Packing Pandemonium!!!

pan·de·mo·ni·um noun 1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos. 2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos. 3. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons. 4. hell.
I LOVE to travel, especially preparing to travel for the trip of a lifetime...to meet our beloved "Baby Kaz",but, I have to say, I HATE PACKING! I am not a very good packer,either. I am always the one who packs way too much, and agonizes over every outfit. It cracks me up, because I take no time deciding what to wear on a day to day basis. I haven't even started on my wardrobe yet--that is reserved for this weekend where it will no doubt take me all day. The "pandemonium" you see in the pictures is Baby Kaz's room-with the toys, gifts, kitchen stuff, carry on stuff, etc that we need to somehow find homes for. We did start packing Sean's stuff today. I tell you, age 10, is totally "pre-teen". He is kinda "high maintence" for a boy. His shorts cannot show his knees, and his SOCKS CANNOT SHOW! I just bought him 8 pairs of new socks last week. We can only find 5. Where do the socks go???? One good thing, while cleaning out his sock drawer and getting rid of the tons of socks he refuses to wear because "they show", we found his old Nintendo DS. We looked high and low for it, but never found it. So, we felt we could not endure all the flights to Kaz and 6 to 7 weeks in Kaz without his electronic buddy. So, I bought him another one 2 weeks ago. I guess I should have cleaned out his sock drawer weeks ago.... In fact,I should be packing NOW, but, nope, I am blogging instead, because, frankly, it's more fun. :) I had another task to do when we returned home from YET more errands today....rebook some flights I had just booked 2 days ago. We got some EXCITING NEWS TODAY-we can MEET BABY KAZ ON AUGUST 1ST NOW!! So, no need to wait until the 5th anymore. Remarkalby, the change in flights was incredibly easy. In fact, even saved us money. You know me and my "signs", I just think God is sending me another message to CHILL out, that he has Baby Kaz picked out for us and I can stop worrying already. So, no overnight stay in Frankfurt, just 6 1/2 hour layover, then we're off to Astana. We arrive in Astana at 5:45 am, on August 1st, and then are whisked off to Kostanai at 9:50, to arrive in Kostanai at 11:35. So much for resting before we make the most important decision in our lives...BUT HEY, WHO NEEDS REST? :) I am so blessed that this is all working out-of course I know it has NOTHING to do with any kind of coinsidence...God is defintely good. Even Eldo (LOVE ELDO AT Golden Rule Travel..he is BEYOND COOL!!) told me that we were defintely LUCKY to be able to use my dad's miles. He says it's hard to make it work out. In fact, using my Dad's miles MADE IT WORK OUT! Previously, I tried to get to Kostanai on August 1st and it did not work out-because I could not arrive BEFORE August 1st since our LOI was FOR THE FIRST! However, using my dad's miles,we had to leave a day earlier from Tampa and endure many more layovers. "Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...blockin up the scenery, changing mind"...
Last, but not least, check out Sean's stylin court duds. I found these pants at Wal-Mart (of all places, I never shop there) for $13,and the shirt and tie combo (clip on baby) for $11. I think he looks pretty darn handsome.:) However, he WILL be getting a haircut on Saturday..don't worry. His hair is awful right now.
And, saving the best for last....Sean is performing for us. He can be this annoying lil "pre-teen" with a sassy mouth, but then he comes out with this....cracks me up. I think Baby Kaz will find him VERY entertaining. However, I am afraid he will teach this child to do the eye roll and sarcastic comments WAY before I'm ready for it.