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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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22 comments:
Awesome photo!! Thinking of you on this day and hope Tougy gets a bit of Halloween in Shymkent, as it appears she already has. Best to you!
Stephanie
FANTASTIC!!!
Happy Halloween Tougy! I am wondering what kind of a reaction you would get from people in Kaz with your face made up?
I love the monster face with the bows on her flowery shoulder straps. I hope things take a turn for the best in Kaz for you.
Happy Halloween!
Lou Ann & Little Red Riding Hood (aka Lexie)
Too cute!
Happy Halloween Tougy! Love that you are finding a way for her to celebrate the holiday.
LOL!! I love it! :) Happy Halloween!
OK, now you have to take her OUT around town. After all, scaring people is what Halloween is all about, and you can always plead "crazy American sickness." Hope you guys have a fun day and get some positive resolution to the situation soon.
Max says, "I (s)cared of Tougy." Personally, I find her adorable as ever! Sending Halloween happiness to you all.
Love it!!
Perfect! What a nice fun surprise!
Happy Halloween!
That is Awesome. Happy Halloween Tougy. Hopefully you trick or treated around the apartment :)
Sandi
VERY scary - looks like she loves it! What a cutie and glad you found time to 'trick or treat'! Hope all is well.
How cute! Berik now says, after seeing Tougy, "I want to be that" instead of a pirate! Happy Halloween! Gena, Berik and Jaimie
Is that nature or nurture? :)
Happy Halloween, Tougy! You are SCARY!!!! Hope you got some tasty treats. Andrew was a ferocious lion! Thinking of you all.
Brad, Corrine and Drew
That is GREAT! Glad to see you are keeping up your "spirits" while in KZ. (Pun totally intended.)
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Oh...Halloween was quite a celebrated event in Kostanai. How are the festivities in Shymkent?
Awe! How adorable! Tougystein, what a sweet little monster!
So Tougy was frankenstein, and Daodua was a porcupine (tehehe) did mom and dad join in on the halloween fun, too?
love her! love you guys! Happy Halloween to the most gracious family i know! :)
excellent. Made me so happy to see this. Looks like the Morrison family had a FUN Halloween.
And the pretty still shines through!
BTW, one of Milo's cutest mispronounced words this Halloween was Franking-Stein. We now have to change it to Tougystein!
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