We'll write a more detailed post soon, but just wanted to quickly post that our court hearing is over and the adoption has been granted. Except for the 20 minutes we waited in the courtroom for the hearing to begin (the judge arrived at 10:20) it was practically over before we knew it! The ruling came within 5 minutes after we stepped out of the court room at the end of the proceedings, and during the hearing, the Prosecutor asked us only one question ("You both work, so who will care for Makseem when you get back to America?") It is now noon on Monday in Ust, and we have some running around to do this afternoon before visiting our little guy this afternoon and then packing up tonight.
Zakary Makseem Leggett. Our son.
Pictures will follow soon, we promise!
We will visit Zakary Makseem one more time on Tuesday morning, and then we will fly to Almaty, spend the night, and begin our journey to Cincinnati on Wednesday morning, 7:20 AM Kaz time.
May 28 is our next milestone -- the day after the 15-day appeal period.
More soon! Off to hit the "markets" one more time!!
Love to all, and thank you so much for the support!!!!
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About Me
- Karen, Glenn, Allie, Max, and Sam
- Cincinnati, Ohio
Reds Game, October 2010
Myrtle Beach, May 2010
Allie and Sam Time Line
- October 13, 2008 - Sign Home Study Contract
- October 29, 2008 - Sign Adoption Ark contract
- November 30, 2008 - FBI/BCI Fingerprints
- December 9, 2008 - Home Study Visit
- January 26, 2009 - Mail updated USCIS I-600A application
- June 1, 2009 - Submit final home study to USCIS
- June 22, 2009 - Send for FBI clearance
- July 3, 2009 - Receive FBI clearances
- July 21, 2009 - Apostille entire dossier
- July 28, 2009 - Submit final dossier to agency
- October 6, 2009 - Dossier finally heads to Embassy
- January 25, 2010 - Dossier leaves Embassy, heads to Kaz
- March 5, 2010 - Dossier assigned to Ust
- July, 2010 - Home study visit, another home study update
- August 9, 2010 - Receive LOI
- September 14, 2010 - Receive updated home study
- September 17, 2010 - Apply for new I-171
- September 19, 2010 - Old I-171 Expires
- October 27, 2010 - New I-171 received
- November 24, 2010 - Leave for Kaz!
- November 29, 2010 - Meet Rufina and Sultan
- December 21, 2010 - Adoption Day!
- December 24, 2010 - Arrive home, begin the wait to return
- February 21, 2011 - Gotcha' Day - Rufina and Sultan reunited!
- February 25, 2011 - Allie Ruthina and Samuel Sultan home FOREVER
Max's Timeline
- June 27, 2007 - Sign HS Contract
- July 7, 2007 - Our private beach wedding (07/07/07)
- July 15, 2007 - Sign adoption agency contract
- July 20, 2007 - Mail I-600A Application
- July 30, 2007 - Mail FBI fingerprints
- Aug 7, 2007 - Receive FBI clearance
- Aug 23, 2007 - USCIS Fingerprints
- Sep 13, 2007 - Final HS to USCIS
- Sep 25, 2007 - Receive I-171
- Oct 20, 2007 - FedEx dossier to agency
- Dec 3, 2007 - Dossier arrives at MFA
- Unknown - Dossier moves to MOE
- April 7, 2008 - Receive region assignment (Ust-Kamenogorsk)
- April 11, 2008 - Receive LOI
- April 20, 2008 - Arrive in Ust
- April 21, 2008 - Meet Makseem
- May 12, 2008 - Adopt Zakary Makseem Leggett
- May 14, 2008 - Arrive home, first trip complete
- June 18, 2008 - Leave Cincinnati, start of Trip 2
- June 20, 2008 - We are a family at The Shiny River
- June 25, 2008 - Home forever
25 comments:
Congratulations!!!!
Darlene
YAY!!!! Zakary Makseem Leggett-he sounds like a very important dignitary. That is a name that speaks of authority. I love it!!!
CONGRATS-i am glad that was fast and painless-like rippin of the bandaid?
Glad to have one more Bengals fan.
So so happy for you.
Congrats and much love...
Leggett party-family of 3. :)
that makes me smile. big. :)
Much Joy to you guys.
Congratulations!! I am sure the next 2 weeks will fly by as you are getting ready to bring Zakary home.
Take care!
Kara and Quentin
Cincinnati, OH
OH!!! Such good news to wake up to in America.
Can't wait to see pictures!!
YEA! Congratulations! Glad everything went so smoothly! I am so happy for you! And, yes, he DOES sound like a dignitary.
Yeah! So So thrilled for you! Call me when the jet lag wears off and you can think straight again! I thought of you as we went thru Cinci in the torrential rain...Do you think that Trader Joe's or whatever that international market is called has Kazakh food? I bet they have at least russian....I'm feeling a trip coming on to shop for crazy food and meet Zak's mom!?! Happy Mother's Day for real!
karen
Congratulations! Wonderful wonderful news.
Dear Karen, Glenn, and Zakary,
Congratulations...you're all so lucky to have each other!!! I'm so happy that your journey has been so wonderful, and the best is still yet to come!!!
Leslie and little Julianna
Great news and great name! Now we just need to see his beautiful face!
Congratulations and Happy Mother's Day (and early Father's Day)!
Congrats....I love his name! Can't wait to hear more when you get back.
I'm so happy for you! Sally called me earlier today with the news.
What a milestone day -- and in the US it was still Mother's Day - something you can treasure forever.
Congratulations!!!!
Congrats! We're so excited to hear your news! Patrick & Kate send hugs to their new playmate!
Congratulations, I knew it would be wonderful. Can't wait to see how much Maxseem has grown in the last couple of weeks. Wonderful, Wonderful news. Anne and Brady.
It only took 5 minutes for you to receive a decision? That's unheard of. Congratulations mommy and daddy. And just 10 months from the day you wed--that's a lot of change in one year. All good though.
Enjoy,
Karen, Bob and Garrett
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
well happy berlated mother's day and i am glad to hear everything went ok in court......
Wonderful news--I'm so glad for you. Safe travels home.
Congratulations! I am so excited for you! Phoebe is looking forward to meeting her new playmate! Have a safe trip home!
Karen and Glenn,
Just heard the great news from Heather. Congrats to the whole family! Zakary is a lucky little guy.
Safe travels.
Hugs,
Peggy Rilling
Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you. We just booked tickets and will be coming to Ust in June, first baby house visit will be Monday June 16. So maybe there is a small chance we will see you on your second trip? Anyway, congrats again and safe travels. Thank you also for you advice via email.
Dan & Allison Byrne
Hi! And let me first of all say congratulations! I just came across your blog and as it turns out, we have just found out that we will be headed to Ust to meet our new little one on May 24th! Perhaps we will cross paths at some point or another!
Take care,
Tammy and Rod
Hope you had a good trip home. Can't wait to read more!!
Congratulations! We are so happy for you! Can't wait to see pictures. Prayers for a safe return...
Joni & Jim
Hi there! Thank you so much for your supportive and helpful comments on my blog!!! I really appreciate it.
And a HUGE congratulations on making Zak an official member of your family. He is incredibly cute - I can't get over those photos!!! I love the progression from the super-serious look in the first couple of pictures to the giggly boy in the last photos :^)
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