What a year....

One year ago today Brian and i left for yet another journey to adopt a little girl. I just got done ready all the blog post and comments allot of you left and all i can say is THANK YOU. Remembering us sitting in the apartment over there and checking this blog is what kept us going for the 6 1/2 weeks we were there. I cant believe it has been a year already since we left. We have had a wonderful year with Sabina and i thank god everyday for both of my kids, they are truly the little blessing i always dreamed of having. Adoption is a true blessing in ways some people don't get. When you cant give birth to a child you start to think you will never be able to have kids. When i started to think that is when i decided i could have children and change a child's life for the better. That is when we decided to think about adoption. It was funny how it all worked out because just as we were talking about adoption we mentioned it to friends of ours and the next day she came over to our house with a paper clipping about an adoption picnic that we should go to. Well it happened to be we didn't have nothing to do on that Saturday so we went and that day changed our lives forever. Thanks you Jennelle, i don't know if you even remember bring that to us but we do. Anyways so the journey for caden started and after we were done with the paperwork and traveling we swore we couldn't do it again. funny thing was i didn't want caden to grow up with out a sister or brother. I think in the back of my mind i said i am young maybe just maybe i will get pregnant. Well three years past and nothing so i took matters into my own hands and said we are adopting again and this time we are going for a girl. Brian was not happy at first because money and what is wrong with just one. kid. He says now how great she is and we couldn't live without both of our children. Anyways days like today i sit back and think about how my kids life would be without us and that alone makes me very blessed to have them and be able to give them wonderful families and better lives.
Well i just wanted you to all know how truly wonderful you all are and if anyone is still reading this thank you. Thank you all for writing to us and keeping in touch while we were over in Kaz. We have 2 amazing kids because of that country and i could thank them enough.
Beckie

Our first Hellos to Sabina in a month so glad to see her.... and Sabina's BIG Brother Caden sharing hats and showing her how to wear Cadens hats like DAD..... WHATSSSSUP!!!!!

Sabina @ home Finally.......................And..... she's out...... what a long journey so glad to have her HOME.

SHE' HOME..... Will post pictures soon

what a small world

I got a email this morning from a lady who was in Kustanai over the summer and at the baby house Sabina is at. Anyways she came across our blog and realized she spent allot of time with Sabina and her group while she was there helping build a play area for the kids. So she emailed me pictures of Sabina from last summer. I just wanted to share them with you all. It is very unusual to have pictures of your child you are adopting before they are yours. So i really appreciate what this lady did. Also just an FYI Sabina will be home in the morning of March 6th. We will be picking her up at the GR airport and bring her home. If anyone want to stop by feel free we will home. We can't wait to see her again. Talk to you soon.

Beckie

Update

Just wanted to update you guys on what is going on. Sabina is now legally ours as of Feb 9th. They have started the paperwork over there to get her home. We are hoping she will be coming home March 6th or sooner. We can't wait to pick her up at the airport. She is very missed. Nothing new is really going on here at home. Just working and catching up on stuff. I will let you all know when we have a date for sure. Also mark your calendars we are having a Sabina party at my parents on March 28th. Further details will be coming later.
Love
Beckie

WE ARE HOME

We have arrived home safe. Our flight back went good, everything was on time and we arrived into Grand Rapids 20 minutes early. It has been a couple busy days since we got back. We jumped right back into work and we are trying to get Caden back on our schedule. He was very glad to see his mom and dad. Our computer is down right now so i am writing from my dad's house. We will keep you all posted on when Sabina will be coming home. Again thank you all again for your love and support.
Love Beckie and Brian

We have started our departure

Yesterday we left the orphanage area of Kustanai. We had to fly to Almaty for two days. Our flight from Almaty to Frankfort leaves Sunday at 420am. We will be arriving into Grand Rapids around 340pm Sunday afternoon pending weather hold up. We are sitting here in the lobby of the hotel having a drink. We have all day today doing nothing. We walked around town for a few hours. Our feet are killing us since we really havent been walking or doing a whole lot for the past 6 weeks. Leaving Sabina was very hard as she has found a place in our hearts. We knew leaving her that she was in really good hands with her caregivers. They care for her and really watch out for her. She will be coming home at the end of Febuary. Well we are heading to lunch so we will talk to you all when we get home. Thank you all for your love and suport through this whole process.
Love Brian and Beckie

SHE IS OURS

We just got out of court(11:30am) and we were congratulated and told that the judge said yes to the adoption and no one had any objections. We do have to go back at 2:30pm for the reading of the decision, Just a formality nothing big. Then we are heading to the orphanage to hand out gifts and visit with Sabina for the last time until she is brought to us. We are hoping for her to come home around the last week of Feb. We are very happy and can't wait until she can start her new life. We leave tomorrow to go to Almaty and wait until our flight Sunday. We fly out at 4:20am and get home at 3:40pm Sunday. We will be able to get on the Internet in Almaty so we will talk to you all later. 3 more days and we are coming home.
Love Beckie and Brian

We have a court date set.....

Well we are finally getting some were. Today we had pre-court and it went well. He was concerned about our paperwork but Janet told him he will have it tomorrow. She was going to the airport at 6pm to get it. So he schedule court for next Thursday the 22nd at 10:30am. He said our agents license has to be here by then or he will have to reschedule court. Our agent emailed us and told us she talked to someone and it was sent out, so I have to believe she will get it before then. He is also going to except a fax of it and then she will have to just send a notarized copy overnight when she can. But the good news is we should be able to fly out on the 25th like planed. After court we will come back to the apartment and do laundry and pack. Then Friday we will fly out of Kustanai at 9:30am and fly over to Almaty for our embassy interview. We have to do that now because we are having her escorted home. Then we will stay in Almaty for 2 nights and fly out of Almaty at 4:10am on Sunday and be on our way home. So that’s all for now. The judge seemed really nice and knew that we have been here for 5 weeks and really felt bad and said he was sorry and he would try to get us home soon. No they can not make it so Sabina can come home with us but we did try. At least we got this far. Things are starting to look up. Now if only weather and everything else in between now and next Sunday can go smooth we will be home in no time. Love you all and thank you for caring and praying for us. PS. We did go visited Sabina today and she is doing good. I do feel bad for leaving her but she will be home in short time. Talk later
Beckie and Brian

a couple more pictures

Hi daddy.

Pre-Court is Scheduled

We were told today that pre-court will be next Thursday at 2:30pm. The down side to this all is we are going to be here for another 2 weeks. We maybe able to fly home on Jan. 24th if all goes well. We don't know anymore then that. If everything gets here and pre-court goes off without any big problems then he should schedule court the week after. Anyways that is all of an update for now. Talk later
Beckie and Brian

Still No Good News

We were told today that the judge will not schedule our court or pre-court until we have all of our documents updated. Before we left there was a few document that need updated because they were over 1 year old. Well i did my part and got them together and notarized and handed into the agent before we left. Our agent was to then translated and sent over here. Well apparently they were going to the embassy and i didn't know that part. Well to make a long story short those documents are still at the embassy and we are here waiting for them. We are not sure how much longer we are going to be here. Like i said before we still have no GOOD news. I will update when i hear anymore. Love you all and thank you for your love and support through this.
Beckie and Brian

STILL NO NEWS

Well Janet handed in our paperwork and found out who are judge was. All i know is she said he is good and a guy. He has a few days to look over our paperwork then will set up a pre-court date. Janet said she is hoping that after the pre-court it will be another week. But nothing is set in stone yet. We are hoping to hear something by the end of the week and when we do we will let you all know. Nothing new is or has happened. Sabina is the same, good as always. I just sit here and think about how things will be when we get home. Well for now that's all of an update i can give. Hope you all are well and keeping warm. Love everyone and will talk later
Love
Beckie and Brian

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE

Just wanted to get on and say Happy New Years to everyone. Hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday. We miss everyone and hope to see you all soon. Sabina is doing good. We won't see her for two day because of there holiday here, but we will be back to visiting on Friday. It's very loud here at night. They light off fireworks for the holiday like we light up our houses. they do it at all times of the day and night. I think we are the only american in this city at the time. We are going to the market mall to get Sabina an outfit for when she comes home in Feb. Well be safe and we will talk to you next year. LOL
Beckie and Brian

20 days and and counting....hopefully

Hello everyone,
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Anyways just wanted to give you a short update. We found out Friday that the courts here close down from Dec 23 to Jan 5th, so our paperwork will not be looked at until then. After the judge looks at the paperwork she will set up a date for precourt and hopefully court. We don't think we will be home before the 16th of Jan. There laws and procedure are so diffrent then ours at home it is hard to understand there thinking, but we are here and can't leave until after court. Missing Caden and our families and friends is the hardest thing. We can't just pick up the phone and call someone to talk or drive to the mall. Being stuck in this apartment is hard. Lucky for me i sleep until like 11:30 am everyday and by the time i get up and around it is almost 2pm. So my days are going by pretty fast. We have gotten out and walked around there town alittle. Not a whole lot to do. They have market malls but its not like we are here to shop. Anyways i didn't want this to sound like a pity party because its not, we are fine we have each other and we do get to visit Sabina everyday. And by the way she is doing fine nothing has really changed. We are on a 20 day count down, we are hoping to leave in like 20 days. Anyways have a good New Years. Love and miss you all. Talk to you later.
Beckie and Brian

Ok so i wasnt there, but these are pictures of our Caden at Beckie's parents house. My mom and dad posted them for me. Happy New Years everyone.

Hi Mom....This is caden talking to his mom christmas day. LOVE YOU MOM.

ok, So i'm a ham bone...but hey, I got the Junior hat on.

Woo Hoo.....we're going to be playing WII with my Mom and Dad

Ok, so i had to show it off again. But hey, i'm cute.....

WE ARE BACK ON LINE PEOPLE

Hi everyone,
Sorry we have not wrote in a while, our internet was down. Anyways not a lot has changed. We have been visiting Sabina everyday. She is doing good and starting to really warm up to Brian. She can say a couple words in English but she will just forget when we leave so we don’t push to hard. We got out of the apartment today and walked around town. They don’t celebrate Christmas on Christmas so everything was open. They celebrate on the 31st and the 1st. We went out for dinner at the Beer Pub, cool place. We hope you all are having a wonderful holiday and we wish you all a Merry Christmas. We sure do miss home today. Brian is doing everything possible to keep my mind off of Christmas and what is happening back at home. I hear you all are getting a butt load of snow, that’s cool. We don’t have any here and they said that is why it is so cold. Yesterday was like -19C. Freezing out. The sun doesn’t come up until 10:00 am and it starts to go down at like 4:30 pm so we don’t get much sun time around here. K well I will get you all get back to your families. We love all of you and miss everyone. Talk to you later
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Love Beckie and Brian

This is a picture of our living room, as you can see it's also where we do our computer stuff.

Ok so we're a little proud of her. lol. ( Sabina Lynn Perkin )

Brian cooking our dinner.....yeah right. lol

This one is of our Apt. We're on the 5th floor.and no elevators. No it's not Hilton but it's home for now. This isnt's kansas either. TOTO

This one is of our view ..... the small little sheds are actually houses. the big ones are the houses for the richer ones. looking forward to coming home!!!

Dinner anyone? Yep these are how their dogs are packaged. Like i said before....cant wait for a whopper from BK...lol