Maxine was feeding her own face as Sage spoke offering him a smile between bites before she gave a small chuckle "Now thats my husband..." she teased gently before getting up and walking over to him "You want to listen?" she offered uncovering her bump from the cardigin she was wearing.

Sage chuckled lightly at her comment and nodded. "Well I certainly hope I am," he noted with amusement. "If I'm not I'm not sure I know who I am," he chuckled. Then he smiled and pressed his head to her bump gently so he could close his eyes and listen to the baby's heart beat. "It's grown so much," he hummed after a moment. "I missed a lot."

Maxine giggled lightly "You are." she nodded a few tears leaving her eyes as she smiled down at him ruffling her fingers playfully through is hair. "I know..." she said gently "I can't really judge well if i'm bigger then last time or not though... but he or she has a very strong heartbeat..." she smiled happily "I love being able to hear it..." she purred as she grabbed some bacon off his plate. "Charlie can hear it too... she loves laying on my belly sometimes and just listening." she giggled.

Sage hummed happily when he felt her fingers run through his hair and nodded. "It doesn't matter much, I suppose," he mused. He did feel a twinge of disappointment though...he'd missed the first few months of his child's life both times. He felt bad about it, really. Not as bad as he felt about almost killing all three of them....but he didn't want to tell max that. She'd just get worried about his mind, about him, and he didn't want her to. He smiled at her other comments though and raised his head to look over at them. "Well that makes two of us them," he giggled.

Charlie giggled at her father "Mama has been painting the babies room!" she squeaked "I've been helping!" she said happily bouncing a little in her booster seat as Max went and sat back down "She has been... We'll show you after breakfast." she told him happily.

Sage smiled over at his daughter and grinned. "Have you," he hummed lightly. Then he looked over at Max and smiled. "I'd like that," he hummed. "Then after, can we cuddle? I missed you," he whispered, flushing slightly at the fact that he was really just pleading to cuddle....like he was Charlie's age or something. But he was still sore and tired, and he just wanted to sit and cuddle.

Charlie clapped and hurriedly ate more of her breakfast. Maxine had eaten enough food to feed 3 people at least and she was finally stuffed enough "Of course we can cuddle after that." she chirped happily giving a content sigh as she finished off one last bacon piece. Once Charlie had finished they left what remained of their breakfast and headed into the nursery, it was very nature themed... with each section of wall deticated to a season in a different setting and even two different places in the world. The winter section was where Charlie had been the most help... her tiny finger prints were fantastic for more distant snowflakes... There was an ocean with some glaciers and snow covered mountains... and a few polar bears and penguins even a whale or two mixed in. "What do you think?" she asked happily turning to Sage.

Sage smiled over at Max happily and nodded, nibbling at some more bits and bobs as they finished eating. When they were done he helped max clean up before letting her tug him into the new nursery. He smiled as he looked around, pecking Max on the lips happily. "It's perfect," he chirped, going back to looking around. He'd built this, and Max and Charlie hand painted it....and it was nice to see it done. Or...mostly done. He assumed she'd nit pick at tiny details up until the baby was born. But he didn't mind. Eventually though, his low energy levels caught up to him and he waddled back over to Max tiredly. "Can we do sit down now," he asked with a yawn.

Maxine smiled giving a nod and telling Charlie to go play in her room for a bit before she went to the couch with Sage to cuddle, she laid down first allowing him to use her as a pillow... she knew he was tired and between cuddling with her and hearing the babies heartbeat... she was sure he'd fall fast asleep.

Sage was more than happy to follow Max over to the couch and curl up. The baby's heart and Max's breathing created some sort of rythm, and between that and how utterly exhausted he still was, he fell asleep withing minutes of laying down. Probably sooner than that, really. And he was out like a light... normally he'd sleep lightly, but not now, he was much too tired for that. He was just glad Max was there cuddling with him. He'd scent and touch was incredibly comforting, since his mind was admittedly still reeling from it all.