Well, the passports arrived and I have been told that I can arrive in Kazakhstan October 30, which means we will be leaving next Wednesday, October 28 to make the final trip across the globe to bring my daughter home. Our plan is as follows:
Wed, Oct 28 - Leave Boston for Almaty, Kazkahstan
Fri, Oct 30 - Arrive in Almaty and fly to Semey & visit with Anelya at baby house
Sat, Nov 1 - Visit Anelya at baby house, show Dad around Semey
Sun, Nov 2 - Bust Anelya out of baby house and fly to Almaty
Mon-Thurs, Nov 2-5 - Medical evaluation and Embassy appointments
Friday, November 6 - Return home and land in Boston at 4p.m.
There is currently another paperwork snafoo that I am dealing with. It seems that the USCIS office did not send the cable with my updated approval to the Embassy in Almaty. I was made aware of this by my agency who checked into this today. So, I have contacted the National Visa Center in Portsmouth, NH and have asked them to urgently send the cable. Hopefully, this is a simple fix and I will hear it's been done tomorrow. In any case, it's not a huge problem and is apparently quite normal. So, while I am preparing to leave I will be taking care of this as well.
This new schedule means that Anelya and I will get to go Trick or Treating in the Bonding room and ask all of the stuffed animals for candy :-) I don't care where we are, as long as she is a pink gerbera daisy. YAY!
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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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October
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- Gotcha Day!
- Anelya, Meet Hoovie
- Finally
- Together Again
- Be Ready for Anything!
- At th Gate to Almaty
- We've Made it to Amsterdam
- Bring the Baby HOME!
- T -56 Hours
- Visa Issues and Last Saturday Night
- Less Than a Week
- October 28 it is!
- Taking Control
- I Have Officially Run Out of Patience
- Anelya is 9 months Old Today
- About 2 More Weeks
- Waiting for Anelya's Passport
- Passing the Hours
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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
6 comments:
Tjihoooo! Skönt att du äntligen har fått ett datum. Tänker på er!
Thank god. I cannot tell you how happy, relieved and over the moon i am for you. I cannot wait to see that beautiful Gerber Daisy in you arms.
Hugs sandi
Great news!!! I know the anxiety is behind you now and you have only a happy future to contemplate. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Congratulations! I am so excited to see that you got some good news. Here's hoping that the days fly by and before you know it you have Anelya in your arms again.
Abby and Jake
Woo-hoo! So happy you have some travel dates now and know when you will have your baby girl in your arms!
BTW, my "cable" with my updated approvals got lost too, but we find out less than two days before I was supposed to leave Almaty! Seems they had mailed it (yes, mail) to Astana instead of Almaty. Marina was able to find it and get it submitted. She's a superstar! Hope yours is found soon.
can't wait to see some pics of the gerber daisy! what are you going to be mom?
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