We wanted to let everyone meet Stephen. Also just wanted to let everyone know that we are back home. We will update more later need to get some sleep. Thanks again to everyone for your support.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Court day
Well today was our court date. We left the apartment at 8:20am returned to the apartment at 5pm. A very long day with a very good out come. We started with a court time of 10am but didn’t get started till 11:30am. Once we were done the judge told us she would have a decision by 2:30pm, so Ducien drove us to the baby house to see Baby Larrick. We got to spend 1 hour with him. It was nice to see him in the middle of all that was going on today. We headed back to the court house where when we got there they had lost power so that then delayed us even more because they had to type up the judge’s decision. Once the judge came in she announced in a really long way that our petition to adopt Baby Larrick had been approved. So now we just have to wait out the 16 days for it to be completely final, Which means we could pick Baby Larrick up from the baby house, but we will not be coming back until it is time to bring him home to Chardon Ohio which should be 33 days after court so we should be back in Almaty on July 27th.
So we are the proud parents of Stephen Richard Talgat Larrick.
So we are the proud parents of Stephen Richard Talgat Larrick.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Time with Baby Larrick
We got to see Baby Larrick today. He is still as cute as possible. I know everyone said he would remember us well I think he did but it was not the same reaction we use to get. He was a little shy with us. He is still sitting up nicely but his standing is a little weak. He did try to take a few little steps for Drew. But most of the time he wanted held and walked around. We did take him out side again today and he just loved it. We put him in a swing and let him sit in it for a while then we both took turns on the bigger swings swinging with him. This was our longest trip outside with out him fussing we were happy to see that. We got to feed him is dinner which was really nice to do. I missed the little things like that when we were at home. I think he might be teething we got him a bath book and we brought it well he just kept putting it in his mouth and just chewing away on it. I felt around and thought I felt a few more teeth but not sure they were just below the gum level.
Well Ducien let us know he was picking us up at 8:30 for court at 10 tomorrow so I will update you all once I know more. Wish us luck!
We would also like to wish a belated HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all dads new or old or even still waiting for there little on.
Well Ducien let us know he was picking us up at 8:30 for court at 10 tomorrow so I will update you all once I know more. Wish us luck!
We would also like to wish a belated HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all dads new or old or even still waiting for there little on.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Back In Kazakhstan
Hello from Kazakhstan! We made it safe with just a few bumps in the road nothing big. We have to agree with every one that said we should not fly through Frankfurt it is a really crappie airport. One our last flight we meet another couple that is just starting there journey of adoption. We wish them a lot of luck, time and patients with the process. We are hoping to get together with them while we are here.
We are staying in the same apartment building not same apartment. But this one has been updated and is better then our last apartment. We are glad to be in the same building that way we know where everything is if we need to go some where. I will update more later today after we go to see Baby Larrick and meet with our translator.
I would really like to thank our friend Nicole for making this trip a little easier on me. I hope everything is going good at home will email you later.
Thanks everyone for your support.
We are staying in the same apartment building not same apartment. But this one has been updated and is better then our last apartment. We are glad to be in the same building that way we know where everything is if we need to go some where. I will update more later today after we go to see Baby Larrick and meet with our translator.
I would really like to thank our friend Nicole for making this trip a little easier on me. I hope everything is going good at home will email you later.
Thanks everyone for your support.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Travel for Court
Well Hello again. We are back for a little while.
I would first like to start off by explaining one of my last entries, stating we had family issues back home that we needed to take care of. Those of you that know us very well know we have 2 dogs and they are also like our children. When we found out that they were having some really big issues back home, we got a little worried about them. Hercules as most of you know he is getting up there in the years and is having those old age problems. Well we thought we had them under control but we found out that we were wrong. Now we have a mess to clean up at home once all this is over. Then Angle got a really bad infection in her neck. It is cleared up now, but the vet said it was a hot spot and is cause by allergies, so not sure if it is gone or not. We also think it could have been the stress of us not being here for 5 weeks. We are hoping with this next trip since it is so short that they will both be fine.
Also I want to explain what happen in Kazakhstan. Recently things have changed with the international adoption laws and with that, the process has also changed. What once was to be a 5 week trip with our 15 days of bonding and our court date included is now a 2 trip process. We had our bonding time and Olga turned in our dossier to the court but we were missing one form that the judge is now requiring before they set the dated for court. The form was a letter letting the judge know that Baby Larrick had been on the registry for the 6 months that they require them to be on before they can be adopted internationally. So we had to wait for them to come from the capital in Kazakhstan. That took us about 4 days to get taken care of. Then we found out that the judge had set the court date for the 20th of June. So we now have to make 3 total trips to complete the process. From what we can see from our experience and what we heard from 3 other families, the judge in Karakastek is setting court dates at least 30 days after bonding. Which we have heard is because of the new Hague Act. We don’t have a direct answer as to why it is taking so long for court, but that is just what someone has told us.
Well we leave in about 24 hours to fly back over for our court date. We will be arriving in Almaty around midnight on the 18th. We have a meeting with our translator and then we will get to go see Baby Larrick on June 19th. We are really excited to see him. I hope he remembers who we are. We then have court on June 20th hope all goes well there. We will keep you all updated once we get over there. Then on June 21st which is our anniversary we will go back to the baby house and see Baby Larrick. As long as every thing goes good at court we will be coming home on June 22nd.
Well that is what is new on our end of things, we hope everyone is doing well. We will keep everyone updated. We will let you know when we arrive in Almaty.
I would first like to start off by explaining one of my last entries, stating we had family issues back home that we needed to take care of. Those of you that know us very well know we have 2 dogs and they are also like our children. When we found out that they were having some really big issues back home, we got a little worried about them. Hercules as most of you know he is getting up there in the years and is having those old age problems. Well we thought we had them under control but we found out that we were wrong. Now we have a mess to clean up at home once all this is over. Then Angle got a really bad infection in her neck. It is cleared up now, but the vet said it was a hot spot and is cause by allergies, so not sure if it is gone or not. We also think it could have been the stress of us not being here for 5 weeks. We are hoping with this next trip since it is so short that they will both be fine.
Also I want to explain what happen in Kazakhstan. Recently things have changed with the international adoption laws and with that, the process has also changed. What once was to be a 5 week trip with our 15 days of bonding and our court date included is now a 2 trip process. We had our bonding time and Olga turned in our dossier to the court but we were missing one form that the judge is now requiring before they set the dated for court. The form was a letter letting the judge know that Baby Larrick had been on the registry for the 6 months that they require them to be on before they can be adopted internationally. So we had to wait for them to come from the capital in Kazakhstan. That took us about 4 days to get taken care of. Then we found out that the judge had set the court date for the 20th of June. So we now have to make 3 total trips to complete the process. From what we can see from our experience and what we heard from 3 other families, the judge in Karakastek is setting court dates at least 30 days after bonding. Which we have heard is because of the new Hague Act. We don’t have a direct answer as to why it is taking so long for court, but that is just what someone has told us.
Well we leave in about 24 hours to fly back over for our court date. We will be arriving in Almaty around midnight on the 18th. We have a meeting with our translator and then we will get to go see Baby Larrick on June 19th. We are really excited to see him. I hope he remembers who we are. We then have court on June 20th hope all goes well there. We will keep you all updated once we get over there. Then on June 21st which is our anniversary we will go back to the baby house and see Baby Larrick. As long as every thing goes good at court we will be coming home on June 22nd.
Well that is what is new on our end of things, we hope everyone is doing well. We will keep everyone updated. We will let you know when we arrive in Almaty.
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