Command puts in expect doesn't show the message in the order it should

I have a some scripts to automate a process and I want the message about which step I am in it shows in the command window. A piece of code I have is:

puts "** Creation of $VMNAME on $HOST begins... **"
spawn ssh -l $USER $HOST
expect_after eof {exit 0}
set timeout 10

expect "(yes/no)?" { send "yes\r" }
expect "password:" { send "$PASSWORD\r" }
expect "~]#" { send "date\r" }
set timeout 1200

puts "** Transferring rhelvm img file to the $HOST... **"
expect "~]#" { send "scp  somelink/rhelvm-0-vol.img /storage/iso/\r" }
expect "Password:" { send "$TESTEMSPASS\r" }

puts "** Transferring the VM conf from $TESTEMSUSER to $HOST... **"
expect "~]#" { send "scp somelink/$VMNAME.conf /root\r" }
expect "Password:" { send "$TESTEMSPASS\r" }

puts "** Removing the $VMNAME... **"
expect "~]#" { send "/opt/ccm/bin/vmremove -f /root/$VMNAME.conf --force\r" }
sleep 10
expect "~]#" { send "rm -rf /storage/vmpool/*.img\r" }
sleep 10

puts "** Creating the $VMNAME... **"
expect "~]#" { send "/opt/ccm/bin/vmcreate -f /root/$VMNAME.conf -g  /storage/iso/rhelvm-0-vol.img -e\r" }
sleep 10

puts "** Starting the $VMNAME ... **"
expect "~]#" { send "virsh start $VMNAME\r" }
sleep 10

expect "~]#" { send "virsh list --all\r"}

expect "~]#" { send "date\r" }

puts "** Creation of $VMNAME is completed. **"
expect "~]#" { send "exit\r" }

but what I get in the output is not in this order for example it shows the message of creating the VM but then runs the rm -rf /storage/vmpool/*.img command. I tried puts with -nonewline and send_user but nothing seems to work. Please help me!!