Good evening all. Just a quick note to say that we are finally packing, though we hope to go to bed soon. Our flight is scheduled to leave in less than 20 hours and we are only just now beginning to sift through clothing and other such things and starting to get a sense of exactly how much stuff we wil be bringing. With any luck we will wrap things up shortly and head to bed. We still have a few hours in the morning to double check our bags and make any last minute additions and subtractions, then it's off to Boston somewhere between noon and one for a 7pm flight. We are looking forward to the relaxation and sleep on the flight and hope to arrive in Kaz slightly more than 24 hours later at 5:10 am on the 4th local time. Wish us well. We will hope to write a bit tomorrow from either Boston or Amstedam. Take Care.
We're off to meet our daughter,
our wonderful daughter from Kaz
Because, because, because, because,
Because of the wonderful things she does!
Join us on our journeys as we adopt our daughters from Kazakhstan.
Meet Aitugan
Aitugan Astana Elizabeth
Aitugan is pronounced "eye""two""gone" with mild emphasis on the first syllable. Aitugan is Kazakh for "born under a new moon" and was the name given to her by her birthmother. We have chosen to keep the name Aitugan as we love the name, the meaning and the connection that it will maintain to her country of birth. Our adoption of Aitugan was finalized the eleventh of December 2007 when we finally left the Hope Astana Baby House as a family of three.
Meet Nurai
Nurai Alia Anson
Nurai is pronounced Nur (sounds like were) and "eye". Nurai is Kazakh for "shining light of the moon". This is the name that was given to her by her birth mother. We love the sound of Nurai's name as well as the meaning so have decided to keep her birth name. Similarly to Aitugan, we like that her name will remain a tie and tribute to her birth country. Our adoption was finalized on the eighth of December 2009 and we plan to return to Maine as a family of FOUR on the sixteenth of January 2010.
About Us - Kjersten and Steve
We have been married now for eight years (as of July 2009) and in many ways the time seems to have flown by. As we discussed starting a family we had to decide whether to start with adoption or a biological child. We have both known for many years that we wanted to adopt and we finally decided that adoption made the most sense for the start of our human family. Our daughters join us and our two furry and very friendly rottweilers (Bokar and Daouda).
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4 comments:
Thank you for sharing these precious moments...moments your daughter will love to hear when she is older. You and your new baby will be in my thoughts; travel safely and we look forward to seeing pictures!!!
jane, jack, and hayley
How great to have a blog set up so we can all share in this amazing experience for you both. Thanks for sending the cousins the link! Your house looks beautiful! If you need anything (ideas, advice, used clothes, etc.) for a little daughter, just let us know. :) P.S. - Balmex works great! :)
Love to you all,
Kristin, Andrew, Allison & Connor
I was thinking about you guys the other day, I had a patient from Kaz. We talked a little bit about you going over to adopt a daughter. I am thinking of you on your travels. Oh, the journey to adoption........... Liz
Greetings! Thank you for sharing the updates! KJ--met your mom the other day! She is beautiful!! And so nice! She doesn't look old enough to have grown children! Take good care of yourselves...and get plenty of sleep now!
Love,
Holly
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