I know a bunch of you are waking up and checking the blog. We didn't have a chance to come to the hotel between visits today, so while I am updating the Anelya part of the blog, I thought I'd send you my blog's form of an amuse bouche.
So many of you have written and commented about how you have felt a part of this journey because of the blog. I am so happy to hear this! We really are having the time of our lives here. One of the most fun parts of our non-Anelya days here is the time we spend with the amazing Semey staff. Oh my are they a lot of fun!
I cannot claim to have fully included you in this journey without sending you a clip of our daily communication with Pasha, our driver. We always have a blast with Pasha, even though he doesn't speak English and my Russian is brutally rusty. I took this video about 30 minutes ago on our way back to the hotel. Just to show you how we communicate without our translator...
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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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- Recap of Monday
- Final Court Training Tonight
- What a Day
- Back At It
- Nothing For You Today
- I HAVE A COURT DATE!
- Another Day and Russian Orthodox Church
- Laughfest, Bowling and Ordering for a Village
- B.E.S.T. G.I.G.G.L.E. E.V.E.R.
- Last Official Day of Bonding
- No No No! Got it!
- Old Russian Proverb #5: Hotel Rules
- Yes Tummy, We Have Been in Kazakhstan for Two Weeks
- Raspberries
- So Busy!
- I'm So Busy Today - SUPER CROUP!
- Raspberries and Giggles
- Old Russian Proverb #4 Sports
- Our Digs and Croupski
- Tower of Joy
- Croup and Preparing for Court
- Party in the Sauna
- Mom's Toast
- Night Night Babushka!
- Whatever Olga Wants, Olga Gets!
- Update from the woods
- We're in the woods
- A Walk With Our Buddies and the Nuclear Memorial
- Mimicking Sounds
- No Nyet Nyet Nyet!
- Speaking Pasha: Episode #4 Music
- Feeding a Sleeping Baby
- Stacking Cups and Jumping!
- NYET! NYET! NYET!
- Dinner with the Clark/Gilpatricks
- Yummies and Walks and Books and Snuggles!
- Tha Anelya Show
- Speaking Pasha: Episode 3 Cooking
- ATTENTION BLOG STALKERS
- Old Russian Proverb #3: Wildlife
- Watch Out, Grandma!
- Anelya Dressed as a Mummy
- Swinging with Baba
- Mama, I Will NEVER Sit!!!
- First Time Outside - Ever!
- This Joint is JUMPIN!
- Happy Happy Jump Jump Jump
- Let Her Do It
- Snuggles and Adventures in Kazakh Cuisine
- Feeling Better and Offroad Adventures - Sunday a.m.
- Old Russian Proverbs: Episode #2
- C.U.T.E.S.T. C.R.Y. O.N. E.A.R.T.H.
- Rough Afternoon
- Anelya is 7 Months Old Today!
- New Toy!
- Playtime!
- Four Bites and a Gulp
- Impostor
- Taking Temperature
- Sick Baby and Who Are You and What Have you Done W...
- Baby House Visit #1 and Semey History Museum
- Bustin a Move & Who's Yo Mama?
- Video - Anelya Would Like to Go to the Spa Please
- Boogies, Snuggles, Sitting and Birth Family Histor...
- Speaking Pasha: Episode 1
- Turnips and Dostoyevsky
- First Feeding
- Old Russian Proverb - Part I
- Doing The Worm
- Tummy Time
- Meeting Anelya
- Meet Anelya - Video #1
- Meet Anelya
- Arrival to Kazakhstan
- En Route
- Ok Catching Up!
- Boarding Plane to Semey
- The Eagle Has Landed in Storkistan!
- Here in Frankfurt
- The Day Has FINALLY Come!
- Overview of the In Country Process
- Dear Fedex
- Swedish Invasion
- Visas on Their Way Today
- Belly Kicks
- Testing Blackberry Post
- Dear Fedex Dude,
- On This Episode of Andrea Stalks Fedex...
- Scurrying around town
- GOT MY LOI!
- Final Fundraiser
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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
4 comments:
Oh Pasha, send him our love. That is great. HAHAHA
Love Pasha!!! Oh the stories with that guy. :)
It is great to hear your laughter! I love it! Thank you for sharing!
Send hugs to Pasha from Shanna, Tamar, and Libby :-)
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