Eight weeks ago my company loaded the remaining items for our move (the majority of our things) onto a 20ft sea container and it began it's long intermodal journey to China.  Today marked the final stage of transition enabling our family to settle into home.  While we left a majority of our furnishings in Michigan storage our shipment contained many of Cooper and Brady's toys, clothing, personal care items, sporting goods, food, and so much more.  This evening Cooper and Brady were very excited to sleep in their new bunk beds we purchased just prior to leaving and enjoyed watching "Chipwrecked" as we began to unpack (hmmm video not out in US yet?  Let's just say there are great places to get DVD's very cheaply here in China.....).  Attached is a picture of our place crammed with boxes.

Within our sea shipment we took a bit of a gamble and packed various food items that we knew would be difficult to find in China.  A say a bit of a gamble because we were advised to pack 110 lbs of food into a couple boxes, well we packed 20 boxes.  Fortunately our shipment passed through customs without any concern, due to some creativity in box labeling and also documentation (I may have accidentally left a few items off the list ;)  I am certain for the next few weeks we are going to be unpacking constantly.

We are looking forward to the arrival of Spring in the coming weeks here in Nanjing, allowing us to explore more of the city.  We are also excited to be visiting Puckett, Thailand the first week in April and we also finalized a trip to Hong Kong the first week in May to Disneyland!  Lastly we are excited to welcome our first guest from home, my good friend and college roommate Mike.  Thanks to all our friends and family back home for the cards, Skye calls, and e-mails.  We miss everyone very much while we explore our new home. 

That is all for now, exhausted from a day of packing and looking forward to some rest!

Zàijiàn!