I have to give myself a little credit. I think I am doing quite well with the "just wait because you can't do anything about it" thing right now. I'm not even nesting. Actually, I am VERY lazy right now. I am embracing the laziness, as I believe there will be no room for laziness soon enough...
On the furry baby front, I have noticed that Gunnar expects a bone after every meal now. Brody is happy to join in the gluttony. I'm not sure when Gunnar trained me to do this, but I started to recognize this new trend a couple of days ago and put it to the test. Sure enough, after he eats he starts his campaign. He does seem to understand that he has to wait until Brody eats his dinner, so he just sits next to Brody and huffs and puffs until he's done. Then he serenades me until I give in. Ugh. I guess he thinks he raised me well.
I was invited to dinner with some friends on Friday and had a lovely time. Like most people up here, they are snowbirds and will be going to Florida soon for the winter. They were afraid that they would miss my baby shower, so I was presented with a huge bag of baby books! It was so fun. Besides the ridiculous amount of clothes I have acquired, I don't really have anything else yet. So, it was fun to see some books appear and I am glad that they will be such a useful tool during the attachment process. I can report that they do work! I read one to Gunnar and Brody last night and after a few minutes they were snoring away. Hooray!
Other than that, I spent 3 hours studying Russian last night. It's all coming back to me rather quickly, except for the writing, which I never learned. I can read pretty well, but the spelling is a nightmare and Rosetta Stone leaves no room for flexible spelling interpretations. Honestly? I don't care about spelling, so I wish we could bypass that section, but nope. Oh well. As long as I can communicate that my mom is allergic to horse meat we'll be fine. I don't want to make international news with her barf-a-rama sooo "ana ne mozjit yist loshitz". Me either for that matter, but I could do it if it was a matter of being pleasant to some hosts. Sorry Mr. Ed.
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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
1 comment:
Oh, my pets have trained me well over the years! And certainly there is much that can be transferred to the little one. The stern "no" is working wonders already! Unfortunately, I forget myself occasionally and try "sit and stay" as well. Doesn't work so well. ;)
Out of order on comments here, but Gunnar is pretty cute as a cow statue! Poor baby!
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