Journey to Our Daughter Anna: We arrived in Hangzhou

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

Sunday, March 22, 2009

We arrived in Hangzhou

今天晚上我们到达了杭州。导游在机场接了我们顺利到达望湖宾馆。我们的行程有所变化，原先说要星期二接小安娜，现改为明天，星期一。到了宾馆后，填了些表格，这样明天接孩子时就可以少填一些。今晚我们要好好休息，准备明天的到来。 We just arrived in Hangzhou tonight. Our guide met us at the airport and checked us in at the Lake View Hotel. The hotel is in the city center next to the famous West Lake. It is a beautiful hotel with a lot of shops and restaurants nearby. Our schedule has been changed: instead of meeting Anna on Tuesday, we are now going to meet her tomorrow (Monday, 3/23). I hope that we can sleep well tonight to prepare for Anna's arrival.