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The patiently waiting in Penang paid off and we welcomed the newest member of our family, Miles John Nicholson on July 18 at 6:18 pm (Malaysian time). It was a quick and exciting arrival and we are so glad he is here. The Birth The Coles notes version is that Miles was born 2 hours after I arrived in the …
I have been living in Penang now for 1.5 weeks patiently waiting for our little one to make its appearance. We are still waiting:) When I arrived in Penang last Wednesday at our rental condo with the two kids, the reality of the situation came crashing down. The kids were grouchy after a long day, I was hot and uncomfortable …
There hasn’t been much to write about lately, because we have been lying pretty low lately. At 8 months pregnant, we have been enjoying lots of home time and getting ready for baby. This week the kids and I are moving to our rented apartment in Penang (2 hours from here). Paul will continue to work in Ipoh, come on …
This will be a blog of randomness: random musings about Malaysia. The Ins 1. Highway Rest Stops – Malaysia knows how to do highway rest stops. As anyone who has young children know, when driving they give you max 5 minutes of warning about needing a toilet break. Somehow while driving on the highway here, we are always within 5 …
Where has May gone? Time just seems to be flying by and before we know it Baby #3 will be here. We found out we were expecting again when we were just in the process of deciding if we should move to Malaysia; in fact Paul was visiting Malaysia at the time. We went back and forth about if we …
April was a really busy month with lots of traveling and we are currently enjoying a few weeks at home in the regular routine of life. Easter in Malaysia Easter in Malaysia really does not exist. It was the last day of my parent’s visit and they couldn’t believe there was no evidence or acknowledgement of Easter. Ella’s school did …
