Patrick surprised me a few weeks ago after having a busy week with a case and having to be at work late a lot with this trip! A week long trip on the Hawaiian island Maui! He came home one night with a brochure and explained that it was all booked. I couldn't believe it. He had cleared it with the doctors and moved any conflicting appointments too. We had been doing lots of work getting ready for the babies and I was just stopping work so it was the perfect time.
We left Saturday morning the 6th and got back Saturday the 13th. It was absolutely amazing and just what we needed. We stayed at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua on the west side of Maui. It was gorgeous, had its own private beach and lots of things to do. Here are a couple pictures of the hotel and a map of maui with some of the locations we were. (You can click it to make it larger)
The pools and cabanas
The location and beaches
It looks even better in person. I couldn't believe it when we got there. We flew out Saturday morning and because they are a few hours behind we had the whole day. We were both pretty tired from traveling so we spent the day relaxing by the pools and beach and just checking out all the hotel had to offer.
Sunday we slept in and then went to the big brunch that the hotel has every Sunday. The food was awesome and as you know i have craved fruit almost this entire pregnancy so I was in heaven. They had everything. Then we spent some more time at the beach and did a sunset cruise out on the ocean. It was beautiful.
On Monday we got up relatively early and drove to a couple different beaches including Maui's famous Kaanapali Beach. We did a lot of snorkeling and enjoying the sun.
On Tuesday I was treated to breakfast in bed! One of the awesome perks that came with our package. Patrick got up early to play golf at one of their famous courses and I just gor to relax. When he got back we hung out at the pools and then went on a Helicopter tour! We saw a lot of the coastline and volcanoes and mountains. It was beautiful.
Wednesday we did a big drive to the other side of the Island and did the famous Road to Hana. It was hard to decide if we should do it because of the long drive but we figured we needed to do it and who knows when we will be back! It was amazing and it was not as crowded as we had anticipated. We stopped a few places along the way and saw all of the bridges and waterfalls. It was stunning and so much more amazing than I could imagine. It was a long day but so so so worth it. We did the entire loop because we figured it was the best time to see that side of the island. It took about 12 hours with all the stops and when we got back we were exhausted. We did not do all the stops because we didn't want to rush through, but there is always next time!
Thursday we were still exhausted so we spent much of the time on the beach and enjoying the relaxing vacation. We got a lot of time just with us and it was great. We had our couple massage scheduled for that afternoon as well. These also came with our package and it was my first prenatal massage. It was heavenly and just what we needed. After that we drove about 20 minutes into Lahaina for the famous Old Lahaina Luau. We had heard that this was the best one and it was great. When making reservations you can choose to sit in the front the traditional way with short tables and pillows on the ground or behind those with real tables and chairs. We chose the chairs mainly because I didn't think I could handle sitting on the ground while pregnant. We will have to do that next time. The food was amazing and had everything you could think of. All of the entertainment was great and we had a blast.
Friday we went to a few more places known for snorkeling and saw all of the marine life. Patrick and I love to scuba dive so it was kinda sad to go to a location like this and not be able to, but we saw so much while snorkeling it made up for it.
We ate lunch at different places on the island pretty much everyday but when we weren't traveling we had dinners at the popular restaurants at the hotel. They had such good food and amazing views. Im pretty sure I gained so much weight from all of the awesome food.
Saturday we hung out in the morning and then did some shopping before we had to fly back home. It was an amazing trip and I can't wait to go back some day. I highly recommend this trip to everyone.
I still need to go through all of my pictures so those will come later.
Also, an update on the babies, they are doing great!! Still measuring a little big for their gestational age and I am now measuring at 36 (!!) weeks (cm) and have gained a whopping 35 pounds. But, as you know the boys are identical and share a placenta. They have been measuring the same weights with only an ounce or two of difference up until now, but today Baby B was 5 ounces smaller than Baby A. This is still not a big gap and they aren't too worried yet but please say a little prayer he doesn't drop more. There is always a risk of TTTS (twin to twin transfusion syndrome) when babies share a placenta and we are hoping this does not happen. My cervix has still not shortened so no bed rest yet! At this point, my doctors are saying that if it shortens at all I will be going on bed rest. So lets keep our fingers crossed that it doesn't yet!
