Chris and Shanann Watts' seemed to be in love, say friends, family: 20/20 Dec 7 Part 1

meet 34 year-old Shannon watts a social media maven and master of the digital stage I am so excited I'm thriving with you I am confident I am Sherman unsuccessful she was fun full of life she did so many things she had her hand in everything she was amazing love you guys have a great day just about every waking moment of Shannon's life streams live over Facebook Shannon's views on life I'm grateful beauty is so fun to watch the one take off their makeup parenting Shannon's parents Sandra and Frank rusik she was very open on Facebook and if you were from the outside looking in she seemed to have the perfect life she did did you believe that she was happy we're going to Toronto in June you guys have an amazing day bye to my hi I love it next is Shannon that's her husband Chris a field coordinator at a local oil company Shannon loves sharing their love story which started not surprisingly on Facebook I got a friend request from Chris on Facebook oh one thing led to another and he's the best thing that has ever happened to me and because of my health challenges because I got so sick I let him in Shannon suffers from the debilitating disease lupus you just don't sleep very good with lupus and she had her head on his lap and they were watching TV and he didn't move he let her sleep for four hours and I told her God must have sent him to you what did you all think of him loved him less than two years later Shannon and Chris are married he was so in love with her oh my god he did everything he could for her to make her happy the couple has two little girls four-year-old Bella and three-year-old Celeste also known as CeCe say hi CeCe careful it's hot guys like my mug oh my gosh this is so good the fire some cookies a lot of snow how was Chris as a father as far as you could see he was a very loving father as far as I know he loved his family daddy who asked that we not use her last name looks up to her friend Shannon I just felt like she did everything the right way with so much patience she was an amazing mom she'd do anything for her children and she wanted them to have everything growing up there's nothing she wouldn't do for those children and then last June another baby is on the way I got a doctor appointment in two hours I know boy boy Chris wants a boy I hope it's a boy for him it'll make him happy that's just the test table as luck would have it it's a boy she had a name for him already Nico hmm Jenna keep it Italian you know she was very proud to be part Italian Christina Meacham and Shannon watts have been close friends for 14 years I looked at Bella and I look at you Nana's think you guys are exactly the same me and she was just joy life complete joy the Watts home Frederik Colorado a tight-knit Denver suburb with a family friendly motto built on what matters for Shannon and Chris family matters most it was amazing just to see how they where as parents and as a couple we could organize the basement so they had a great marriage what happens in space Chris was a good dad he will come home from work and take care of the girls he'd help them showered and get them ready for bed anything that he needed to can you guys tell I'm like super like happy excited she was a hard driven hard worker she would work 12 14 hours a day in 2016 Shannon takes that strong work ethic to Lavelle a multi-level marketing company that sells vitamin-infused patches I'm very determined and I am going to be extremely successful she not only loved her job she excelled at it even winning an award from the company our team is just loaded with a lot of passion a lot of heart and I love that with everybody Shannon was reaping the rewards of her hard work everything's paid for my husband that's the best part company-sponsored trips to San Diego and New Orleans and then in August 2018 another company trip to Arizona this time Chris stays behind with the kids but her friend and co-worker Nicole Atkinson was with her on the flight home being that she was pregnant on the flight home she was very uncomfortable on the plane and I believe it was around 1:45 in the morning that you dropped her off roughly yeah what was the last thing you said to her I just told her if you need help in the morning let me know and we give each other hug and I watched her go into the house hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Length: 5min 57sec (357 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 12 2018