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keep trying skip to main skip to sidebar keep trying tuesday december 14 2010 snow and holiday spirit i just realized i have not posted in months wow time is flying this will be a semi short one to say we are enjoying the hustle and bustle of the holidays the boys are so excited and can t wait for 11 more days to pass we had a fun pizza party with aunt april for her birthday last night our tree is decorated and we have 4 inches of snow on the ground it looks like a winter wonderland here is a photo of the boys with santa daniyar wants to know where santa is every waking moment he wants a thomas train that stops and goes remote controlled from santa he was our chief tree decorator with most ornaments between 2 and 3 feet off the ground but we don t have a designer tree anyway collin wants anything and everything star wars related we are having many light saber duels and storm trooper shootouts these days he s a little worried about getting a lump of coal or wump of coaw as he says some days rightfully so we have officially seen polar express 20 times now with many re enactments of the hot chocolate scene lately the boys were dancing around the kitchen with their mugs and daniyar even acted out the knee slide quite well he also does a mean train hobo from the movie with the santa hat on collin likes to quote the stinkin underwear part a lot we are in the potty words stage for sure his thanksgiving thanks were for star wars and armpits probably really star wars and armpits because it is a funny word they are both on clothing kicks only superhero star wars or toy story shirts will do daniyar will wear khaki pants with elastic waists only do all kids do this you ll see they wouldn t even budge for the santa photo happy holidays hope yours are as joyful as ours jacqueline posted by jacqueline at 7 26 am 5 comments tuesday august 10 2010 scars i have been thinking a lot lately about how our family came together i usually post to keep family and friends updated on our boys and our day to day lives this post is a little different as i hoped to reach out to families thinking about or in the adoption process maybe our boys will inspire other families it started as i was bathing the boys the other day that is about the only time i can see both of their scars at the same time of course daniyar s scars are always visible collin s scar hides beneath his shirt most of the time i thought that if my boys didn t have those scars they probably wouldn t be my boys i don t know the exact reasons their birth parents decided that adoption was the best path for their birth children i do know that collin had symptoms of congestive heart failure when he was found and probably appeared very ill daniyar had a birth defect very costly to repair in his country if the resources are available at all i started to think of when i was a child and pictured my family my children looked like me in those daydreams and didn t have scars nobody pictures their children with scars missing or malformed limbs or ears vision or hearing loss birthmarks or lazy eyes but children come with these things maybe my boys can inspire some parents to open their hearts to these kids it is so much more difficult for children in orphanages with medical needs to find families certainly the needs vary a lot collin has an annual trip to the cardiologist and no limitations daniyar will need multiple surgeries intensive speech therapy orthodontics etc but all of this is still just a little part of who they are and the joy they bring to us perhaps a child with medical needs would fit right in your family you may be their only chance for a loving family they have so much love to give posted by jacqueline at 6 40 am 1 comment tuesday july 20 2010 balloons and blue angels we had an aviation themed weekend friday night there was a hot air balloon show and competition locally we got to participate in a tethered balloon ride and some carnival rides for the boys the balloon launch was beautiful after giant ice cream cones the boys about fell asleep on the ride home saturday included a short trip to kings island amusement park 15 minutes away so we go often sunday we went to the dayton air show as collin has a fascination with the blue angels as it turned out he enjoyed the kid s tent with the legos more but the adults loved the blue angels performance we even got a cooling rain sprinkle mid show posted by jacqueline at 6 12 am 2 comments labels hamming it up inside the balloon kid s area kings island legos sunset smiles the motorcycle man us air force pilots vroom thursday july 8 2010 fantastic florida we had a great time on vacation all together we had 14 people there both of my sisters jen and april their husbands and kids grandpa and zachary we spent a lot of time at the beach and the pool the kids loved the lazy river kids play area and catching crabs fish with nets we let them go even with sunscreen both boys are quite tan now we spent a day at the magic kingdom and coco key waterpark in orlando and visited downtown disney the day we flew back it was hard to get them still enough for pictures but here are my best attempts an update on the little girl in kaz a couple of families still are expressing interest in her adoption isn t that great they are waiting on the program to open back up hopefully the process will work out for them and they will find their little one without too much of a wait i am so thankful for all of you that asked about her even if she did not end up being the right child for your family posted by jacqueline at 7 25 am 2 comments labels aqua man cool eats fish boy hungry collin mouse world posing at johnny rockets rainforest cafe ready for a harley serious aiming wicked dance moves tuesday june 22 2010 summer fun we just had a really fun weekend and a nice father s day daniyar s friend jaterius from preschool invited them to a birthday party at chuck e cheese they had a great time we also went to king s island water park on sunday for a very hot father s day celebration collin played so hard he fell asleep on the king s island train they enjoyed their new play doh ice cream and hamburger makers in their jammies i thought of fun things each of them have done lately daniyar s group in kazakhstan watched music videos on their tv sometimes and the kids would dance sometimes they were hip hop videos i think he picked up some dance moves out of nowhere he will turn around stick out his booty and start slapping it while dancing kind of funny but also a head turner we tried to tell the long story at first but now we just say we didn t teach him that move and redirect him i ll try to get a picture some time collin preceded by daniyar has had the neighborhood tummy virus recently we talked a lot about not drinking after each other so we wouldn t give it to each other one day on the potty in mid poo he said i want to give this to you mommy or back to daniyar because i don t want it any more he thought someone else had to take it for him to get better i also love the fact he still says nusic for music and mapkin for napkin too cute we are headed off to florida this weekend for a fun week with the family grandpa and lots of aunts uncles and cousins will be there more pics when we get back jacqueline posted by jacqueline at 5 05 am 4 comments labels big hugs chuck e cheese fun cooking in the kitchen ice cream smiles playing a game intently rides at the party tuesday june 1 2010 thank you for the responses i appreciate the responses i have had to the post about the little girl waiting i am happy to share what i can to help this little girl it is nice to know families are willing to adopt the toddler preschooler age kids they are so much fun so many things are new to them still i would be happy to talk to any of you via email phone if you like i want to protect her privacy of course but would also like to help her find a loving home i just took a special interest in her and with the help of the baby house have been trying to be her voice in the us thanks again jacqueline posted by jacqueline at 7 36 am no comments thursday may 27 2010 little girl waiting in kazakhstan well this blog isn t going to be about my two great kiddos i have just had on my mind the sweetest little girl we met when we were adopting daniyar she was the only one in his group that was also eligible to be adopted she is the most beautiful little 3 year old with black hair and gorgeous almond brown eyes i have been talking to everyone i know that might be interested in becoming her family the reason she has been passed over is that she had a medical misdiagnosis as an infant and that is so unfortunate further testing shows the original diagnosis was wrong she is also in a town that a lot of us agencies don t place children from and she is 3 now an older age than many families seek i would love to make a place for her in our family but financially we aren t able to right now if anyone out there has ideas about how to help her find a home please feel free to email me at jacgray14 yahoo com i would love to talk to anyone about her whether in the adoption process or thinking about it i think she would be a great daughter for someone she is well cared for at the baby house but approaches the age to go to the older children s orphanage and that worries me a lot and of course she would thrive in a family of her own i truly believe daniyar would not be with us if a special person had not advocated for him and maybe now it is my turn on a side note the boys are great enjoying summer and looking forward to a visit from grammy and pa and cousin liam s first birthday party pics next week from the fun weekend jacqueline posted by jacqueline at 8 04 am 4 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom jacqueline and collin jacqueline and ed our family we are ed jacqueline and collin gray from lebanon ohio this is our adoption story as we add another sweet little boy to our family from taldy korgan kazakhstan timeline august 2007 homestudy with graceworks december 2007 apply to adopt danny from 1st agency january 2008 first dossier submitted april 2008 first dossier to mofa august 2008 first dossier returned to us december 2008 applied to with hope and love adoptions march 2009 dossier complete april 2009 dossier to embassy may 2009 dossier to ministry of foreign affairs june 2009 dossier to ministry of education july 2009 loi to taldy korgan july 17 aug 7th 2009 first trip to kazakhstan to meet danny september 5th 13th second trip for court september 9th court we did it september 24th 15 day waiting period over october 9 16th trip 3 to complete appts so daniyar comes home october 16th daniyar becomes a us citizen and joins all of us at home followers blog archive 2010 12 december 1 snow and holiday spirit august 1 july 2 june 2 may 2 april 1 march 2 january 1 2009 41 november 3 october 5 september 8 august 6 july 18 may 1 about me jacqueline view my complete profile