Well we have visited a little girl twice now at the baby house...she was suppose to be coming off the registry today but she didn't. The way it works here is that a child is registered for 1 month in the city, 3 months in the region and 3 months in the country before a couple from outside Kazakhstan can adopt. According to the paperwork here in Kizil-Orda this little one was suppose to come off the registry today (that is why we were allowed and invited to come to Kizil-Orda). This is not what the Astana Ministry is telling us though. Our hearts are a little broken at this. Our coordinator and the official for the Ministry of Education (people in charge of adoption) are seeing if there is anything that can be done about this. So keep your fingers crossed for us and any of you that pray keep us in your thoughts (we need all the help we can get at this moment). The little girl is just so beautiful. She is 11 months old and weighs what a normal 12 month old weighs. She has a mighty set of lungs (thus will fit in good in both the Pearson and Watson families) as for the first and most of the second visit she howled. We already love her and really are hoping there is something that can be done. Otherwise we will not be able to go forward with adopting her and might have to go to another city to find a little girl that matches our requirements. Andrew and I are wondering what we did to get this type of karma...first time it was a schizophrenia backround for the first child proposed and now this. We are trying to keep positive and not cry but it isn't easy.
On another topic the food here is pretty good. At time it is a little too greasy for our liking but we can survive. We have both tried horse and it tastes pretty good. We were on the the plane from Almaty to Kizil-Orda and they gave us a cold meat tray to eat. Andrew and I were starving and it looked good so we dug in. Later our interpreter told us that what we had thought was pastrami was actually horse. It tasted like pastrami or montreal smoked meat and I liked it just fine. We haven't really eaten anything more exotic yet as my stomach isn't doing too well. Stress, food changes and sleeping troubles doesn't make for a good time. We did sleep 7 hours last night. We only woke up at 4 am this morning (we went to sleep at 9 pm). We watched Finding Nemo and Chicken Little this morning and have watched Galaxy Quest and Willy Wonka this afternoon/evening.
Well that's all for now. Again keep your fingers crossed for us. Lots of love.
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have faith little ones. :) i know it will all work out. i will bring the goddess powers to bear, bare, (howerer you spell it) or beer as it is fommy and good, and all will be well. i will mold the universe to my wishes. ;) not to worry. just relax and enjoy your movies.
love ya :)
"i have one job, it is stupid, but i am going to do it." (sigourney rocks)
Oh guys, we feel so bad for you. Hopefully they can work this out. We do believe in fate, don't we? If it is meant to be (and I'm certain it is or you wouldn't be there), then it WILL BE! Think good thoughts and hang in there. Lots of love.
Mornin' My kiddies, stay calm be positive. There is a plan in the works for you from higher up or you would not have been invited to go. Chins up my kids and trust in faith, things will work out for the 3 of you there. And as always the prayers are a given every night until you are home. L.& K. Mom & Da(d)
All will be fine. My experience is the universe does this from time to time to remind us what is worth having (remind me to tell you about the trouble I had with my home purchase). It's a clerical error, it WILL be fixed. This will work out, there is no doubt in my mind.
Personally I'm waiting FOR your karma to kick in, at which point, the government corrects the error, appologizes, you get your baby, and as you leave there is much cheering and rejoicing, maybe even strangers joining you in a complicated dance routine as you leave the baby house ;).
Remember life is what happens while we are making other plans. Someday your little daughter will realize what you went through just to find her and only her. She will feel so special and so loved. And that will be the real happy ending.
Feel brave and feel loved yourselves. Mom and Diet
the sun *will* come out! i've been thinking about the three of you all weekend ... this is just one more step in the "labor" until you have your precious little ones in your arms for good. stay strong and get all this crying out of your system so you'll be all sunshine and smiles when you finally get the good news. *hugs* and love to you -- b
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