I Believe It's Time For Me To Fly!

At about noon yesterday afternoon I received another of the long awaited calls in this process, I have a court date! It’s Tuesday May 6th. I will be leaving on May 3rd for a May 4th arrival and coming home on May 8th. This will be a very short but very important trip. After the Judge rules in my favor, and of course I hope and pray that he/she will, I will be going back to Kazakhstan in early June to bring BB home. I am still waiting to hear about whether or not I will be able to see BB on this trip, I hope so! I have lots to do to get ready for my trip, I’ll keep you all posted. Chris

Six Weeks

While I'm waiting for my court date I decided I would continue to post to my blog so here you go. Last Monday I went to NYC to try to get the new documents the Judge requested notarized, authenticated and apostilled, it was not as simple as it should have been to say the least! I was able to get six of the eight documents done; they are on their way to Almaty now. Yesterday I received new copies of the other two documents he requested so this morning I went back to NYC to get all of the required stamps and approvals, those two documents are on their way to St. Louis now, from there they will also be sent to Almaty.

Today is six weeks since my papers were submitted to the Ecik court, no update. Missing my baby boy a lot today, Chris

One Month Ago Today

Exactly one month ago today, March 11th. my papers were submitted to the court in Ecik. Today I received an update; apparently I will not get a court date for at least another month. My coordinator in Almaty has frequent contact with the Judge and he has decided to ‘take advantage of all of the time given to him by law’ before he assigns my court date. When I received my invitation to travel in February, CHI was told the time allowed by law to assign a court date is three months, the information CHI received today implied that the time allowed by law is two months, we are not sure which is right and in this process it may be very difficult to find out which it is. I know of two other families adopting from Ecik who have been waiting over four months for their court dates. So I am basically in limbo for at least another month if not two or more. The good Judge has decided to keep me occupied while I wait, he has asked for new and multiple copies of several of my documents. The process to notarize, authenticate and apostille will begin once again for the requested documents.

To those of you who have seen me type Issyk before, Ecik and Issyk are the same place, one is the Kazakh spelling and one is the Russian spelling.

That’s it for now and apparently for quite awhile. Chris

A Shower, But No Rain

Yesterday my sister Maria and friend Emily through a baby shower for me and BB. Many of my family and friends came to help me prepare for the eventual arrival of BB. We received many gifts, clothes, a car seat, a stroller, many books, gift cards, and a hand made blanket to name a few. It was great to see my friends and family. I think a good time was had by all. Thanks to Maria and Emily for throwing the shower and to all my family and friends who came and made the day special. Special thanks to Margery and Ibby who sent gifts but were unable to attend, I hope you are both feeling better soon. Take care, Chris