Shipping...

As part of our job offer, we were given some money to ship our things to Vietnam.  It's been a bit of a hassle working with the shipping company.  First they told us 2 cubic meters (not very much space), then they told us 4 cubic meters for the same price.  Then, after I had what I considered only the most important items, we were told that each additional cubic meter is only $150.  So essentially, we could go up to 6 cubic meters and still be within our given budget.  It would have been nice to know from the beginning exactly what we were getting ourselves into.

Needless to say, we packed everything we thought we would need and a lot of stuff that we simply wanted.  Most of the shipment is kid stuff: books, toys, balls, hockey sticks, air hockey table, stroller, bike trailer, bikes and trikes, pack'n'play, puzzles, games, and giant bucket of Thomas trains and tracks, larger sized shoes, and so on.  We also shipped a few kitchen items: my nice knives, my cast iron skillet, and kid silverware and cups.  Then there are the toiletries: shampoo, body wash, toothpaste, hair goo for my crazy curly hair, lotion, tooth brushes, and lots of contact solution.  Enough stuff for a year.

Here's the kicker though--it takes two to three months for the shipment to arrive.  So we still have to make sure we have enough goods to get us through the first few months packed in suitcases.  I know we will be able to get nearly everything we need over there, but things like contact solution and children's tylenol I would rather take from home.

Goodbye stuff!  See you in a couple months!

Two Weeks

We have exactly 14 days left in Colorado.  I'm starting to panic a little bit.  Okay, a lot bit.  We still have SOOOO much to do!  Packing, shopping, more packing.  It feels like we are never going to be ready.  I'm glad we are going over there a little early otherwise I would probably be feeling like this all summer.  I can not wait to be in Saigon, playing with my kids at the pool.

Our flight is set for July 1st.  We found a flight that goes from COS to Denver to Tokyo to Saigon.  If figured that having fewer lay overs would be a good thing.  We shall see...

As of right now we are debating taking the car seat for Oliver on the plane.  It would give him a very comfy seat/place to sleep, but, man, would it be a pain to haul around four different airports.  We are leaning to "no," but I'm nervous I'm going to end up holding Oliver the ENTIRE flight.

Our trip to Wisconsin went pretty well.  Here are a few pictures from that trip: