Lyle & I made the decision to adopt a baby from Kaz in December 2007. Since then, it's been a marathon-type event getting our dossier prepared to be sent to the country. Fingerprinting, child abuse checks, home studies, medical histories & autobiographies. Oh, I can't forget about the adoption seminar Lyle had to attend solo. He couldn't stop talking about the lunch for days afterward. Hopefully, we'll encounter a similar menu while we're away.

Our dossier left Winnipeg around the middle of July 2008 and made it's way around parts of Canada, including Toronto, Montreal & Ottawa for notarizing, translation into Russian among other things. Finally, on September 2, Lyle tracked our 3 pound FedEx package & located it in Astana, Kazakhstan at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Whoo hoo!!! This was a huge relief, knowing that things are really kicking into high gear. Based on our friends' experiences, we judge our departure date to be early in 2009! Hope we're not jinxing anything by suggesting that.