Yes, my friends, today I got word that I should apply for new visas for Dad and me, so I now have my browser open to FedEx's website and can tell you that the envelope left the Gilford, NH facility for NYC at 6:23 tonight. YAY! I was told that I should apply for a visa for as early as NEXT WEEKEND, yeah you heard me, although I still think I will going the week after. Can you believe it? It's almost time to go pick up my hedge hog mini.
Dad put together her changing table the other day and now I have ordered her rug, so the room is almost complete, with the exception of a glider, which I just cannot decide on (or afford) at the moment. I have made a gazillion kinds of baby food to freeze, all as single ingredients, so I can introduce new foods on a three day rotation diet to make sure Anelya is not allergic. I bought an amazing rice cooker/steamer at Target which is just amazing, so I am steaming everything and then pureeing in my food processor, until I can swing the Beaba Babycook.
I installed her car seat this weekend. That's a trip, I tell ya. Between us, I have never felt so stupid in my life as when I installed that car seat. Rocket science. So strange to see it back there, along with her window shade with stuffed jungle animals on it and her jungle mirror. So, the mad preparation has begun. I have packed Anelya's clothes (oh you can only imagine, people) and will do mine this weekend.
So, stay tuned! Hopefully I will have a travel date very soon!
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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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September
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- Still No Dates
- Visas Issued!
- Stalking Fed Ex Anew!
- It's Official!
- Work in Progress
- I Know My Mama
- Anelya is 8 Months Old Today!
- Dragging
- Missing My Baby
- First Diapers and Formula
- 12,000 hits!
- Oh, You Want Me to Keep Posting?
- Back Home
- At Frankfurt Airport
- We're in Almaty
- We Are the Caesars
- She Said YES!!!
- Getting Ready to Go Into Labor
- Final Hedgehog Day
- We're in the Army Now!
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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
3 comments:
I stopped by the local fire department to help me make sure the car seat was installed correctly and was going to be safe for my son. They are usually very helpful!
Have fun getting ready but make sure you spend some time on yourself doing as many things as you love to do as possible before you leave!
I agree with Pam on both counts. Isn't all the prep fun, especially when you know who it is for? Almost time to go get your little girl. Woo-hoo!
this is so so so so exciting! I cannot WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! You and your mom (and dad) must be close to doing cartwheels!!!!!!!!
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