Day 2 & 3

We have been so busy! I had so much planned to do so I wouldn't go crazy that I realized today I got nothing done I wanted to while Sam was gone :)

I have a great coffee group of ladies through my prenatal class. They jumped into make sure I was okay and did walks with me and emailed me. I had a great talk with one of the other moms today while we walked our little ones around this beautiful new track I had never been on before. We laughed at all of our "I am going to DO THIS" with our kids and cracked up at all the things we said we would NEVER do that we now do. Her and I have similar stories in how we tried things with our kiddos and how now we are just so much more chilled out and wish we could do the first 8 weeks over again.

There are so many things to be thankful of while Sam has been gone. Here are some highlights for the Ackland family:

Mom friends that randomly text to hang out
Max cuddling with me up the mount
Screeches of laughter and giggles from a sweet boy
Loving emails from my husband
Free Starbucks most of the week
The crash of the ocean waves as I walked up the Mount
Free diapers from a mom that bought the wrong size--and Max is so little he's the only one in the group that fits them :)
New Mom friends that send sweet texts to check on me
Unexpected money in the mail
Sweet talks with Sam about our future



All in all we had a great few days. Sam is actually cutting his trip a bit short because he has got all he can get in Christchurch, so he will be back home with us by tomorrow lunch! YAY! We both learned so much over the last few days that I feel like we did a crash course in University. Funny how sometimes you think God is opening doors for one reason and it is actually a totally different reason He opens those doors. The lessons are just as important and powerful, but unexpected. So thankful for life lessons and a God that is good no matter what the circumstances.