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journey to kazakhstan all about my international adoption from kazakhstan journey to kazakhstan all about my international adoption from kazakhstan videos of karina march 23 2010 at 6 30 pm filed under adoption stories comments karina ballerina bobina karina june 26 2009 at 10 57 pm filed under adoption stories hi there i don t know if anyone is still checking in here but if so i thought i would post some great videos of karina that i have finally had a chance to download hope you enjoy them also last year about a month after karina and i got home from kazakhstan we visited our first carnival the first ride we went on was the carousel this year the same carnival set up in the same mall parking lot and of course we had to go again i have posted some videos of karina riding the rides this year and last year my girl is growing up so fast comments 5 karina is starting to read may 4 2009 at 4 19 pm filed under adoption stories well this last weekend marked a real milestone karina came to me with a crayon and a piece of paper and asked me to write out some words so i told her that i would help her sound out some words i wrote down the word h a t and she sounded it out and said hat so we tried it again with cat again she was able to sound out the word one more try and we did mat success again she then spent twenty minutes asking me to write out words like blanket flower picture etc i would exaggerate the sounds and she would name the letter very impressive very exciting stuff karina is almost counting to 50 by herself now she makes on average two to three mistakes between the number one and the number fifty we are going to try and get to one hundred before september karina loves to have me read her books we go to the library every two weeks and get about a dozen books about a week ago i watched as karina sat down and paged through about twenty of her books all on her own she was engrossed in what she was doing for nearly an hour a miracle record for her to play by herself uninterrupted this week we will go and get some truly easy readers and see if she can master a few of them by herself will be posting pictures and video from karina s dance recital a few weeks ago later tonight very cute stuff right now i need to go help karina fill the watering can to water our vegetable garden will post some pictures of the little gardener then we go bicycle riding comments 3 sandi is about to travel march 27 2009 at 10 46 pm filed under adoption stories this post is dedicated to sandi who is about to travel for all of you who know about sandi and the trials she has been through over the last two years please say a small prayer that everything goes smooth as silk for her i do find it interesting to say that during the first attempt when sandi was at about the same point in the adoption process as i was i found her to have an incredible amount of patience and fortitude when everyone around her in blogland was freaking out she was as calm as a cucumber and not easily upset with the delays and waiting i remember thinking to myself that the process was so difficult for some people because maybe they needed to endure certain hardships and learn from the experiences thereby gaining knowledge that can only come from surviving difficult times for sandi that seemed to not be the point since she seemed to endure everything with style calm and grace later after returning from the first trip to kaz i heard from sandi of her troubles when i realized that she was going to still pursue a kazakhstan adoption i realized that maybe her experience would also be a test of her perserverance and endurance however since she was already equipped with a large amount of these qualities her test was obviously going to have to be much harder than most well in true sandi fashion she has managed to last the extended time and has remained in relatively good spirits considering what she has been through so here is to sandi the last family in the making listed on my blog links to travel may your journey be smooth and as incredible as can be your time has finally come comments 5 requested march 23 2009 at 7 01 pm filed under adoption stories as requested by suzanne i am posting recent pictures of karina and some taken more than a year ago when we first met here they are comments 4 karina is 5 march 22 2009 at 7 28 pm filed under adoption stories today was karina s birthday she turned five years old it was a truly special day last night karina got to sleep with mommy this morning when she woke up i sang her happy birthday then i made her a special treat breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes aaahhh the sugar binge begins lol then we got the car packed up for her birthday after an early nap we got into the car and picked up the balloons and cake then with cake pinata balloons and birthday girl in tow we arrived at airtastic it was a huge warehouse sized space filled with fun jumping climbing and sliding bounce apparatus karina and her ten friends and their parents had a blast after a while we went and changed into our party dress and had pizza and cake then came the pinata thanks to john pinner who held up the pinata that wouldn t break finally after eviscerating the pinata we turned it upside down and shook the candy out it worked fine the kids didn t know the difference then we made a mad dash to rip open presents the good part of having a party at a place like this is that the mess stays there the bad part is that the schedule is very tight it was fun but hurried and overall i think the kids had fun and it was just the right length two hours karina had a very good time and looked beautiful in her party dress comments 3 karina s pre birthday celebrations march 20 2009 at 7 47 pm filed under adoption stories hi all i know it has been a long time since i have posted sorry about that wanted to post some great shots of karina taking cupcakes into her preschool classroom she was very excited about it i can t believe that my little girl is going to be five i have to say that becoming a mother has been the single most incredible experience of my life i don t think there is anything i could ever do that would equal how wonderful it has been to have this little girl in my life the last shot is of karina sleeping she has all of these doll clothes in a little cardboard dresser by her bed and one night i went upstairs after she had fallen asleep and saw this she had taken a red baby doll sweater and had put it on her head i laughed so hard she looked so funny and of course i had to get a shot of it stay tuned for more photos of karina celebrating her 5th birthday and the first one in america comments 2 christmas photos january 12 2009 at 4 59 pm filed under adoption stories christmas was absolutely great karina really enjoyed it all i think she wasn t fully convinced that santa was going to come but when she came downstairs and saw her stocking full and the cookies gone and presents under the tree her face just lit up with surprise and happiness very very cute i of course spent the evening before wrapping presents and trying to put together a drum set that came without any of its nuts bolts or screws that was fun here are some pictures comments 4 karina and santa december 24 2008 at 6 54 pm filed under adoption stories here is the first photo of karina with the big guy in red and white she was mesmerized very cute stuff karina and i just made cookies for santa and are waiting for them to cool before we put them on santa s plate we will be pouring him a glass of milk soon hope he isn t lactose intolerant comments 6 halloween is soooooooooooo much fun mama november 4 2008 at 2 19 am filed under adoption stories karina just experienced her first halloween it actually all started a week ago when she attended the park district s halloween party fundraiser she was able to dress up use the obstacle course and play all the games she was so excited about the candy and would run back with each piece she got to put it in her bag mommy caved on the sugar and let her have several pieces right there enjoy the pictures and i will try and get some videos up by the end of the week comments 1 older entries pages read first thinking about adoption in process read first about me about the country of kazakhstan amy s timeline for kazakhstan adoption kim s page kim s timeline ust kamenogorsk oskeman kazakhstan overview z blogs listed by agency used for adoption archives march 2010 june 2009 may 2009 march 2009 january 2009 december 2008 november 2008 october 2008 september 2008 august 2008 july 2008 june 2008 may 2008 april 2008 march 2008 february 2008 january 2008 december 2007 november 2007 october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 categories adoption stories uncategorized waiting children about all about my international adoption from kazakhstan links 1 about to travel to semey yeah sandi second time around changed agencies has been through the wringer sandi s adoption blog 9 back home for good aaron and julie 9 back home for good allyson and tom back home with their new daughter from kaz 9 back home for good another family going to kaz to adopt 9 back home for good another kaz adopt blog home from kaz with their baby girl ava 9 back home for good baby girl makes 4 9 back home for good becky and steve s blog adopting daniel older child adoption 9 back home for good bill and cathe kazadoptblog back with their older children from kaz 9 back home for good bob and karen s kaz adoption blog uralsk 9 back home for good calin and catalina s adoption blog 9 back home for good chris and jill s kaz adoption blog 9 back home for good christy s adoption blog aktobe 9 back home for good crab chronicles older child adoption blog 9 back home for good dana and bill from chicago went to ust with me using an escort for trip two 9 back home for good dawn adopted two older children from ust 9 back home for good diane and bob s kaz adoption blog email them for an invite changed agencies going to ust on dec 18th 9 back home for good hailan went to karaganda to adopt hailan 9 back home for good heckerts highway shymkent 9 back home for good jennifer s kaz adoption blog 9 back home for good kelly and sne s family adoption blog semey 9 back home for good kerry and dan just back from astana with their son 9 back home for good kitty s adoption blog back from picking up her little girl 9 back home for good kjersten and steve s kazmo adoption blog adopted their little girl from astana 9 back home for good laura and bob s kaz adoption blog 9 back home for good matthew and suzanne s adoption blog in ust take two changed agencies 9 back home for good morgan family news home with their daughter roxana 9 back home for good niamh or daniel kaz adoption karaganda same region as kim 9 back home for good perry family adoption blog back with their older kids from kaz 9 back home for good philip and amanda from ireland went to ust to adopt leah 9 back home for good prudhomme family adoption back from kaz 9 back home for good sara and adam s adoption blog in astana 9 back home for good sara and julian from canada adopting from kaz almaty 9 back home for good shannon s adoption blog 9 back home for good susan joe and seans s kaz adopt blog kostanai 9 back home for good tam and sal s adoption blog 9 back home for good the boykin family adoption 9 back home for good the buettners adoption blog adopted from taldy korgan 9 back home for good the ruopoli adoption story aqtobe 9 back home for good the tupper family home from aktobe with their little girl a hoping good things for them amanda and jeremy s kaz blog paperchasing a hoping good things for them chrissy and russell s kaz adopt blog proof that things can go wrong through no fault of your own a hoping good things for them jen truman adoption blog dossier at the mfa a hoping good things for them kim and jamie s adoption blog paperchasing changed agencies a hoping good things for them shane and misty clark returned without a child a hoping good things for them tasha s blog for uzbekistan the funniest blog bar none about adoption on the net a hoping good things for them the braun s returned without a child a hoping good things for them the mclellands kaz adoption blog dossier in translation a hoping good things for them the meenach s adoption journey aip clients then switched agencies a hoping good things for them tracie s kaz adoption blog dossier at the moe since september 3rd b friend s blog j5 s blog b friend s blog lundie s life b your memories quilted c adoption agency adoption ark c future mom sticky bean d information site kazakh adoptive family stories great site d information site kazakh adoptive families d information site kazakhstan crawler for ust e orphanage aid foundation the antares foundation f just funny stuff i can has cheezburger super funny wordpress com wordpress org search blog stats 118 335 hits october 2026 s m t w t f s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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