Today was very exciting. My father called when I was out to lunch today to tell me that my stroller had arrived! After lunch, I promptly flew over to their house to pick up this monstrosity of a box. I then took it back to the office and announced to the doctor that we were going to put it together this afternoon. Luckily, it was an easy assembly and I had most of it done already.
When I brought it home, Gunnar first asked me if he could PLEEEEASE pee on it. I made it clear that that would not be acceptable. Having given up, he then begged me to let him model it for you and show off its different positions and bells and whistles. Please notice (and ooohhh and ahhhh) at the bassinet feature which my baby will likely be too big for, the toddler seat, and the way the handlebar can be located on either side of the buggy so that the baby can A) look ahead for good scenery B) look at me for good attachment with the Mama. You may also feel free to do back flips over the brakes on BOTH side of the apparatus. Also notice the basket below. This thing just rocks. Now watch me get a baby who hates strollers. HAHAHAHA
Here are Gunnar's best impressions of Zoolander...
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This is the story of how a single 30-something year old woman and a 6.5 month old angel from Kazakhstan found each other and became a family. A journey which started as a dream, became reality in August 2009 when two hearts found one home... together.
Anelya Porter Caesar
On September 3, 2009 at 11:22 in Semey, Kazakhstan, Elemecova Aneliya Ahatovna became Anelya Porter Caesar and I became her mother. This is our love story of how we became a family.
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Adoption Timeline
- 11/06/09 (???) Anelya Becomes U.S. Citizen
- 10/31/09 Gotcha Day
- 10/28/09 Back to Kazakhstan
- 09/05/09 End of Trip 1
- 09/03/09 Court Date
- 08/10/09 "Meetcha Day"
- 08/08/09 Off to Kazakhstan
- 07/31/09 Receive Letter of Invitation (LOI)
- 1/12/09 Region Assignment
- 12/04/08 (more or less) Dossier at Ministries
- 10/13/08 Dossier at NY Consulate
- 10/03/08 (maybe earlier) Dossier Out of Translation
- 08/27/08 Home Study Received by LMI (4-6 weeks until Consulate)
- 08/26/08 Sent Revised Home Study to LMI
- 08/26/08 Got Revised Home Study Apostilled
- 08/26/08 Received New Home Study
- 08/15/08 Request to pull homestudy from translation to provide updated one with no gender preference
- 08/14/08 Dossier in Translation
- 08/05/08 Dossier sent to LMI
- 08/04/08 Apostilled docs received
- 07/31/08 NH dossier docs sent for apostilles
- 07/30/08 Dossier Approved for Apostille Process
- 07/24/08 Faxed Dossier to LMI for approval
- 07/17/08 Received Fingerprints
- 07/08/08 Sent Fingerprints to FBI
- 07/07/08 Fingerprinting
- 06/26/08 I-71H RECEIVED!!!
- 06/25/08 Applied for two grants
- 06/25/08 Sent Homestudy to USCIS
- 06/19/08 Homestudy final copy received
- 06/02/08 Homestudy draft submitted to LMI
- 05/02/08 Biometrics/Fingerprints at USCIS
- 04/25/08 Medical Exam Complete
- 04/20/08 Homestudy Begins
- 04/19/08 Received Background Check Back from CPS
- 04/18/08 Completed Adoptive Parenting Course
- 04/17/08 Received Application Received Notification from USCIS
- 04/17/08 Social Worker Contacts Me
- 04/13/08 Started Adoptive Parent Education Requirement
- 04/10/08 Filed I600A with US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- 04/09/08 Assigned a social work for home study
- 04/05/08 Contracts received by Agencies
- 04/04/08 Sent Background Check Request to CPS
- 04/02/08 Sent Agency Contracts and Home Study Request
- 2/01/08 - 04/01/08 Slacked and went to Sweden
- 1/30/08 Application ACCEPTED!!!
- 1/25/08 Notification that LMI received application
- 1/25/08 Joined International Adopt NH yahoo group
- 1/22/08 Sent application to LMI
- 1/17/08 Life insurance physical
- 1/16/08 Filled in application
- 01/06/08 Decision to use Little Miracles International (LMI)
- 01/06/08 Joined Adoption Agency Research on Yahoo Group
- 1/02/08 Joined single Kaz moms yahoo group
- 12/29/07 Joined Kazakhsan Adoption on Yahoo Groups
- 12/29/07 Started Adoption fundraising on Amazon
- 12/24/07 Started Adoption Blog
- 12/24/07 Decision to adopt from Kazakhstan
- 12/15/07 Decision to adopt
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Appropriate Adoption Communication Cheat Sheet
- Instead of A) try using B)
- A) Do you have your own children? B)Do you have a biological child?
- A) She has an adopted daughter. B) She has a daughter.
- A) They have a Kazakh son. B) They have a son.
- A) She is a single adoptive mother. B) She is a mother. (Unless he is single, interested and decent. Then y all means, mention the single part ;-) )
- A) She is adopted. B) She was adopted. (Adoption is a one time event)
- A) His real parents B) His biological parents
- A) She was abandoned. B) She was placed for adoption.
- A) His birth mother gave him up. B) His birth mother was unable to to parent him.
- A) How much did she cost? B) How much did the adoption process cost?
Links I have found helpful
Map of Kazakhstan
I'm a Peacemaker
7 comments:
Nice stroller! Gunnar looks very comfy in it!
Ha ha, helt underbart, han somnar ju faktiskt!!! Perfekt att du har någon att träna på....
Puss och Kram!!
Jennie
Ja visst! Han ar ju sa begavad, forstar du! ;-) Kul att du laser bloggen! kram
Hey, Please send me an invite when you go private.
obxcowgirl@earthlink.net
My dossier is in Kaz at the MFA now.
Marla
Andrea - when you lock down the blog (good idea btw), I would love to keep following you! Could you send me an invite please? trudibehr@gmail.com. I am Nana T to baby Aila who came home from Kaz 12/31 and who is the most wonderful child on the planet! You can see her on www.thumbliniannotations.blogspot.com. Thanks so much! Trudi
First oooooooooooooohhhhhhh aaaahhhh that is a great stroller! :)
Gunnar is way too cute, okay, to be fair, he is a bit goofy looking so thus it makes him super cute! Gunnar? Funny name, how did you ever come up with that? I like it! :) It seems to fit. Kindof goofy.
Christy
Hee hee. yes it is fabulous, isn't it? But there is an even MORE fabulous stroller on my dream list - Bugaboo Frog. It;s on my registry. We'll see, we'll see. It's a stretch.
Gunnar is a Swedish name - a very funny one. It's kind of like Mildred for a woman - you know - only an old lady would be named Mildred. And Gunnar loked like a 90 year old man when i got him at 10 weeks old! LOL. he's a total mama's boy... until there are guests and then he couldn't care less about me. Traitor ;-)
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