Seattle and waiting

We had a very nice visit with our agency today and got many of our last minute questions answered. After searching all available flights there we no really good options that really got us started on the process any sooner. We could have left Monday but it put us doing three nights of red eye flights in a row. Our agency basically said, sure you can do that, but you have some pretty important business that you want to be alert for once you arrive.

Some of you have asked what our first few days there will be like and I will do my best to describe what should happen. When we arrive in Uralsk (which should be on Friday morning), we will have a few moments to clean up from days of traveling. After that we will have a very important meeting with the Ministry of Education. This will be where we state what type of child(ren) we are hoping to welcome into our family, and we will explain why we choose to adopt from Kazakhstan. After this meeting we should be granted permission to visit the baby houses.

Once at the baby house we will be introduced to children that meet our specifications one at a time. We should be given a little time with each child. After this process we get/have to make one of the biggest decisions of our lives. Most people have said that their heart makes this decision clear, and many times the child picks them. We really hope that this part is clear as we are very nervous about such an important decision.