Off We Go
Welcome to our blog. We have been hoping to adopt for several years and now that our kids are a little older (if you can call 4, 6, and 10 older) feel that the time has come to begin this wonderful, stressful, exciting, unknown journey. We submitted our dossier in early December and hope to adopt a child from Kazakhstan. We have three beautiful boys and are expanding our family through the adoption of a baby girl.
We invite you to follow with us on this journey. Please feel free to post your thoughts as well.
A blog describing our journey to adopt our child from Kazakhstan.
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- Email: kaz33355@yahoo.com
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Many years ago
Talked about adopting a child
6/07
Contacted 1st agency
7/12/07
Signed 1st agency contract
8/07
Arranged for our Home Study (adoptionsupportservices.com)
9/07
Cancelled contract with first agency
9/07
Signed contract with WPA
10/22/07
Homestudy complete
12/5/07
Submitted completed dossier!!! Whew!!
3/08
Dossier off to Kaz
7/1/8
Assigned to Region
8/7/08
Received LOI!!
8/20/08
Travel Dates<:-)
8/26/08
Purchased airline tickets and
received Visas
9/9/08
Last of the documents received
9/16/08
Travel for First Trip
9/18/08 (Kaz time)
Arrived in Kokshetau
10/05/08
Official Visitation Completed
10/06/08
Petitioned Court
10/07/08
Begin Travel Home
10/08/08
Received Court Date
10/20/08
Return to Kaz
10/23/08
Court Day
11/7/08
15 Day Appeal Period Completed
11/16/08
To U.S. Embassy and S.O.S. Clinic in Almaty
11/20/08
Returned Home
Talked about adopting a child
6/07
Contacted 1st agency
7/12/07
Signed 1st agency contract
8/07
Arranged for our Home Study (adoptionsupportservices.com)
9/07
Cancelled contract with first agency
9/07
Signed contract with WPA
10/22/07
Homestudy complete
12/5/07
Submitted completed dossier!!! Whew!!
3/08
Dossier off to Kaz
7/1/8
Assigned to Region
8/7/08
Received LOI!!
8/20/08
Travel Dates<:-)
8/26/08
Purchased airline tickets and
received Visas
9/9/08
Last of the documents received
9/16/08
Travel for First Trip
9/18/08 (Kaz time)
Arrived in Kokshetau
10/05/08
Official Visitation Completed
10/06/08
Petitioned Court
10/07/08
Begin Travel Home
10/08/08
Received Court Date
10/20/08
Return to Kaz
10/23/08
Court Day
11/7/08
15 Day Appeal Period Completed
11/16/08
To U.S. Embassy and S.O.S. Clinic in Almaty
11/20/08
Returned Home