A Jet Plane and Jet Lag!

Well, we arrived! We left sunny California on Thursday early morning, June 11th at 1:30am and arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday afternoon! The flights went great and we were thrilled at how well the kids did on the plane! 20+ hours on a plane can definitely take it's toll on anyone, but our kids did not seem to mind the long hours in the air. We did come well equipt with toys, snacks, and their favorite blankies though, which helped huge! Because Shelley was an infant, they let us sit at the bulk head and brought a baby cot for her to sleep in. We had so much room and had an extra seat in our row so we were quite comfortable. It definitely set the bar high for expectations for our other flights coming up at the end of the summer. I think it might be smart to assume the worst and be pleasant surprised again.

We had a two hour layover in Taipea, Taiwan and had to get a picture. I want to remember all the different countries these two kids have been to, even if just at the airport.

Both kids did well on the second leg of our flights. Shelley finally decided she had had enough of no crawl/walk time so we decided to let her down in the aisle for a minute, well, she just took of crawling as fast as she could and crawled from the front of the plane to the very back (and it was a 737). It was so funny! The plane was not full at all and those who saw Shelley just smiled and thought it was funny. We let her do it a couple of times and she was having a blast.

We arrived in KL and the company driver was there to pick us up. It was so nice not having to find a taxi and deal with all of that. Our new home is happily situated right in the center of KL. We are a few minutes walking distance from a huge park, shopping (too expensive for me though...we're talking Guchi, Armani, Coach, etc.), and a lot of other things I am not familiar with yet. Our apartment/hotel is pretty spacious. It is a two bedroom with three bathrooms! There is an equipt kitchen as well. Breakfast is included each morning and the breakfast buffet is so tasty. Every morning there is something fun and new to try. I am in heaven with all the curry! They come and clean our room every day and make our beds. And there is a gym, pool, park, tennis/squash courts, convenience store, and self-serve laundrette all in the building. Pretty posh, right! And the best part is, we don't have to pay for any of it. Sweet deal! I can definitely manage this for three months:)

The only rough thing so far has been getting over jet lag. We are 15 hours ahead and the kids are feeling it! Both of them the first two nights woke up at 3am and wanted to play! Shelley did great last night but Jorgen was all perky and awake for the day at 4am. I think they will adjust completely in the next day or two.

Yesterday for their naps they were so tired. They wanted to sleep as if it was their bed time and we had a hard time waking Jorgen up. He was sooooo tired. He would not wake up for anything, well, until I offered him a cookie, he opened his eyes right up for that!

Because it took so long to wake Jorgen up, we took a few pictures of him being soo sleepy. Shelley thought it was so funny that he was asleep. I do not think she has even seen him asleep like this, she didn't know quite what to think!

This picture just makes me laugh! He really was so out of it!

To help us stay busy and awake, we went on a little adventure around our hotel and then to the city center (KLCC) to get some dinner and groceries. After that I took Jorgen swimming and the kiddie pool is fabulous! I cannot wait for Shelley to take a dip in it with us!

The hotel park is nice, it is on the 9th floor and is outdoors but is mostly covered which is nice for when it rains.

Jorgen wanted to take a few pictures and we were laughing so hard at the way he was taking them and acting so professional, we did not know he was getting both of us in the frame, it seemed like he was taking pictures of the ground. We might have a photographer on our hands if he perfects this skill:)

If you cannot tell, we really were about to wet our pants (I guess it is one of those times you just had to be there to get why it was so funny to us).

This is a view from our apartment window. The KL tower is in the center and then on the right you can see part of one of the Petronas Towers. I will get better shots later.

The funniest thing here is they do not provide clocks in our rooms! There is not one clock to be found! However, right outside our living room window stands these building, and the one just below the Petronas Towers has this HUGE clock on it. So we have been using that as our time. Can you see the clock?

We went to church today and had a great time at the branch and meeting the members. That is our update so far. More pictures and stories to come later...