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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,…

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,…

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.

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…

It’s official, we are proud parents to a son! Please see the above video. A brief synopsis of the court appointment will come later. Thank you all so much for your support as we got to this joyous day! Steph and Gary

It is my 4th day home since arriving back home from Kazakhstan and I am finally forcing myself to update my blog. My challenge was my plethora of emotions running through my brain and I am not even sure I can do justice to my thoughts even now, days later. Perhaps a list will help…

I woke up today in a foul mood from lots of stress and heightened anxiety** going on in this house the past few days to the knowledge that it was February 18th. Which means that while I was waking up here in New York, February 18th was nearing its’ end in Kazakhstan. And what that…

At this point, we are set to arrive in Almaty on March 13, should nothing change. Though we want to take custody of Major Cutie right away as he is ours forevermore, I was hoping for a slow lead up to that, perhaps 1 or 2 days of visits just like we did back when…