Goodbye Midou.
You were a beautiful, proud, and gentle man. We will miss you.
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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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14 comments:
I'm so very sorry for your loss.
Stephanie
I was so saddened to see this post. I hope your mourning is short and you can soon smile again when you think of your beautiful Midou.
sorry steve : (
I'm so sad to read this post. What a beautiful boy he was. I am glad Tougey got time with him.
Thinking of you during this time.
Sandi
Oh I could cry FOR you. Our Bear looks just like your beautiful boy. Aren't they gentle giants? I know you will miss him terribly.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Tracey
We are sorry to hear of your loss. We hope you will continue to smile when you think of him.
I am so, so sorry you guys. My heart hurts both for you and in remembering.
These friends never truly leave us, they live on in our hearts forever.
Shine on Midou.
Our profoundest sympathies.
I had a bad feeling as I scrolled through these pictures that those words would be at the bottom. We know how much all three of you loved him. We're sorry for your loss.
Your loving tribute to Midou brought tears to my eyes. What joy our companion animals bring to our lives.
I'm so sorry you had to say goodbye to him.
Peace,
Pam and Nicholas
I cant even imagine. in tears thinking about it. i am so sorry to hear about this. what a sad sad day....
Hello Steve -- I am sorry about your dog. We get so attached -- it must be the unconditional love.
We enjoy your blog so much. We adopted our daughter 4 1/2 years ago when she was 8, almost 9, from Kazakhstan near Taldy-Korgan. She is such a joy -- I just wish we had found her sooner. So we all get such pleasure from your photos of Tougy.
I also loved the macro shots and, hoping you wouldn't mind, I used a small section of them in some work I'm doing with Corel Painter. Please let me know if this is not okay or if you would like to see the finished painting. If I use it -- in a website for example, I will credit you as the photographer. Thank you -- best wishes to all, Linda
correction: what I meant was I used a small section of ONE of them. thanks, Linda
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