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Baby News and our Happymoon in Egypt!

  By Pia | February 27, 2012 - 10:27 am | Update
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First of all, we have some exciting news..  I am pregnant!!! After 2 years of trying including 2 attempts with the fertility clinic in Canada and only after 2 weeks living in Sweden, we got pregnant naturally. The day before leaving for our honeymoon, we got to see Baby Holden for the first time! Now about our honeymoon… You can see all the pics here… http://photobucket.com/PiaNeilHoneymoon   We arrived in Egypt on Thursday night. The original airline was on strike so we were on a charter airline provided by the tour company which turned out to be completely English speaking which was nice! I have to say, people are NUTS! The lady seated next to me was a real piece of work. She covered herself (head and all) in her winter coat while she slept. I was so annoyed because I knew I would have to make several trips to … Read More →

Family, Travel and Life Changes…

  By Pia | December 5, 2010 - 9:34 pm | In a Nutshell..., Update
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Life is so unpredictable yet everything that happens is inevitable. Last year, we lost my step-mom June to cancer. This year, we lost my niece Jessica to a stroke, Neil’s mom Jackie also had a stroke and then we lost my aunt Anne to an unexpected heart attack just a week after she recovered from a  car accident.  You tend to expect death at old age and even though it is still sad, you can at the very least rationalize that the person lived a full life but it is the unexpected occurrences as young as early 20′s and 60′s that is hard to accept. This year, I have done a lot of travelling (maybe not a lot more than my new usual but a lot still by my standards). Some of the travelling has been for leisure and part for less enjoyable reasons.  In June, Lauren and I ventured down to Las Vegas. We … Read More →