this month

Today is the 8th day of the fridge not working! The ice boxes are great as a sub fridge but not as a freezer. I've been buying ice once or twice a day, and eating through all the food that I was storing in the freezer.
Also the roof is leaking, the electricity to the washing machine hasn't been working, the internet was off,  and we are between landlords atm. So lots of different people in and out of the house.

The baby slept well from mid July to mid Sept but last few weeks has been hard to get to sleep at night, he goes to sleep from around 8pm but only sleeps for a few min then wakes up screaming again, usually until midnight-ish, then sleep for 2-3 hours at a time after that. We're getting tired! And since tuesday am Soeun has had a sore neck/back/head. It gets a git better each day but he has been in pain and not been able to move very much last few days.

So with all that it feels like we haven't done much this week, other than open the door to trades people and rock a screaming baby.

Getting ready to travel words, and travelling photos

Last week was a bit crazy. Our internet was off for about a week, the power upstairs wasn't working, Baby had a few nights of bad sleep... so we were both tired and Soeun was busy making calls and letting trades men in and out. To fix the power they had to smash up some cement to get to the line... they only just built the house, lol! have to smash up cement already.

We put his mat under a mossie net on the verandah at grandma's

So we were starting to think we might have to call our trip off. We have hired a car for a month, and borrrowed a baby car seat. This time of year everyone is visiting their home province. It worked out well for us as I wanted to visit Soeun's family around now, Baby is pretty easy to look after these days. When he was younger he screamed and didn't sleep so we were really tired, and in the future he'll learn to crawl etc.

Bath time lit by a car battery

I was nervous about the trip cos it was my first time going to visit my mother in laws new house. She lives in a more remote place now, with no power, and not near a big market, shops, internet cafe etc.  I've been to the village before, back in 2009, its so different to what i'm used to. Also there's malaria and traffic accidents to think about, which feel more risky being away from the medical care in the city.

So we were busy and tired, and no internet and it was noisy cos they were smashing up the cement...and then I was packing for somewhere I'd never been before... it was a bit stressful!!!

But it worked out ok, the previous posts have some photos as well.

Baby's first province trip, some photo

It got a bit cold, we took our warmest clothes

Too many bananas growing, sometimes they end up on the ground

No kitchen sink, or kitchen bench- I don't understand how their kitchen works! Its hard to offer to help, i can' really work out what is going on. Soeun made this pump so they can get water in the house easily.

on grandma's farm, pineapple photos

on the road

 We hired a car to visit people.. mostly the roads we needed have been smooth, they are new and happened to be free from flooding, occasional water buffalo herds.