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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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29 comments:
Yeah, those pictures need no words. Simply perfect.
Congratulation on your newest addition. Nurai is adorable! I hope Tougy is coping well with the change.
Love the pictures! What gorgeous sisters!
Wow - what gorgeous moon girls!!Just love the food face!! Happy Home-coming!! What beautiful and happy sisters!! Hoorah!! Hoorah!!
Best wishes, Joan ; )
another Kaz mom
Beautiful girls.
(And why is your Mother-in-law now commenting on your blog?)
So happy to see new pictures and loved the video of the family being reunited and Tougy feeding Nurai. The video brought lots of tears to my eyes. Adoption is truly an amazing way to creat a family.
Thanks for your continued commitment to following along on our journey through life with our moon girls. We have been having more spam comments lately, so you should now notice that you will need to enter a letter/number combination when posting a comment. We apologize for any inconvenience but hope that it will help to reduce the spam comments.
-KJ
Wonderful pictures! Still can't get over some of the simalarities in the girls' expressions! Beautiful!
Quaintance
Awe, what beautiful pictures of two beautiful little girls! What a joy it is to see the two of them together and the wonderful memories the Morrison family is creating! I'm so happy for all of you!
*hugs to everyone!*
Beautiful, Kathy
I love, love, love all of the pictures!!! Congratulations! Seeing the girls together is such a beautiful thing:O) Enjoy this time!
Adorable!! So much love is evident in everyone's smiles.
Too sweet for words. Beautiful daughters and I'm sooooo glad that you're all now home, safe and sound. All my best, Susan
Thanks for posting these latest photos. VERY CUTE! The last one, the one with Nurai expressing into the camera, is fantastic! Someone so young has no right looking so wise! :-)
Oh my, these are so precious! Sweet Sisters :-)
Beautiful! Blessing to you and your family!
Such great photos. Love seeing the sisters together. I hope all is going well for the Morrison family of four.
Kim from WBS
So many photos, so many moments to love! I was about to say "what a head of hair Nurai has!" from the airplane seat photo. But then I realized it was the head of the person sitting next to you ;-) Just beautiful to watch the sisters together. Tougy is a natural big sister!!!
Another little girl with beautiful eyes.....
Congratulations on welcoming your newest little daughter into your family... precious...
Regards
Adrienne... mom to two Kaz cuties.... 2003 and 2006/7
No words necessary :) What a beautiful family. Thanks for sharing.
Alli
Beautiful photos - the girls look like they are having fun together. What beautiful moon girls!
do you just stare at your beauties all day and marvel? I would. :)
I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!!
I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!!
Stunning. Every single picture. So happy for you all.
Oh, but they are lovely.....how blessed you all are to have found one another and this amazing love.
Blessings,
Lisa
I'm so glad we crossed paths on US Airways! So fun to hang out in Orlando - your family is so beautiful!!
xo Tanda
The pictures are gorgeous--congratulations on having girls!!
Having been in Russia for almost 4 weeks and then being a new Mommy at home for a week, I am just getting back into checking on everyone and am thrilled at your news.
Nurai is so precious and the girls look so happy together.
I really admire that you kept their names--I choose to change my daughter's and sometimes still wonder if I should have done that. She responds really well to her new name but I still wonder.
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