Today, our guide brought all of our visa documents to the consulate by himself. He told us to stay in the hotel until everything was OK at the consulate. He called us at about 11am and told us that we could go out for sightseeing. We went to Yuexiu park and had a lot of fun. We first rented a boat and paddled for an hour and then wandered around. There are two amusement parks in the park, which Anna enjoyed very much. It was her first time on such rides, and she was so excited that she didn't want to leave. The park was huge and we didn't even finish walking through half of the park by the time we had to leave for dinner. Leah really wanted some American food, so we went to dinner at Lucy's. She had pizza and french fries. Anna also enjoyed eating at Lucy's. Anna still eats a lot, but not as much as she did in the first few days. We all dressed up in traditional Chinese outfits after dinner and went to the White Swan Hotel to take the "Red Couch" photos, as every adoptive family does.
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
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
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Day 12: Consulate appoinment, sightseeing, and Red Couch pictures
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