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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8 comments:
Steve! Kj! She is abosolutely beautiful!!!! These pictures and videos just make me smile ear to ear! She is perfect, I love her, and I can't WAIT to meet her!!!!!!! Miss you both tons, hope all goes well!! Say hi to her for me!
Well, I've always loved it when the National Geographic monkeys grabbed the camera. It's even a cuter phenomenon when a baby does it. That's it Kazmo...work the camera...work it!
Holy Cow!!!! She has so much personality!! I love how she is going and going and then kerplunk she needs a little break. Too funny! I hope you both have really good running shoes...something tells me you are going to need them soon.
Oh guys!!! What a little heartbreaker!!! - boy Steve, you're in trouble! She's already a flirt. I'm so happy for you both. She's so cute you could eat her with a spoon! Hope you brought a REALLY big stuffed animal to get her used to the boys... lol
warm wishes to you all
What a beautiful daughter! We are very excited you are going to join us fo Kazapalooza!!!
The Sapp Family:-)
And let the love affair begin - isn't it just the most amazing...
Can't wait to give you all a big hug!
Tess
Kjersti and madugu,
I CAN"T believe this! i absolutely started crying when I saw her. You think i am kidding...well, of course you know I am serious! Farka and I are so excited to be along for this journey on cyber space. i LOVED the videos... so amazing that you are experiencing this on the other side of the world. We are thinking of you! I so enjoy your blog entries. Madugu, keep writing. Your old english teacher mrs what's her name would be proud.
I love you both! She is so beautiful... and even more so, the 2 of you are so beautiful in her presence. love, deb...
Oh my goodness, what a sweetie! I can't even get over it! Love the videos and the pictures!
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