Journey to Our Daughter Anna: LID!!!!

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

Thursday, November 13, 2008

LID!!!!

中国收养中心11月7日已将我们的申请立案登记(LID). 11月7日恰好又是我的生日，还有什么生日礼物能比这个更好! 真是让我高兴。这个登记日期在整个领养过程中，也许只是一个小步骤，可是对安娜和我们来说，又迈进了一大步。有了这个日期，我们就看到了曙光。我们全家都在等待好消息的到来，只差最后一步了，兴奋的等待.....
We received an email from our agency saying that our dossier was logged in by CCAA. The LID date was Nov. 7, 2008, which is my birthday. I can't imagine any birthday present that could be better than this. We are thrilled! This is a small step in the adoption process, but it's a giant step in Anna's life. We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now...