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I haven't left my kids for our trips for the adoption yet, but we left them for a week over the summer for the first time (for that long). I made a book called fun times with mom and dad and had pictures of them with us doing various things and I wrote captions under each picture. I bought that lament that you just put over the page and it sticks then I took it to kinkos to have it bound. The grandparents kept it out and read it to them whenever they wanted. I'm getting things together to make another book for when we go to Russia with pictures of Russia saying where we are and why.
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Two boys (5 and 7)
Feb 05 to Aug 06 unsuccessful in Russia
August 06, changing countries (paperchasing)
Oct 06 dossier sent to agency
Nov 06 dossier made it through the Embassy, now
it's on its way to Kaz!!
Dec 06 dossier at the first Ministry (MFA)
Jan 06 dossier now at second Ministry (MOE)
One more to go.....that's the regional one
Still hoping for LOI (letter of invitation) in Jan
Jan 31---dossier still at MOE, no LOI in Jan 
Feb 16--We know our region--Karaganda Kaz.
Last step in the process--wait for LOI
March 15 07--received LOI
Left for Kaz March 21
Paperwork glitch but decided to stay while it was handled (hence the long time between leaving for trip and court)
Court May22, 2007 
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