The End

Nigmat informed us that the courts are not going to deprive Inna's rights. This is the end of the road for us. I am going to leave this blog open as a sort of memorial to our sons.

WE NEED YOUR HELP:

A simple e-mail from hundreds of people to Orson would certainly get his attention. Please, would you assist by sending an e-mail to Orson stating how appalled you are by our case and that the right thing to do would be to refund our money. Of course, if Orson does not voluntarily do this we will take him to court, but we have been through enough already.

Orson's e-mail is: info@adoptaip.com and if you would kindly cc Kevin as well at kevin@adoptaip.com. Thank you so much for your help.

I wish all of you the best on your journey to your chosen children! For those of you home with your baby...thank God for your precious one each and every day and never forget the gift and true miracle you have been blessed with.

Dawn & Joe

Our Three Sons

" See all my teeth Mommy!?!"

Mommy's Little Man! I love you Stephen!

Stas didn't like to miss anything - lol!

Joe holding the birthday boy ~ Stas!

Alex Now at 24 months

Alex (Sasha) around 7 months old...See the difference???

I have nearly reached the end of my rope...I have no more fight in me. We fought hard to adopt all three of these boys and it just doesn't seem that any of them were meant to be. I will surf the last wave for Stephen, but this week Joe and I have decided that we need to go in a different direction. Ultimately, we may never see Stephen again. He may indeed be raised in the orphanage just like his mother and her sisters and, sadly, his newborn baby brother. I loved each of these boys...they are my sons. Alexander is getting so big and has changed so much from the bright eyed baby we saw so many months ago. A fellow adopter recently home from Taraz passed along a new photo of him and he has changed...and it is not for the better. His light is gone.

Our little Stas...God, he stole our hearts quickly. I still think of him every day. I pray that he will be adopted and not remain in the orphanage and NOT be reunited with his birthmother. She doesn't deserve him.

And my sweet, sweet Stephen. You are my precious boy. I love you and living with you so far away is unbearable. I know I will have to come to terms with not being your mommy at some point. God help the selfish and evil people who stole your future.

I feel defeated. AIP will pay the price for their involvement, or lack of in our adoption and the many hearts they have broken in the name of PROFITS! My focus must soon shift to moving forward, regrouping and bringing justice to our case in the name of Alex, Stas and Stephen.

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More Torture

This seriously feels like a nightmare that is never, ever going to end. When we received the letter from the courts on Friday from Kazakhstan we figured it was a just telling us that Inna didn't show up to court. You can't imagine the SHOCK after we had two bloggers translate it for us and found out it said that WE did not show up and therefore the judge did not hear the case. We had a serious fit and called Orson immediately. He was furious and we all e-mailed Nigmat and Almagul to ask what the hell was going on!?! Almagul is our power of attorney so there should be no reason for us to be told nobody showed up in court on the 16th or the 30th of May.

After a sleepless night and plenty of tears Orson finally spoke to Nigmat. He explained that Inna's power of attorney told them that he was going to continue appealing this case on and on and on. The judge made the call to essentially "put our case on hold" in this manner (saying we didn't show up) so he could avoid a ruling. I know it is confusing, but basically if he ruled in our favor it could be dragged out for years with this idiot appealing. If he ruled in her favor that would mean Stephen spends his life in the orphanage. So he decided this was the only way we were ever going to get our son. Now that our case has been put on the shelf...they are working on depriving her rights. Once that is done they can revisit our adoption petition without any interference from Inna or this jackass power of attorney. This ass wants an apartment out of this (which costs about $70k). He has nothing to lose by appealing this case forevermore.

I am starting to think we will NEVER get Stephen. When do we stop? When do we give up and take our lives back? Nothing anyone says is reassuring. I am sick and tired of being reminded that everyone is working for "free" on our behalf there.

Many people have been asking how we found Inna's three brothers (Stephen's uncles). I posted a message on the Yahoo Ust group and amazingly, their mom still reads it! The boys are very excited about their nephew. Unfortunately, their mom had to explain that their sister, Inna, is not doing very well and is repeating this awful family pattern. I just pray that we can bring our son home - someday soon!

Some Exciting News...

I am so excited right now because I just found the family that adopted Inna's brothers! I know I mentioned several times that Inna is one of seven children who grew up in the orphanage since their parents' rights were deprived. I knew that at least two of the boys were adopted in the US. It is actually three and they were adopted together. I do not want to mention any of their names or specific information to protect their privacy, but I did want to share this awesome "find" with all of you! This is just a true blessing for all of our sons!

I am glad to at least have gotten some good news today. Finding out that I will most likely NOT travel to get Stephen in July really depressed me yesterday. I am sooooooo at the end of my rope. I was also told today that Nina, the translator here in the US, is on vacation until Friday, so she can't translate the letter until next week. So, thank you to my bloggy friends who offered to translate the letter. Joe and I are faxing it their way tonight.

Joe and I have talked endlessly about what we want to do about Stephen's baby brother. We have decided we are not going to adopt him. There are a million reasons, but it was not an easy decision. First, Orson told us that it will cost us money...and we do not have any. Second, we realize that emotionally we do not feel we have what it takes to devote the necessary time and affection to two babies. We want our son to have us 100%. Lastly, Inna is likely to have many more children and we simply can't adopt them all. I feel that God will lead Stephen's brother to a wonderful family destined for him and we pray we can remain connected.