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We have been on Vacation! It has felt so nice to be home and be home with Sam for 3 WHOLE DAYS!!! Since he has been working so much and every weekend, his boss gave him two extra days off plus his regular day off. THREE DAYS!!! WOO HOO!!

We have unfortunately still not had nice warm weather...seriously this is the LONGEST winter ever!!!! It better be the best SUMMER of NZ's history :) But we have done vacation things while we had time off together. We read books



I read three books in 4 days! It was WONDERFUL!! All brainless, entertaining, make you laugh, get lost in another world books! Sam read lots of books too...his were not brainless, but to him entertaining nonetheless. It is pretty funny to watch what we each get at the library. He goes to the non fiction, learn something, history of something smart section. Me. I go to chick lit fiction! And we both walk out smiling about our choices.

We have watched tons of movies and TV shows.



We go through a cycle of a few TV shows we have on DVD. Currently we are into Arrested Development again. It makes us both laugh out loud and is one of our favorite escapes. Sam has watched TONS of documentaries. Again, to him fully entertaining, to me a history lesson or current affair assignment from high school. :) They aren't actually that bad, I have enjoyed quite a few of them along the way, and even learned a lot. It is amazing to me how much Sam knows about different cultures and even half the time knows more about America than I do :)

And we had a tiny scare on Monday which led me to change my hair appointment to this week. PRIORITIES right? Who wants to meet their little boy for the first time with Gray hair? :)



We had our weekly midwife appointment on Monday and I had lost 5 pounds and Max was still measuring 35 weeks (two weeks in a row of measuring that). Those two things combined the midwife just wanted to send us for a sonogram to make sure Max was okay and that I hadn't lost too much fluid. Funny how perspective is in life. Any other time in life to lose 5 pounds is super exciting. That day it wasn't. I handle situations like this with a need for positivity and action. I emailed a few people, called my parents and then just knew to wait until the next morning when we could call and get an appointment. It was going to be okay, no matter what happened. Lest you think I am SUPER spiritual. I'm not! It's how I do life. I focus through crisis. The bigger the crisis the more focus I have. Then I crash. Yep that is how this went. Our friends Andy and Sally prayed for us that night, then I just packed our bags and got us all ready to go. The midwife said one of three things will happen after the sonogram. They will be concerned enough to send us to the hospital and start the process. She said he is a healthy baby, though small right now, but there is no reason to leave him in there if it's not all working perfect. Or they will send her the results and she will collaborate with an OBGYN and make a decision about taking him early. Or we will see her next week at our appointment. We packed our bag like we were going, though I just knew we weren't going to go, but like Sam said it was a trial run :)

We were able to get in the next morning and everything was fine. We got to see our little guy again. Didn't fully see him, but more pieces of him. There isn't much room in that little hotel room of his right now. She checked all things, including my fluid levels and everything is was good. She saw no concern at all. She said he is small (6 pounds) right now, but that isn't abnormal, he's just tiny. He could grow more in the next little bit or stay small.

We left the sonogram and I burst into tears in the car. I just looked at Sam and said..."I want to cry." And so I did. Sam made me laugh and teased me about how I do situations because he deals with it all the way through and left the sonogram relieved and perfectly at peace. I cried, was wiped out all day, and slept on and off all day. I did have some rationale thoughts though. The midwife had kind of said that she might take him early....little turkey! I figured that might actually happen so my great plan of getting my hair done right before he was due was a bit in jeopardy :) I walked down to my place and rescheduled my hair for Wednesday. Sam just shook his head and laughed. Now we just start waiting again. Maximillian knows his birthday and will come when he is ready. Until then I am enjoying the quiet and rest and loving just being home for a bit.

We will keep you posted and of course let you know when he comes to meet us! If you are anywhere near my parents I am SURE that you will know right away :)