March/02/2010

Happy Birthday @ congratulations to the "Future" Daddy, my bro Nick!!!!!!

Court Delays!!!

February 8,2010

Court Delays!!!! It looks like the court date should be about mid to end of March, but nothing is confirmed as of yet. We'll have to wait and see what the court date really will be.

The reason of the delay is because of celebrity "Casey Johnson" the heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune who recently made tabloid headlines with a purported engagement to reality star Tila Tequila, has died at age 30 on January 4th 2010.

Johnson, who leaves a toddler daughter Ava whom she had adopted in 2007 from TARAZ KAZAKHSTAN, was the great-great granddaughter of the founder of the pharmaceutical giant, and the daughter of New York Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson.

An openly gay socialite, Johnson had a knack for attracting paparazzi – and trouble.

So we were informed that the court delay was caused by all this attention and embarrassments. Now for all international adoption, the cases were moved from the Municipal court to the Regional court for additional investigations.
This is the 1st time such a situation has happened but after her death, international adoption became very popular and attracted a lot of attention which usually is not good for them and delays began.
The judges got extra instructions to be more careful and strict with the foreign citizens. They should have us all tested for drugs to avoid all these ridiculous delays.

So we are hoping that their investigations get completed fast and we leave in March to go to court and to finally see Dylan and bring him home!!!

false alarm on the departure date

We just got an email from Anna at the adoption agency in Laval and she strongly suggests to wait here for the court date and that is what we shall do. We really don't feel like wasting time over there waiting around as we all know it can be dragged on longer than expected.

Happy Birthday Dylan Korkem Casacalenda

Today is Dylan's 1st birthday and it started off a little tough! He's one year old today and we weren't able to celebrate it together and that was really HARD!!!
As I was taking pictures of Dylan's room to put on the blog I got a call from Galina from the adoption agency and she said we received the LOI-Letter of invitation to go to Kazakhstan.....I was FREAKING Out!!! She had to repeat it because I did not understand. Then I asked her, "so when do we leave"?? She said maybe the end of next week or the beginning of the week after!!!! Wow, I started crying and I told her it was Dylan's Birthday and she was also surprised and happy!!! So I called Fil and he came running home 30 minutes later and we went to the agency to bring our Passport so she can start requesting our visas right away!!! What an Emotional Day!!!!

We will be in Kazakhstan for about 2 months....that's right 2 MONTHS!!!! But once we go to court and the decision is made, Dylan will come and live with us until ALL His Paperwork is Completed and We CAN Finally Bring Him HOME!!!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes and Thank you so much for remembering Dylan's 1st birthday!!!

Fil wrote:
To our loving boy Dylan,

We would like to wish you a very HAPPY 1ST B-DAY!!!! I know that you know we are thinking of you every day and can't wait
for you to be here with us.

It has been very difficult for us to know that your in your country Kazakhstan and we are here in Montreal, we want you to
know that we LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!! We can reassure you that once this is all done you will realize that we as parents have done everything in our power but because of the adoption system we can't make this faster. We have to bite our tongue and move along.

We wish we would have been there with you on this very special birthday. We are so glad that you are OUR SON!!!!

A baby is a little bit of heaven on earth.

A baby is a miracle sent from above,
a tiny package all wrapped up in love,
with ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes,
and sweet little cheeks and a cute button nose.

Babies touch the world with love.

"My precious little baby
We have loved you from the start
You are a tiny miracle
Laying closely to our hearts."

SO HAPPY SWEET 1ST BIRTHDAY TO OUR DYLAN!!!

LOVE ALWAYS YOUR MOM AND DAD!!!
XOXOXXXXOOO

Happy Birthday Dylan!!!

January 28, 2010.


Happy Birthday form the HEART Cause
that's where all great wishes start.





It's your birthday
Just have fun
Because its your birthday
Your very first one

To the world, you may be one person.
But to us, you are the world.

Thinking of you with love on your birthday and
wishing you everything that brings you happiness today and always.

This is just the first of many birthday's to come.


HAPPY ONE, HONEY BUN!!!!


Wishing you all the best in the year to come.
May your days be filled with sunshine and beautiful colors.
And may your nights be filled with comforting dreams and wishes to come.


Although we can't wish you a happy birthday in person;
we will spend the whole day with happy thoughts of you.

Happy New Year

January 1st, 2009

We're back, a little behind on updating the blog. Busy running around updating documents for trip #2 and renewed my passport in 24 hrs. Trying to catch up with everyone and still not finished doing our rounds visiting everyone!!! It's nice to be back and see everyone, including Sonny but something is missing! The last day in Kazakhstan was extremely hard and saying good-bye to Dylan was one of the hardest things to do in my life. The 1st and last day at the orphanage are 2 days that will mark me for the rest of my life.

The trip back home went well but it was LONG!!! The train ride was slow but comfortable. We came across more Corruption on the train when an officer came in our cabin to check our documents. He spoke to us in Russian but we didn't understand one word that he said. He gave sign to Fil to follow him in another room and as he was holding our passports he asked Fil for money and Fil actually bargained with him and gave him less than what he asked for. When Fil came back in the cabin he said, "I had to give him money" I said. "WHAT"??? I took whatever money we had and I hid it in a very feminine place. It wasn't much money that Fil gave him but it's the principle of this corrupted land!!

On another note---> Happy New Year to all our wonderful friends and family and thanks for all your support!!! We are impatiently waiting for trip # 2 to go back, go to court so that Dylan officially becomes ours forever and bring him home where he belongs. I wish you all Health, Peace and Happiness!!!

Happy Birthday Amalia Avino!!!

December 26, 2009

Last blog before we go say bye to Dylan and get on our 10hr train ride!!!

See you all in Canada!!
Mary & Fil!!!

Happy Birthday Amalia and have a great day!!