Home Made... Sort of a Pie!!

I love seasons! I think I miss Utah more than ever around this time of year... When everything is starting to turn to orange and red. Brings back memories!! I especially LOVE when the weather changes, and it starts getting cold!

But I am here in Sierra Vista, and I am starting to make my own memories here! The thought came to me that I came down for the first time a year ago, and met my soon to be in-laws, and that's a memory here!! I've also started to notice that the weather here is changing, and I'm started to get excited about winter.

This past weekend Mark needed to go to Roswell, NM to deliver a car. He had asked me if I wanted to go with him. Grandma Maroney was so sweet and watched Grant so that I could go with him. I have never been to New Mexico, and to be honest, it wasn't that great. Out of the 14 hour drive, only 2 hours was worth looking at. It was there that Mark and I stopped at a road side fruit stand. I love these kind of places!! We bought a box full of apples, squash, peppers, and home cherry cider (who would have thought there was such a thing =D).

After we got home, I decided I wanted to try to bake a fresh apple pie... Mind you, I have never ventured in that area!! I had to call my mom to find out what "cutting" meant. With my mother-in-laws award winning recipe, I made my first attempt at an apple pie!

Doesn't look like much. Note to self, more pie crust next time!!

The "finished" product. It doesn't look very appetizing... But it actually tasted pretty good. I can't complain, because it was after all my 1st time, and I had NO one there to direct me. Maybe I'll attempt another one some day!!

Baby Update

I HATE pictures of myself... But I don't like not knowing what I look like. Yesterday Mark and I were out and a girl passed, and I had to ask him if we were about the same size. He just shrugged, and said I was a little smaller (it was an "OK" answer). A few minutes later, we realized she wasn't even pregnant!! Oops!

I had yet another Dr's appointment this past Wednesday. I know in past blogs I've mentioned that I don't like my doctor, however, I have really grown to like her. She is very straight forward, and I know that I will be taken care of. She has not said anything about my weight gain, mainly because one visit I won't have gained anything and the next visit I will have gained 4 pounds (DUMB cookie dough that calls my name!!). I figure I weigh what I did when I had Grant, so I'm doin' ok... Just the thought of losing it AGAIN is frustrating.

Back to my appointment. While I was in there I asked her nurse (who totally rocks, and is rather amusing) what time my c-section was scheduled for on the 23rd of October. She got this shocked look, and said she hadn't scheduled it yet. I jokingly said she could move the date up if she wanted too. By this time Dr. Patterson had come into the room and we began talking about the fact that it hadn't been scheduled. She just looked at me and asked if I would mind changing it to October 21, Wednesdays are her surgery days... Ok, so it's NOT that big of a difference (12 days early, they took Grant 10 days early), but I was SO excited! That means that today I only have 36 more days!! The only bad side is that my mom can't be here. She will have to come the day after. She was there when Grant was born, and it seems weird to not have her here. But when she does come down, at least she won't have to go to the hospital to see Cami. So here is the run down of what I have left:

• 36 days



• 25 more days of actual work



• 5 weeks and 1 day



• 5 more Saturdays

Labor Day Weekend

Emotional. If I had to sum up this weekend, that would be the perfect word. Friday night I received a phone call from my brother Rusty, who informed me that my dad had been in a motorcycle accident. I felt hopeless. I wanted to go to Flagstaff, but I knew that it wasn't in the best interest of my dad... My dad is such a strong man, and I know it would have been harder on him. Plus having a 2 year old running around crazy would NOT have been very ideal.

Plus the Maroney's had been planning on going to Panatongia lake to go boating, and I felt that I needed to go. They seldom do things as an entire family and I know it's important to bond with them. With that, on Saturday we all headed to the lake.
It is so nice going with them. I thought it would be stressful with Grant, but there were many hands there to help. Grant loved the boat!! We were only on it for 5 to 10 minutes, but he enjoyed it! After we all went for a short ride, the boys took the boat out, and I guess something happened to the motor, and it died on them. We all ended up just picnicking up by the shore. It was it was very hard for me to keep my mind from wondering.

Can't you tell that Grant just loved being with Papa and Dad?? He really did. Just can't tell in the picture.

After lunch the boys headed down and went fishing. It was so cute. Grant loved just being there.

Like father, like son.

Mark's BIG catch!! He was really disappointed, because I had a horrible headache, and wanted go home... He just wanted to catch 1 fish... Next time, I promise, he will get a "fish" story for Bethany.

Randy was the only one who caught anything. BUT he threw it back in the lake!! Fisherman, I will never understand them ;)

I enjoyed being out there with them. It was nice to have my mind on other things. On Sunday Grant and I headed to Casa Grande and cleaned Grandma and Grandpa Bingham's house. Today hasn't been very busy, so I'm left just thinking about my dad. I know my Heavenly Father spared him, and I am eternally grateful for that.

To the man I love, Happy Birthday!!

Today was Mark's 25 Birthday!! He had to work, but I wanted to make the day as special as I could. I got up and made him breakfast, though he wasn't in bed by the time it was ready! Since I spent some time in the hospital this afternoon, I was able to go to lunch with him after. Which is always nice!! Then for dinner I made steaks, funeral spuds, and corn. In my efforts to become more domestic, I made him a turtle cheese cake. He is not a huge cake person, so I made sure that he got a "pie" tonight!

Grant was really funny... He tried blowing out the candle from across the room!! Then after I was done singing to Mark, Grant began singing, and he was really close to "Happy Birthday"!

I hope he had a good day. I hope that he knows how much I love and appreciate all that he does for our family. Mark is such an awesome husband and dad! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SWEETHEART!! HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Ready or not... I'm counting on not!

I am not sure why, but this has been an extremely difficult pregnancy on my body. Each week I am grateful for having made it this far, and I can only hope to make it to October 23. I have now been to the hospital 3 times (1 was because I had vertigo) and the other two times were to be monitored.

This past Sunday I woke up with a horrible backache. I really thought it was because I worked really hard the day before and my body was just not use to it. But Monday came and the ache continued. It wasn't until Monday night that I knew something wasn't right. I woke up two or three times due to contractions. So today, of all days, I went to see the doctor to make sure everything was going smoothly. By the time I made the appointment, I could barely keep it together, and I was terrified that something was majorly wrong. She sent me to the hospital to have the FFN test, and to be monitored. The test came back negative, which was a huge sigh of relief. However, I did have 4 contractions while I was there. I had to laugh, because according to them, once I hit 6 contractions, then I needed to come back!! SO I guess I'm suppose to wait it out, and hope that I don't start having 6 contractions an hour... BUT what do I do for the pain until I have her?? I have been blessed with a wonderful family. Even better, I was blessed to have married into a great family too!! Two weeks ago Mark's cousin, Aunt Susie and Grandma Maroney threw me a baby shower. Honestly, it was really hard for me, only because I felt I shouldn't have one since I had one with Grant. But Kimberly persisted, and I am so glad that she did. I had an awesome time getting to know the Maroney girls. My mom, Megan and Macki were able to come too! Which made it all the much better!!

I am no where near ready for Cami JoAnn to come. She needs to bake a little longer too! Mark and I purchased the crib set above. I was so excited, because I went with hand me downs for Grant (which I am grateful for!!). I am just so excited for this little girl to make her grand entrance into this world... In 57 days!!!!