Our sea shipment arrived Tuesday and we were so excited to get that call. We've been waiting patiently for it to get through customs and for the port to reopen after Eid. Brooks came home from work that morning to be here to receive the shipment. We watched anxiously for the trucks to arrive and when they did, we were all a little giddy. I decided to start telling Gavin that all of his toys were coming and he was excited, however, I'm not sure he realized what was about to take place.
As soon as the trucks arrived, the workers got busy unloading. They would bring in boxes, which were all labeled from when they got packed at our house, so we told them what rooms to take the boxes into in our new home. After 2 hours, and a few breaks, the workers had unloaded both trucks. Our villa was filled with boxes in every room.
The very first "box" they unloaded just so happened to be Gavin's toy car. I ripped open the packaging around it and let him run around playing with it the whole time the workers were here. He was so excited to have his car back! It definitely kept him entertained throughout the day.
As boxes were brought in, I noticed this one particularly. I guess the writing on the side didn't mean anything. I was a little upset though once I realized it was all my dishes-- they all got here in one piece though. I forgot to take pictures of the rooms filled with boxes, but trust me there was a lot! We decided to have the workers unpack all the boxes too while they were here. We figured it would be very difficult for me to unpack, unload, and set everything up alone and I was very glad that we made this decision. The workers took one room at a time and we all unloaded the boxes and placed the contents out on cabinets or tables or on the floor, stacked nice and neatly. This really has helped in getting things put away faster. The workers took all the boxes and wrapping tissue that was inside them with them so we weren't left with any of the mess. 
Once the workers finished everything and left, Brooks and I took a nap on OUR mattress, which we desperately missed. Needless to say, we slept GREAT!! After napping, we got busy working around the house. Brooks went to basketball (it's a set event every Tuesday night here) so I got busy to work on our kitchen. My goal was to have the kitchen put together, everything in its place, and organized by Wednesday morning, which I'm happy to say I was able to accomplish!! But, I didn't work on the kitchen until I got some of Gavin's stuff out and usable for him to play with. As you can see in this picture, he was in HEAVEN!! Normally, we have a rule, he can only take out 2 bins at a time, but I wasn't about to put that restriction on him though. He went to town playing with his toys as if he had never played with them before. I can honestly say that he didn't get in trouble once Wednesday, all day, since he was so preoccupied! Plus, it allowed me to get a lot of stuff done! I forgot to take pictures of all the rooms once they had been unpacked with all the stuff sitting out, but here is our kitchen table with just a few things laying around on it. I will post pictures as soon as we get the house put together and everything is in its place. We need a few storage pieces that we're on the look out for that will help us in putting away all the stuff we bought back home in the states as well as all the cabinets are deep and tall, but they don't have any shelving in them. I also have to call one of the compound workers to come and hang all of our pictures-- the walls here are made of concrete so it requires special tools and drill bits to hang nails.
Gavin was a huge help the entire day the workers were here. He did really good hanging out and enjoyed all the people in our house.
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I'm so glad that your sea shipment made it! I bet it really feels like home again... or at least it helps having all your stuff. I love reading your blog and although I don't comment every day, I read it as often as it is new. Love you and miss you.
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