Newsflash!

We received all four boxes via the Italian postage service. Over all, there wasn't too much damage. A tube of toothpaste was punctured, which created a bit of a mess all over the other tubes of toothpaste. The top of a bottle of shampoo hadn't been re-screwed on tight enough, after official Customs doctor review, so the other bottles of shampoo had to be rinsed off.

One very weird detail to share... the Italian postage service charged us the same amount, in Euro, as the amount we paid in dollars for box delivery. It cost $200 to ship our boxes out of the U.S., and we had to pay 200 Euro to receive our boxes - we paid more than twice as much. I guess at this point, who cares, right?! We have our boxes! Yippee!!!