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Days 6-7: The Discovery of Water

Days 6-7: The Discovery of Water

by | Dec 7, 2006 | Adoption Journey

Well not much new to report on the processing side as we have not had to do anything the past couple days and will not do anything again until Sunday. That is when we expect to get Shanti’s travel documents from the Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So in the...

Day 5: It’s Official!

by | Dec 3, 2006 | Adoption Journey

Yep, that’s right. Shanti is now officially a Hastings-Kimball!  Say hello to Shanti Willow Hastings-Kimball. We wanted to give them “American” middle names just in case they don’t like their given names. What could possibly be more American (and bohemian) than a name...

Days 1-4: Are we nuts?

by | Dec 1, 2006 | Adoption Journey

Day 1: Left Bangkok on Wednesday morning and arrived into Kathmandu mid-afternoon. Flying in on a clear day is simply amazing. Seeing the Himalayas bursting thru the clouds at 30,000 feet is unreal. After a couple hours to get unpack, we went directly to the orphanage...

Its the end of the world as we know it…

by | Nov 22, 2006 | Adoption Journey

…And we feel fine. Well, we are one appendix lighter but very soon we will be two children heavier. For those of you that do not know, Alisha’s appendix was unexpectedly removed two weeks ago. I think the doctors were going to try to schedule a surgery instead...

One Down, One to Go!

by | Oct 21, 2006 | Adoption Journey

Hello everyone. We finally have some great news to report! Shanti’s case has been approved and has gotten the final signatures required for us to travel. We are now waiting for Sandeep’s case to be approved before we can travel to Nepal. More good news! The Ministry...