Starting off in KL

So, finally we are in KL and it feels good to be back. The weather is really not that hot this month, lots of cloud cover to cut out the cruelest heat) and the general excitement and friendliness of the place is a joy. Babybear being a bit of a flirt who seeks out attention wherever he goes, is positively spoilt for it here, and as a consequence loves being wheeled around in his pushchair laughing and smiling at his audience of fans!

We took him up for a swim last night at the pool on the 22nd floor, amazing view of the towers from it. He loved being in the warm pool water and absolutely refused to hold either mummy or daddy's hand whilst he walked across the toddler pool. As a result he managed to dunk himself twice, but seemed to take it all in his stride and got straight back on with another lap of the pool. The funniest thing is watching him trying to walk through water...he tries to lift his legs completely out of the water with each step, as a result he kind of looks like he's walking on the moon, it's very funny to watch and it had the added bonus of completely tiring him out.

The flight here was OK, completely packed and absolutely no room for babybear to stretch out so he had to try and 'sleep' in the tiny bassinet. He was not the happiest fellow, but it did have the unexpected bonus of meaning that he didn't really get affected by any jetlag. Instead of getting a full nights sleep on the plane then wanting to stay up into the early hours when we got here he instead was knackered so we managed to get him down at 10pm the first night we were here and he's more or less back in his normal routine already.

He's also already tried some of the local food and liked it.....and it's had no ill effects on his tummy which is good. Turns out that as well as being built like an ox he also has the constitution of one :-)

Today I started our property search and have already seen somewhere which is a definite possiblity, I will be seeing more tomorrow and hope to have somewhere fairly permanent asap. It will be nice to get settled down somewhere and start building a home and life again here, it does get hard to chop and change all the time. It's stressful without you even realising it is, it's only once you settle you realise you don't feel permanently tired and on edge.

But having said that, on the whole our arrival here has seen us all more relaxed and happy, although missing our friends back in Wimbledon.