Family Time and a Trip to Oz

After a great visit with my aunts, we met up with my brother and his fiancee who are traveling in SE Asia for 3 months, in Penang for a weekend.  It was fun for us to show them around our second home, Penang and the kids of course enjoyed all the extra attention.  Steve & Audrey are backpacking and the …

The Aunts do Asia

After arriving back in Malaysia, we had to deal with the jet leg again including lots of night wakings.  We played musical beds a lot with many different configurations  in one night (Gavin and I in one bed, Gavin in the crib, Gavin in Ella’s bed….) but after a week or so, the kids were thankfully back to regular sleep …

Expats Malaysia

Selamat Hari Raya

Life with Miles Miles is doing really well and we are all enjoying the newest member of our family.  It has been great having my Mom here and I’m not sure what we would do without her.  Miles turned 1 month the other day and is up 3 lbs from his birth weight and thriving.  He is a pretty good …

Our New Family of Five – Miles is here!

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 …

Countdown is On

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 …