our Nieces.

Our Honeymoon in Banff.

Summer 2007, Cameron Lake in Waterton.

Maggie Phyllis Betts - March 25th, 2008 - 7 pounds 6 ounces

My Beautiful little girl.

Sweet Dreams. Maggie at 1 week old.

Blessing Day.

So Precious. These are to remind me that she did sleep sometimes.


Her first smile that I was able to catch with the camera.

Dave and Maggie, June 2008

Canada Day 2008. You have to put the Maple Leaf Tat on your cheek, it's tradition.

Maggie and I, October 2008. I had to put this picture in cause I had lost all my pregnancy weight and was feeling good....just in time to get pregnant again.

Maggie's 1st Halloween.


Learning how to Sit on her own. November 2008.

This was Maggie's favorite trick for about 3 months. She would only have her head and heals touching. Our little acrobat.

Christmas 2008 with Grandma Evanson. Maggie was very sick the entire holiday, so this is about the only picture I got with her smiling. At least she is wearing her new Jammies.

Our 1 Year Old. She got bath toys from the Dollar Store for her birthday, that's what happens when your parents are poor students. Sorry Maggie, one day we will make it up to you.

We are now caught up to when I started the blog. Thanks for enduring.

dippity doo

They played this commercial last summer after an outbreak of crytosporidium in the pools made a bunch of people sick here in Utah. I think it's the funniest thing. With pool season now upon us, I just thought I would share....enjoy!

Another Ruby

Having a July Birthday has always meant a lot to me. My Grandma Tanner's birthday is July 9th and my parents 'planned' my due date, so that my Mom could have a Ruby in her Mother's ring. I absolutely love Rubies, I think they are such a beautiful gem. Dave even designed my wedding ring to have 4 rubies on the side next to the diamond...he did good.
I had a Doctor's appointment today and we scheduled my c-section for July 27th. I'm excited about sharing my birth month with our new little girl. Maggie and Dave share March, so we have 2 exciting months in our family. So far my Mother's ring is an Aquamarine and a Ruby...we'll see what other colors we might add in the future.

Memorial Day Campout

We had a great Memorial Day weekend with Dave's family. Joan and Weldon invite us to 'camp' in their back yard about 3-4 times throughout the summer. These camp outs are a lot of fun and I look forward to each one of them. This weekend was supposed to kick off the camping season, but with the downpour on Sunday it was decided that our camp out was going to be inside this time. Despite the rain and change of plans we had a wonderful time. There was a lot of yummy food, and it was fun to watch Maggie play with her cousins.
The camp outs usually entails kiddie pools and sprinklers in the yard, but with it being a little chilly on Monday we opted for some indoor water fun. Joan and Weldon took us all to the Bountiful Rec Center, Maggie was in heaven, she loves to play in the water.
The 'camp out' was great, thank you Joan and Weldon for a wonderful time.

Exploring the grass

Picking which leaf to eat

My cute girl. Her hair is greased with sunscreen.

Hanging out with Daddy

Watching the birdies play in the grass

Maggie's sign for 'birdie'

Playing with Cousin Katie

Splashing at the pool

Cruising in the Lazy River

Floating around with Grandma Betts and Cousin Rachel

Inspiration from 'A Baby Story'

Being pregnant makes me stress about everything. I know that it's just my hormones, and I try to stop myself from thinking, but as I'm lying in bed awake due to pregnancy induce insomnia, it's hard to turn my brain off. My biggest worry these days is about how my little Maggie is going to deal with having a new baby come into our home in 2 months. I worry about how she is going to deal with me being in the hospital and having Dave or Grandma Betts put her to bed at night. I worry about how she is going to react when I am nursing a baby and am not able to respond to her immediately. I already feel guilty that I am somehow making her grow up too fast. At 16 months she will no longer be my 'baby' and I'm a little sad about it.
Lately, I've been obsessed with watching TLC's 'A Baby Story'. It's fun for me to watch how the different couples react to the changes that a baby brings. Sometimes, I think that people are crazy. It makes me laugh when I hear 'we have 2 dogs right now, I don't think that taking care of a baby can be that much harder'... oh just you wait. Then there are times when I can TOTALLY relate.
There was a couple in their 30s, who were having their second boy just 15 months after the birth of their first baby boy, Nico. She had to have a c-section with her 1st because he was breech and so the Dr. suggested another c-section because it hadn't been that long since the last one. As she lay in her hospital bed getting prepped for surgery, she was crying. She told her husband that she was feeling guilty about making their oldest baby grow up too fast, everything she said was exactly how I have been feeling about Maggie and our new baby. Her husband took her hand and said, 'You need to think of it as giving Nico the best present in the world. We are giving him a brother. They will be playmates, and a support for each other for the rest of their lives.'
I was really touched by that. I know Maggie's world is going to change, and it may be hard on her at first, but I know the change will be for the better. We are giving her a sister, what an amazing gift. I'm not sure what I would do without my sisters, they are my best friends. Hopefully, Maggie and the new one will have that too. **I know it may take a few years**