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Melissa started having regular contractions at about 6:30 pm on Saturday while out to dinner with us. We timed and recorded every single contraction until 12:30. At that point they slowed down to every 10 minutes so M&M went home to sleep in their own bed. Matt called at 6:00 a.m. to say they were on their way to the hospital and this time really seriously in labour. So there were 8 hours of labour, not counting the 12 hours of contractions that were not serious enough to go to the hospital. The baby was not delivered via c-section, but she was huge and had to be pulled out, and Melissa has countless stitches. Daddy watched the whole thing and was the first to hold the baby. Melissa had a fever and had to stay in the delivery room for 3 more hours and be monitored. Baby is perfect! She even gave us a little cabbage-patch smile when we came to see her.

Robyn, Matt says if you can't do Mexico then do Vegas. Is it just Cancun that is under warning, or is it all of South America? What about Costa Rica? They have awesome jungles there that you can Tarzan through. I say go far far away. You were talking about New Zealand... then you could see the LOTR places! You could visit the fucking Shire! Or maybe you're not a huge nerd like me. Anyway I would go to the UK, they have the most amazing stuff all over the place and you can get package deals where you go to all five countries and see everything. And you can go to London and take the chunnel to Paris for the day and stuff. And you can sleep in a haunted castle and see Stonehenge and marry prince William.