Thursday, July 21, 2005

Home Study to Homecoming

Below is a start-to-finish listing of all the blog posts from our Kazakhstan Adoption Adventure. I did this because I found it quite challenging to find a single day's post in Blogger's method of archiving on a monthly basis. So, this is kind of a table of contents, for lack of any better term.

The entries start at the top with the earliest entry, when we started this blog back in September of 2004. It's all paperwork and waiting until May of 2005, then the fun started: travel, meet, cry, pray, rejoice, groundhog days, court, waiting, and, finally, home sweet home.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - Beginning the adoption process

Thursday, October 07, 2004 - Immigration red tape...

Friday, October 08, 2004 - Immigration approval!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - Changes to Kaz adoption program

Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - All paperwork sent...whew!

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - Slight delays

Friday, November 12, 2004 - November 12 2004

Monday, December 06, 2004 - Trust and obey

Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - We prayed for a clear answer...

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - Bureaucratic red tape type stuff

Monday, January 10, 2005 - Finally, dossier is translated and in NY

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - When you pray for rain...

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - TWO BOYS!!!!!

Friday, February 04, 2005 - Ok, more info, time to focus...

Monday, February 07, 2005 - More info on the boys

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - Destination known

Friday, February 11, 2005 - Medical evaluations

Monday, February 14, 2005 - Travel time frame

Saturday, February 26, 2005 - Small world

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - UPDATE!

Friday, April 15, 2005 - God's time, not ours

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - The Letter of Invitation has arrived!!!

Friday, April 29, 2005 - Travel visas

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - Visa update

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - Visa update

Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - Visa update

Thursday, May 05, 2005 - Morbidly obese friends...

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - We're here!

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - Almaty

Sunday, May 08, 2005 - Almaty

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - Taraz!

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - Papa

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - Our first family picture!

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - Day 2 in Taraz

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - The **BIG** News

Friday, May 13, 2005 - Open wide!!!

Saturday, May 14, 2005 - Stockings of the Day

Monday, May 16, 2005 - Just a bunch of pictures

Monday, May 16, 2005 - More Monday...

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - What a HANDFUL!!

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Thursday, May 19, 2005 - Peanut Butter

Friday, May 20, 2005 - Is there DFACS in Taraz?

Saturday, May 21, 2005 - Mine's broken!

Sunday, May 22, 2005 - History of Taraz

Monday, May 23, 2005 - Day 14 of the 14 day Bonding Period

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - Groundhog Day

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - Another day in paradise

Thursday, May 26, 2005 - Kazakhstan or Colorado?

Friday, May 27, 2005 - Schedule

Saturday, May 28, 2005 - PMS

Monday, May 30, 2005 - Girly- Girl

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - Sweet Fancy Moses!

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - The heat...my God, the heat!

Thursday, June 02, 2005 - Milestones and disturbing images

Friday, June 03, 2005 - ICE CREAM!!!

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - Day 4 of 15 in the books

Monday, June 06, 2005 - Badges? We don't need...

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - N-E-K-K-I-D

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - Who’s the Boss?

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - Plof

Friday, June 10, 2005 - Sippy cup...DA!

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - Fashion Show

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 2 more days and a wake up!

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - Garshok

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - First time for EVERYTHING!

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - By the time you read this post...

Thursday, June 16, 2005 - Decisions, decisions...

Friday, June 17, 2005 - The Good Kids

Sunday, June 19, 2005 - Parrott Monkeys

Monday, June 20, 2005 - Falling out of bed...

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - Ookah-Bookah!

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - The Playground

Thursday, June 23, 2005 - Hard Day's Night

Friday, June 24, 2005 - Earthquake?

Saturday, June 25, 2005 - Cool days, mountains, parks, and weddings

Sunday, June 26, 2005 - Our Last Sunday in Kazakhstan

Monday, June 27, 2005 - Last night in Almaty

Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 24 Sandlin Style

Thursday, June 30, 2005 - Good morning

Friday, July 01, 2005 - Happy July 1!

Saturday, July 02, 2005 - Ahhh, the weekend

Sunday, July 03, 2005 - First time in church

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - Settling in, and a bunch of "firsts"

Saturday, July 09, 2005 - Thank you!

Thursday, July 14, 2005 - But wait! There's MORE!