How do I share my library between my two computers?

I am on business in Montana while my family is at home in Portland. I purchased some apps and some music with my itunes account on my laptop here in Montana because I thought the purchases would automatically also be available on my desktop in Portland. However, my purchases are only showing on my laptop here in Montana. How do I get these new purchases to my family in Portland. They want these purchases now, but I won't be back in town for another 2 weeks. Please help. Thanks.

They need to sign into the itunes store with your account credentials. You have to be OK with them knowing your password.
Then they need to find the same exact app and pretend they are going to buy it again, and press the buy button. A popup should appear saying it's already been purchased. If they don't get THAT notice, perhaps they haven't found the same exact app.
My advice is to just buy stuff on one PC. I wouldn't even buy stuff on an iPhone, but that's me. I'm surprised you posted you'd already connected the iPhone to the new laptop. Didn't everything on it get erased? Apple designs iPods to only sync with one PC. If you want to sync with more than on PC, you have to jump though some hoops like this
http://cnettv.cnet.com/sync-your-ipod-two-computers/9742-1_53-50004835.html

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