About Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is in central asia. It was once part of the Soviet Union. It is nestled to the south of Russia and northeast of China. The national language is Kazakh but the common language spoken is Russian.
Lilypie

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

1st Day of School

Sasha and Masha started school today. They were both very excited and happy to go to school. The small issue came up when I said goodbye to Masha and she decided I should not leave her.
Sasha was a bit hesitant also. I can only imagine going to a new place where there are a bunch of kids you have never seen before (and of course most of them know each other) and everyone is speaking a language you are still trying to learn and you are in this environment that all you have to compare it to is the orphanage you recently left. THAT'S A LOT! I lurked around for about 30 min. after which they seemed fine. I hope we were able to reassure them they would be home everyday after school. Thankfully, it is only a 1/2 day of school. I will probably be a wreck by noon worrying that everything is OK.........

Timeline to Kazakhstan

  • July 28, 2009: Gotcha Day
  • June 17, 2009: Court in Ust-K
  • May 21, 2009: left for Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • May 7, 2009: received LOI and region assignment to Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • March 12, 2009: dossier approved and sent to Kazakhstan
  • Feb. 26 2009: dossier sent to Kazakhstans DC embassy
  • Jan. 23 2009: updated documents apostilled and fed-ex'd to AA
  • Jan. 20 2009: received FBI clearance
  • Jan. 7 2009: Re-did the Re-do of the FBI fingerprinting (Kari) and sent for clearance
  • Dec. 19 2008: Re-did FBI fingerprinting and sent for clearance
  • July 11: Dossier authenticated and Fed-ex'd to Adoption Ark.
  • June 21: received I-171h
  • April 19- received fingerprinting notice in the mail
  • Feb. 13 went to Sherrif dept- got black fingers (fingerprinting) for FBI clearance
  • Feb. 8: received dossier packet via email from AA (Adoption Ark)
  • February 6: mailed contract and initial paperwork
  • 2008