Our Shipment!

Our shipment arrived!  We were so excited to see our things again.  It had been 7 1/2 weeks since they had loaded everything into the container in St. Louis. 

All packed up in St. Louis

Arriving in Hong Kong

 First, they unloaded all the boxes from the truck and put them in the garage.  They didn't use a walkway to  bring the items down, they just lifted everything.  Every item had been marked with a number and the inspector checked every item off his list.  (We had 116 items).  They unboxed or unwrapped all the furniture and single items before they brought them inside.  Luckily part of their service was taking all the boxes and wrapping with them. 

Garage with all the empty boxes and paper.

It has been a very busy last few days.  I have been working on organizing everything and figuring out where everything should go.  It has been 2 days and I have the kids' rooms and the kitchen finished.  The kitchen was quite a project. 
Here are the before pictures right after the boxes were unpacked.

 And the after pictures:

I need to finish our bedroom and the kids' playroom.  The playroom will be quite a project.  I underestimated the amount of toys they have and overestimated the size of the playroom.  The kids have been kept pretty busy playing with all their new (old) toys.

Tommy and Charlotte playing Legos before the moving men had even left.

We are glad to have all our things, but here is what we were most excited to get:

Tom-his clothes.  He only brought 1 pair of jeans because the weather is so hot, but his office is freezing, so he prefers to wear jeans.  Another good reason he works from home 2 days a week.

Jenneke-My kitchen things, especially my spices, kitchen utensils, and glass storage containers.

Tommy-his Legos!

Charlotte-her dolls, accessories, and more art supplies.

I have started a box of items we shouldn't have brought that will go into our storage area.  There isn't too much in it right now, 2 cookie sheets that won't fit in my oven, my magic bullet and accessories (I misread the voltage and thought it would work with an adapter), and my dryer balls (I don't have a dryer).  But overall, we are happy with what we have.  Tom was lamenting he didn't bring ALL his tools.  Our garage is pretty empty, and you never know when you are going to need a miter saw, nail gun or a drywall lift...