HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!!

Posted on by Stephanie Karp



Time to travel from Almaty to NYC door to door: 22.5 hours
Chocolates purchased in Amsterdam airport: 20 Euros
Length of Delay for extra security check in Amersterstam: 1.5 hours
Amount of Hours I Slept During Entire Trip Home: 1.5 hours
Number of Movies I watched on Plane: 2
Number of times we thought of Batyrhan on the plane: Too many to count
Number of times we thought of Emma and Eden on the plane: Too many to count

Getting Hugged by our Daughters after not seeing them for 18 days: PRICELESS!!

56 thoughts on “HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!!”

  1. Enjoy your girls, your home, your *bed*! And we all hope you're back in Kaz and then back home again as a family of five very, very soon.

  2. Enjoy your girls, your home, your *bed*! And we all hope you're back in Kaz and then back home again as a family of five very, very soon.

  3. Enjoy your girls, your home, your *bed*! And we all hope you're back in Kaz and then back home again as a family of five very, very soon.

  10. Welcome home my sweet friends Steph and Gary!

    I am so glad you are home safe and sound and your journey home was fairly uneventful. minus thinking of your little man non-stop!

    I can not wait to catch up on the phone and of course in person, we must set a Jan. date to get together.

    I am so happy for you, I can not even explain in words the happiness I feel for the Karp family.

    What an honor it has been to follow along on "trip 1", you are an amazing writer and gifted friend. Love you so much.

  11. Welcome home my sweet friends Steph and Gary!

    I am so glad you are home safe and sound and your journey home was fairly uneventful. minus thinking of your little man non-stop!

    I can not wait to catch up on the phone and of course in person, we must set a Jan. date to get together.

    I am so happy for you, I can not even explain in words the happiness I feel for the Karp family.

    What an honor it has been to follow along on "trip 1", you are an amazing writer and gifted friend. Love you so much.

  15. So glad to see you are home safe and sound. I was tearing up reading about this because we were also in the same place as you just this past summer. The time will go by fast and before you know it, you will be going back for court. I hope to talk to you soon! Happy New year Karps!

  16. So glad to see you are home safe and sound. I was tearing up reading about this because we were also in the same place as you just this past summer. The time will go by fast and before you know it, you will be going back for court. I hope to talk to you soon! Happy New year Karps!

  17. So glad to see you are home safe and sound. I was tearing up reading about this because we were also in the same place as you just this past summer. The time will go by fast and before you know it, you will be going back for court. I hope to talk to you soon! Happy New year Karps!

  21. So glad you made it home safely to your girls, another step closer to being all together as the Karp family of 5
    Happy New Year may 2010 be a great year for us all.

  22. So glad you made it home safely to your girls, another step closer to being all together as the Karp family of 5
    Happy New Year may 2010 be a great year for us all.

  23. So glad you made it home safely to your girls, another step closer to being all together as the Karp family of 5
    Happy New Year may 2010 be a great year for us all.

  24. welcome home!!! cannot wait to catch up with a long overdue phone call. a replacement brunch needs to be planned soon – have gary check his schedule.
    looking forward to hearing all about everything!
    -ks

  25. welcome home!!! cannot wait to catch up with a long overdue phone call. a replacement brunch needs to be planned soon – have gary check his schedule.
    looking forward to hearing all about everything!
    -ks

  26. welcome home!!! cannot wait to catch up with a long overdue phone call. a replacement brunch needs to be planned soon – have gary check his schedule.
    looking forward to hearing all about everything!
    -ks

  33. Oh what a sweet reunion! You all look positively giddy! Glad your travels weren't too crazy. Hope your New Year brings all of the good things in life…including one very special addition to your beautiful family. xoxo

  34. Oh what a sweet reunion! You all look positively giddy! Glad your travels weren't too crazy. Hope your New Year brings all of the good things in life…including one very special addition to your beautiful family. xoxo

  35. WOW, I just finished the whole first journey. He is simply beautiful and I am so thrilled for you. I am not sure how I missed the fact that that you all had left but could just cry at the beauty of your journey so far. I was even talking about you all on our Christmas vacation as my husband's sister lives in Brooklyn. Maybe we can hook you all up! She has a 1 1/2 year old that LOVES to play with sweet boys from Kaz! 🙂 So excited for you all! Glad you are home safe and will hope and pray that the journey back is Quick, Quick!!

  36. WOW, I just finished the whole first journey. He is simply beautiful and I am so thrilled for you. I am not sure how I missed the fact that that you all had left but could just cry at the beauty of your journey so far. I was even talking about you all on our Christmas vacation as my husband's sister lives in Brooklyn. Maybe we can hook you all up! She has a 1 1/2 year old that LOVES to play with sweet boys from Kaz! 🙂 So excited for you all! Glad you are home safe and will hope and pray that the journey back is Quick, Quick!!

  40. Glad to hear that you arrived home with minimum delays and expensive chocolate. The cake and the girls look wonderful.
    Hope your home with Batyrhan, Emma and Eden really soon and can really be a family of 5
    All the best for 2010!

  41. Glad to hear that you arrived home with minimum delays and expensive chocolate. The cake and the girls look wonderful.
    Hope your home with Batyrhan, Emma and Eden really soon and can really be a family of 5
    All the best for 2010!

  42. congrats! Welcome home and Happy Happy New Year! This one will be one to remember 😉 tslk to you soon!
    Julie C.

  43. congrats! Welcome home and Happy Happy New Year! This one will be one to remember 😉 tslk to you soon!
    Julie C.

  44. congrats! Welcome home and Happy Happy New Year! This one will be one to remember 😉 tslk to you soon!
    Julie C.

  45. Hi! You don't know me. Much like you, I am a researcher and planner so I am currently in that phase of our hopeful adoption journey. I came across your blog today, and I couldn't believe the process you have been through and that you finally got to meet your son! Congrats!

    Brooke

  46. Hi! You don't know me. Much like you, I am a researcher and planner so I am currently in that phase of our hopeful adoption journey. I came across your blog today, and I couldn't believe the process you have been through and that you finally got to meet your son! Congrats!

    Brooke

  47. Hi! You don't know me. Much like you, I am a researcher and planner so I am currently in that phase of our hopeful adoption journey. I came across your blog today, and I couldn't believe the process you have been through and that you finally got to meet your son! Congrats!

    Brooke

  48. Yeah!! So happy to see you made it back to your girls. It makes me remember how thrilled we were to see Aidan and Kristin after our Kaz trip #1….the word 'thrilled' doesn't really do it justice, does it?!?! Congrats on making the big trip home, and all the best in your last weeks as a family of four before you bring back that sweet little boy!

  54. I'm just a random Internet, but I am so glad I swung by! Congratualtions and thanks for sharing so much. It
    s so wonderful and interesting (as a China parent) to see another, different kind of story. Best wishes–
    KJ (aka Lola Granola)

  55. I'm just a random Internet, but I am so glad I swung by! Congratualtions and thanks for sharing so much. It
    s so wonderful and interesting (as a China parent) to see another, different kind of story. Best wishes–
    KJ (aka Lola Granola)

  56. I'm just a random Internet, but I am so glad I swung by! Congratualtions and thanks for sharing so much. It
    s so wonderful and interesting (as a China parent) to see another, different kind of story. Best wishes–
    KJ (aka Lola Granola)

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