It's coming up quick!!

Since it's been about a month since my last post, I figured I was due for an update :) We've had a busy month. Rilynn and Brady both had surgeries back to back. Rilynn had a tonsillectomy and Brady had his second set of tubes. I wanted to get them both out of the way and I was off for a week so thought we'd go for it. Rilynn was such a trooper!! She really did great and is finally back to her old self. Brady had a little setback, although not related to his ears. The evening after surgery he woke up from nap with temp of 102 and his fingers were swollen and had pockets of pus on them! He and I spent 3 hours in urgent care and he was diagnosed with strep throat and an infection on his hands :( So, unfortunately for him that night was 10x worse than his surgery earlier. However, he was back to normal in no time and now I have 2 healthy children.

Pics of kids before surgery

Update on housing situation- Unfortunately 3 days after we arrived home from our trip we found out that we didn't get the apt we had liked :( We then had to decide on a new place based on pictures that the realtor was sending us, which was not easy to do. Since they are fully furnished, the furniture makes a huge difference and the pictures were very limited. However, we did find an open apartment in the same building (21st floor) in Pudong overlooking the river. Negotiations are done, so now we're just waiting to sign the papers!



With working part time I have finally decided that I need to start going through this house! I'm proud to say that I've already made it through 5 rooms in the house, and that includes every last toy. I can honestly say I will never be a hoarder!!! I am getting rid of A LOT! If all goes well I plan on having a HUGE garage sale Oct 7 & 8. (hint hint, LOL)



The kids and I have made it through week 1 of 4 of Chad traveling. This will be the hardest month for all of us, Chad included! Currently he is in Indonesia, with already been to Singapore and Australia. His next stop is Japan and then on to India where he will fly home from. He then has 2 weeks of vacation to help me with the house and then it's crunch time!! Our flights are booked for all of us, November 8 we will be flying out. We found a non stop flight from here to Shanghai, which will be sooooo nice for us all! However, it's about an 18 hour flight. EEEEKK

Here are some of the pictures he sent from Australia

Hard to see, but there are a bunch of kangaroos in the back!

Opera House in Sydney on a boat tour

Well, that's all I've got for now. Plenty more to come!! Only 49 days until we leave!!