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Sunday, May 02, 2010

Pictures from Easter 2010




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This is about my life as a mother and wife. We move every few years and we love to travel. Join us on our journeys and please leave a comment!
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  • A Deviated Path
  • ASAAN
  • Bare Witness
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  • chitlinsandcamembert
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Kaz Adoption Blogs

  • NEVER SAY NEVER
    Smilevolution
    10 years ago
  • Our Journey to 5: An Adoption Story
    Happy Holidays Indeed
    13 years ago
  • Little Kazman
    August already?
    14 years ago
  • Over the Moon & Back Again
  • To Kaz for One Moore
  • Kelly & Sne's Family Blog
  • Journeytokaz

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Adoption Timeline

May 2008 Decide to pursue an international adoption from Kazakhstan
June 2008 Apply to homestudy agency in California
October 2008 Work on homestudy and apply to International Placement agency
November 2008 Finish completing homestudy
December 24, 2008 Notarize our remaining documents for our dossier
January 2, 2008 Hand carry our dossier to Sacramento for Apostilles (authenticating)
January 2009 Submit our dossier to our agency for review and translation
February 2009 Dossier is submitted to consulate
March 2009 Dossier resubmitted to consulate
April 6, 2009 Dossier cleared consulate!
April 15, 2009 Dossier to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kazakhstan
May 2009 Dossier to Ministry of Education in Almaty!
May 23, 2009 Receive LOI (Letter Of Invitation)
June 15, 2009 Travel to Kazakhstan to meet and bond with our child
July 25, 2009 Trip #2 for court
July 30, 2009 Court
September 6, 2009 Trip #3 for custody
September 12, 2009 Arrive in USA with our son!

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