I haven't forgotten any of you I promise. Hang in there with us, I will do my best to update everything in time for you all to wake up to a new post Sunday morning.
Things are going well, and there is certainly much to talk about, I just haven't found a good chunk of time lately to devote to the blog. It is my plan to get up early enough tomorrow to go through the photos and write a bit more about our experience as a whole.
I don't really know where the time goes. You would think that with only two hours of your day scheduled, you would have plenty of time to blog, but inexplicably, I don't.
Upcoming topics include: Chicken Pox, 'free iChat', our first opera, and much more, plus of course, stories about the amazing Aitugan. Take Care.
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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2 comments:
Hi. I have left a comment once before. We adopted a baby girl from Taraz, exactly four years ago last week. (She is the determined thumb sucker of which I wrote previously.) Reading your entries and seeing the photos continues to bring back so many memories. I recall that same situation of the days passing so quickly despite our having any structured demand on our time with the exception of the daily visit. (Actually, most days we had two - except weekends.) I wanted to let you know that our flight home - first to Frankfurt and then to Philadelphia - were easy. We had the good fortune of having worked to exchange United miles for Lufthansa so that we could upgrade to first class. The baby slept in a bassinet hung to the wall in the first row, where we sat. We attribute the door to door sleeping to her being overwhelmed by the stimuli of the outside world. (At the time, we thought that we were amazing parents with an exceptionally well behaved baby. Despite still harboring those same notions sometimes, future trips showed us that we were not quite the experts we had thought ourselves to be. Ditto for through the night sleeping and eating in restaurants. We were on some sort of honeymoon period for the first year. The other babies must have filled her in at some point on ways to liven things up a bit for the 'rents.) Best wishes for the rest of the stay and life beyond. By the way, I grew up in Massachusetts, our family had a summer place in NH, and I have a sibling living in Vermont, so I love the New England photos and references throughout. Imagine how much more fun apple picking season will be this year with Aitugan in tow!
Hi! Thanks for stopping by our blog. What a cutie you have in your daughter. I love the checks - reminds me of Dan's at that age. Congratulations on making it through court and we'll be crossing our fingers and keeping you in our prayers that you can keep to your schedule and be home soon.
Can't wait to meet all of you in June.
Ginny, Riley and Dan
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