More photos to be added tomorrow. This video gives a few minute highlight for now. I will leave you with one photo until tomorrow. Let’s just say — it was a first for me.
Category: Travel/Meeting Our Son
Brick by Brick by Brick
Trust grows with each brick laid. Today was the best day yet and now I can honestly say that it is breaking my heart to leave. I didn’t take many photos at all today but what transpired was felt within Gary’s and my heart intensely. I saw the future and the future looked bright. A…
Paka Paka Batyrhan … Until We Meet Again
Today was our last day with Batyrhan and while I was dreading its arrival, the visit was as good as it could have been under the chaos of our final day. Batyrhan was brought in to us today by his caregiver, Jameela, in an adorable court jester outfit in celebration of New Years, a very…
HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!!
Time to travel from Almaty to NYC door to door: 22.5 hoursChocolates purchased in Amsterdam airport: 20 EurosLength of Delay for extra security check in Amersterstam: 1.5 hoursAmount of Hours I Slept During Entire Trip Home: 1.5 hoursNumber of Movies I watched on Plane: 2Number of times we thought of Batyrhan on the plane: Too…
Time Passes
Photo of a snow capped tree in Almaty on a clear day in December 2009. It has been almost 2 weeks since we have been home. Time has been spent with family and friends and we have gotten back into the swing of our lives. It took me a very long time to get over…
More Photos of Emma and Eden’s Little Brother
Still no news yet for our court date and time does seem to be passing slowly. The unfairness of the situation for Batyrhan only grows more and more in my heart with each passing day. But I have faith in the process and know that our court dates will eventually come and then shortly after,…
Family Resemblance
Little Brother happily will share some family traits — for example, a cute dimple in the chin just like big sister Eden and beautiful eyes as dark as chocolate kisses like big sister Emma. Big Sisters Emma and Eden, waiting patiently for their little brother to finally come home … Special thanks to my brother,…
Presidential Blood?
Nursultan Nazarbayev — the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan since its inception in 1991. Day 20 since we have seen our boy and I miss him very much.
Bedtime Songs AKA Musical Theater Karp Style
My Life is Already Forever Changed
Just reminiscing … This is the video I made after our second day of bonding with our little boy. It breaks my heart to watch this, I almost had to shut it off. A boy who enjoyed a mama and papa so much should not have to have them taken out of his life for…