We just got news a couple of days ago that we will be travelling to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, in about four weeks; roughly around July 24. We are both overjoyed about this great development!
It looks like we will be adopting a baby boy who is now nine months old. He lives in a baby home in Karaganda. A baby home is more civilized than what we in Canada would think of as an orphanage. There is a very good staff-to-child ratio and the living conditions are good. As a rule, children in Kazakhstan do not experience developmental delays caused by living in a baby home. The same can't be said of some other countries' orphanages.
Now it's time to panic. Book tickets, get visas, buy some new luggage, buy baby supplies, make the house safe for a toddler, brush up on our Russian and learn a bit of Kazakh... .
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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