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29 december 1 dec 23 1 november 2 nov 28 1 nov 02 1 october 1 oct 21 1 september 1 sep 06 1 august 2 aug 26 1 aug 11 1 july 2 jul 10 1 jul 03 1 june 3 jun 30 1 jun 20 1 jun 19 1 may 2 may 24 1 may 17 1 april 3 apr 16 1 apr 10 1 apr 08 1 march 5 mar 26 1 mar 19 1 mar 15 1 mar 14 1 mar 04 1 february 1 feb 13 1 january 6 jan 28 1 jan 25 1 jan 15 1 jan 12 1 jan 09 1 jan 07 1 2010 54 december 6 dec 24 1 dec 14 1 dec 12 3 dec 07 1 november 3 nov 12 1 nov 09 1 nov 07 1 october 9 oct 31 1 oct 29 1 oct 27 1 oct 26 1 oct 24 1 oct 23 1 oct 15 1 oct 05 1 oct 02 1 september 1 sep 09 1 july 5 jul 31 1 jul 25 1 jul 22 1 jul 10 1 jul 03 1 june 1 jun 19 1 may 7 may 30 1 may 25 1 may 23 1 may 19 1 may 17 1 may 13 1 may 10 1 april 7 apr 30 1 apr 21 1 apr 19 1 apr 16 1 apr 11 1 apr 07 1 apr 05 1 march 3 mar 27 1 mar 13 1 mar 07 1 february 6 feb 28 1 feb 23 1 feb 15 1 feb 06 1 feb 05 1 feb 02 1 january 6 jan 30 1 jan 25 1 jan 20 1 jan 14 1 jan 07 1 jan 06 1 2009 49 december 8 dec 31 1 dec 19 1 dec 18 1 dec 13 1 dec 12 1 dec 10 1 dec 06 1 dec 04 1 november 6 nov 15 1 nov 13 1 nov 11 1 nov 07 1 nov 06 1 nov 04 1 october 5 oct 30 1 oct 27 1 oct 24 1 oct 22 1 oct 17 1 august 1 aug 01 1 july 2 jul 18 1 jul 06 1 june 3 jun 28 1 jun 25 1 jun 11 1 may 9 may 25 1 may 24 1 may 23 1 may 17 1 may 14 1 may 10 1 may 07 1 may 03 1 may 01 1 april 4 apr 25 1 apr 18 1 apr 12 1 apr 05 1 march 6 mar 30 1 mar 22 1 mar 18 1 mar 17 1 mar 15 1 mar 06 1 february 3 feb 26 1 feb 23 1 feb 14 1 january 2 jan 31 1 jan 17 1 2008 20 december 4 dec 31 1 dec 18 1 dec 10 1 dec 03 1 november 1 nov 13 1 october 6 oct 31 1 oct 25 1 oct 19 1 oct 15 1 oct 12 1 oct 04 1 september 2 sep 28 1 sep 02 1 august 2 aug 26 1 aug 25 1 may 2 may 20 1 may 02 1 april 1 apr 12 1 january 2 jan 31 1 jan 20 1 2007 58 november 1 nov 30 1 september 1 sep 07 1 august 2 aug 11 1 aug 10 1 july 8 jul 28 1 jul 16 1 jul 13 2 jul 11 1 jul 05 1 jul 02 2 june 36 jun 30 1 jun 29 2 jun 27 1 jun 25 1 jun 21 1 jun 19 1 jun 18 1 jun 17 2 jun 16 2 jun 15 2 jun 14 1 jun 13 4 jun 11 1 jun 09 3 jun 07 2 jun 06 2 jun 05 3 jun 04 3 jun 03 2 jun 02 1 may 10 may 31 2 may 28 1 may 26 2 may 24 1 may 20 1 may 18 1 may 16 1 may 12 1 map of kazakhstan aktau aqtau west on the caspian sea the truth as i know it 7 04 2012 12 27 00 am edit this 1 comment five years ago tonight was the last night my daughter had to sleep in a baby house with 90 other unclaimed souls all under 5 years old you can pretty it up all you want but the truth is those 90 babies were orphans living out a life sentence in a state run institution and yes they were feed and clothed and housed but they were still in prison that s right prison baby house is a nice term for orphanage and orphanage is a nice term for a children s prison after all these children can t just leave and must do what they are told without question or suffer the consequences are feed whatever is put in front of them and won t get any more no matter how hungry they are must wear whatever is sent to their room that day and never have anything that belongs only to them and the longer they are in these institutions the better they learn their lesson and they really only learn one lesson that is to fight fight for everything fight for the larger slice of bread or take it from the weaker kid s plate sitting next to them the best toy and i m not talking about electronics or educational toys but blocks or stacking rings or the warmest coat passed from child to child year after year until you can t tell what color it was originally sounds worse than any prison i ve ever read about here in america but prison is for adults who did something wrong were found guilty in a court of law after having someone represent their case to a jury of their peers and can appeal their sentence or get out early for good behavior the only thing good behavior will get you in an orphanage is the smaller piece of bread the cot in the coldest corner of the room and when you are older abuse i don t even want to think about all of this simply because these children where born to parents that couldn t care for them or would have been turned out themselves or were not wanted for a million other excuses in a country that sees these orphans as blights on society one parent was recently told by the judge while she was adopting a teenager that the boy she wanted would not amount to anything and that he isn t a normal boy so when they can finally leave when they turn 17 these orphans are literally put out on the streets with the used clothes on their backs no social services waiting to give them a hand or hardship scholarship or any support system nothing the boys can join the army but the girls oh the girls really break my heart and by the way those 90 babies i had to leave behind in that institution 5 years ago where just 90 of the more than 147 000 000 orphans in this world today yes that is 147 million children today without a parent to care for them fight for them as any parent would so tonight on the eve of lexie and my adoption day i thank god for adoption domestic international open closed however these children come to their forever families i will always be grateful to god for his gift of adoption and especially my adoption of this amazing little soul i traveled around the world to find and cherish and nurture and love as my own because she is my own now and forever my sweet lexie lou born to me five years ago 5 25 2012 11 52 00 am edit this 2 comments five years ago almost to the minute i walked down a long dark hallway into a very small very crowed extremely hot room to see the face of my baby girl for the first time when she was placed in my arms she looked at me and i looked at her and she burst into tears just like any other birth of course my pregnancy was over 12 months long i had false labors i had three other travel dates befo re i finally got on the plane and 116 long hours of labor from the time i boarded the plane to kazakhstan until i saw her face and it was all worth it adoption is an amazing way god creates a family thank you god for walking with me on this wonderful path of life to my baby girl here she is the tiny only 16 lbs at 1 year 1 week and 1 day scared baby girl in pink i fell in love with 5 years ago today and here is lexie today healthy happy and she can light up a room with her smile this child is loved by me and everyone she meets happy born to me day lexie lou a magical birthday 5 21 2012 11 04 00 pm edit this 4 comments may 17th lexie turned 6 her birthday was on thursday so she had a nice little party at school and then another at home with mom and me more on that another time the big party was yesterday sunday may 20th and what a special celebration it was here s the birthday girl ready to leave for her party can you guess what kind it was nope no dance party for lexie this year as much fun as she had at her previous parties this year she went for a fantasy pony party and it was truly magical we had to keep the numbers down this year so there was only 15 kids we started with rain it was more upsetting to the adults then the kids but what are you going to do and face painting can you guess what lexie is yup a peacock it seems to be the creature of the year i loved everything except the blue lips but lexie loved it all we also had a unicorn and a heart mask and kelsey was lovely with the full on unicorn mask here s the wilson girls looking smashing as a butterfly and a dragon now my personal favorite was the doggy what s funny is the dog s expression changes as she talks or smiles too cute olivia while all this adorable faces where being painted on the real event was going on the horse back riding yeah haa lexie got the first ride yes she s under the helmet with a crown naturally face paint and coat since there were 3 horse to ride all the kids took turns riding all the horses adorable little mathew and big bro justin got into the swing of it too luckily between rides sir mathew was there to save the day prince zachary wasn t far behind a prince and his 4 princesses waiting for their turns olivia the pink cat was always on a horse and some of the moms even gave it a try nice technique michelle in between rain showers i got a few shots of pretty shots of princess peacock she was feeling so pretty and having a ball riding the horses but she looked pretty cute even ready for the rain after about an hour and a half it was time for the last ride so the tuckered out horses could hit the hay here are some of them waiting what a colorful and well mannered group here are some of my favorite princesses waiting for the next part of the event then the whole crowd gathered around a little wet but ready for the next adventure the fairy godmother read to them about the mini royal pony on no he s lost they must go through the enchanted forest to find him so they can return him to the royal palace of course the birthday princess must lead the way here band of trusty enchanted creatures will help her on this quest oh look chest of treasures are found along the path the smallest prince andrew has found a hidden pot of gold hark i think they hear something could it be the missing mini royal pony yeah they found him the children lead the way back to the royal palace as princess lexie leads the sweet mini pony home they even go back down the musical path of magical bubbles now for some much deserved pink tea at the top of the castle tower naturally the tea was served in real china and of course you can t have a birthday party without cake happy birthday lexie lou there were some happy faces around the table and some lovely tea drinkers finally some presents and thank yous all around they were all so good and sweet thanks to all her buddies who came to celebrate with her and best of all grandma was there lexie loved having her and so did i more on her visit in another post but for now happy birthday my big 6 year old take me out to the ball game no really 4 27 2012 11 16 00 pm edit this 3 comments anyone that knows me knows that sports aren t my thing so when the opportunity came along to take lexie to a mariners game with her school i passed twice but then lexie said mommy can we please go to the baseball game for grandpa jake well of course the answer was yes see grandpa jake is my decease grandfather lexie s great grandfather a few months ago lexie had seen a picture of him with his simi pro baseball team and asked about him i told her how grandpa jake had played a game a few hours after he married grandma speed and how he d hit a home run for her that day well naturally my very romantic daughter loved hearing that story and wanted to go to a game so that is how lexie and i ended up joining a lot of her schoolmates teachers and their families at the opening weekend of the mariners game luckily i went with angela and her three boys angela and i were of the same minds regarding the event we had a game plan and it had nothing to do with baseball step 1 don t rush to get there whenever all the kids were ready to go we d head out honestly it s a miracle we left at all since her boys are 5 1 2 just turned 3 and 10 months old the beauty of our plan work because we drove up to the stadium with no traffic and found a free parking space just a few steps from the stadium we both looked at each other and were almost afraid to pull in because it was too easy did i mention it was free all the lots we had driven past were between 10 and 20 and a real hike too lucky us so we pulled in got out and loaded the kids stuff into her stroller along with baby tyler we walked the 20 feet to the steps and we were getting ready to take the baby back out so i could haul the stroller up to street level and these wonderful gentlemen walked up and offered to carry it up the stairs for us we just laughed and said thanks we were beginning to think it was our lucky day we got in the stadium and i have to say the staff went out of their way to make sure we had a good time and that everything was very easy for us we were escorted through the vip area to the elevator and stroller storage while there they gave all the kids including baby tyler a personalized certificate and baseball card in memory of their first game visit then when we got to our seats we had barely sat down and the mariners hit a home run with one man on base do i sound like a real fan or what go team it was a little colder than we d hoped for but tyler didn t seem to mind and the other kids didn t notice so it was all going as planned here s mathew chatting up lexie did i mention he has a little cruse on her too cute step 2 relax until someone is unhappy or it rains or it s too boring then go home step 2 was easier than we thought especially when we looked around and saw all kinds of delicious looking goodies so a couple of innings later we head down to the amazing variety of food vendors lexie and mathew shared chocolate cover strawberries on a stick you have to admire their choice no hot dogs for our crew and this was way better for them kinda as we took the elevator back up who do we run into but the moose how cool was that we didn t even have to go down to the field and stand in line sweet angela and i just laughed at this point of course we run into the moose does he have a name on our way back the kids talked me into some dippin dots why not right that seems to be the real sport at the game eating then we headed back to our seats to watch some more baseball naturally they hit another home run for us then what seemed like a few minutes later they won the game and it was time to go home and for all you doubting tomas here is the final scoreboard see dave i told you we d last more than 2 innings of course more nice men stop to help us get the storler down the steps and no traffic on the way home i am sure grandpa jake was paving the way for us to have a great day at the ballpark with the hopes of turning one of us into a fan i wouldn t go that far but i can say i didn t hate it thanks for a fun afternoon grandpa older posts a child in bloom as i embark on this adventure to aktau kazakhstan to adopt my first child this painting of a rose comes to mind i ve always loved how all the adult hands surround and protect the baby s hand but at the same time are open enough for the tiny fist to grow that s how i see this whole adoption process so many people with one child s best interest at heart and with each person giving this child a hand she will bloom into the best person she can be god has given me a wonderful gift by allowing me to help this child learn and grow i m so grateful to all the people who have supported me and i hope will continue to support me through this life challenging experience kazakhstan adoption links kazakhstan adoptive families families websites kazakhstan adoption blogs plus a few more kaz baby blog kazakhstan adoption blogs us embassy kazakhstan almaty kazakhtsan time weather aktau kaz time weather aktau kaz general info two 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