Journey to Our Daughter Anna: 等待是值得的! The waiting is worthwhile!

Introducing our daughter......

Name: Sun Huai Ping (孙怀平), now Anna M. D.
Birthday: 02/01/2006 (2006年2月1日)
Located: Hangzhou Children's Welfare Institute (浙江省杭州儿童福利院)
http://journeytomyanna.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-got-daughter_5054.html

Timeline
05/05/2008: Applied with Adoption Agency #1
08/25/2008: Switched to Adoption Agency #2
09/17/2008: Referral! - Connected with little Anna
09/18/2008: LOI; 09/23/2008: PA; 10/23/2008: I-800A approved;
10/31/2008: DTC; 11/07/2008: LID!!!
02/09/2009: LOA!!!!!; 03/16/2009: TA ;
03/23/2009: Gotcha Day; 04/01/2009: CA; 04/03/2009: Home

China Adoption Acronyms:
LID - Log in Date; DTC - Dossier to China
SN - special needs; NSN - non special needs
LOI - Letter of Intent (used in the SN process)
LOA - Letter of Acceptance, the document that allows you to officially accept a referral;
TA - Travel Approval; CA -Consulate Appointment

Friday, June 13, 2008

等待是值得的! The waiting is worthwhile!

这几天，CCAA 发出了每月一次的referral, 正常排期截止日为2006年1月20日。Expedite 家庭经过6个月没有任何referral, 这次也有了消息，截止日期为2006年11月29日。每天都能看到很多家庭网上发布照片，真是替他们高兴。每个小孩都很可爱。想想每家经过这漫长的旅程，终于看到了宝宝的照片，我常常高兴和感动得热泪盈眶。我们虽然才刚刚开始一个月，但是看到可爱的孩子，我想一切等待都是值得的。