Packing up

Even though this was 7 months ago, sometimes it seems like we were packing up our belongings just yesterday (and sometimes it seems like we never even lived in China).  The year went by so quickly.  We had a blast and are so incredibly grateful that we were able to have this experience.  I think we took full advantage of the opportunity by traveling a ton around Asia and learning the culture.  In addition, I accomplished most of my goals at work - one of which was quite difficult!  Now the team in Wuxi has to sustain it.

Here are some pictures from our packing up our belongings!

Ava found her winter boots in our packing pile and had to wear them the entire time they were packing! Finally I got her to take them off so they could go in a box!



Ava is supervising the process

Finally finished!


Wow - and to think we only shipped 3 boxes to China!

This is what we shipped home ... 30 boxes plus 3 FULL suitcases that were previously returned to the US by our coworkers.  In addition, on the plane, we had 4 suitcases, a guitar, 6 small carry-ons, a stroller and a car seat!  This is even after Ryan convinced me to "downsize" and have some suitcases shipped in the boxes above.  Which by the way didn't work out the best because we were short 1 suitcase and decided to borrow one from a coworker instead of buying a new one! :)  I still don't know how we all fit into one van going from Wuxi to Shanghai.

Thank you for following us during our adventure and I apologize for taking so long to finish out posts.  As I am sure you can imagine, life got a little crazy once we returned home! :)