Baby Buxton - Bday minus 1

Today dawned wet and green,

The excitement was tangible like the humidity and Sean was out of Bed before Nana to help Daddy open the present for the day. Today was Career Structure D-day and it was with hopeful strokes that I brushed my teeth. Sean and entourage were off to playgroup and I was up the hill to work. Baby lay in waiting.

About 11am the massing moisture above made the decision to coalesce and the rains came. I heard it before I felt it and Karla, Mom, and Sean just made it to cover before the soaking began. Career Structure was no where to be seen. I began emailing to find its whereabouts around 11:30 by 12:30 Patrick (a fellow Science teacher) felt it was not going to happen today... A few more emails, some conversations with admin and more waiting it was 3:30 pm before we knew... and then it was done. Money in the bank, life returned, baby tomorrow.

Pizza for dinner
Mango for dessert
Rollerblading in the Middle School
Sleep.
Dreaming of baby names...

Pool Day @ Pao Yu Kong

Another beautiful day in Hong Kong, nice and warm but not too warm and clear skies! I was back at work today but Karla, Nana and Sean got to go swimming at the public pool in Aberdeen! Owen, Elliot, Annika and their moms came along too! So when I came down from work at 12:30 they were just getting home. Lots of fun! Naps went long except for Nana who puttered.

I came home as they were getting up and Sean made brownies with Nana. After baking we were out onto the field with the kids for some soccer, tag and monkey in the middle.

Nana arrives~!

I was up and out the door by 5:30am to head for the airport! I caught a ride with Jacques Villaneuve (Tai Tam to Central in 13 minutes!) and she was out in record time from the flight. We Airport Expressed it back to HKIS and came through the door just in time to be suprised by Sean popping up from behind the chesterfield to shout "Nana!"

It was too early for hiking so we got everyone out the door likity-split and off tto church! Youth worship team was awesome and Sean had a great last day of visiting Joseph in Egypt! Then in case 13 hours of travel and having been up for 31 hours wasn't enough we headed out for dim sum at the Metropole. Only once the last har gow was eaten, and the last jelly wobbled down Sean's throat did we take her to the... hospital to look at the baby buxton ultrasound. Nap time was later...

After nap Sean, Nana, and I traipsed up to Wellcome for a grocery shop, then a group dinner effort to produce veggie couscous, for Tai Tam barbeque on the field. We talked and the kids played. Karla wasn't feeling well and stayed inside on the chesterfield resting. Sean and I finished the night off with in a game of ultimate with the dads and kids. He didn't get down to bed til 9:00 Nana was shortly after.