Journey to Our Daughter Anna: Goodbye Guangzhou!

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, April 2, 2009

Goodbye Guangzhou!

我们刚刚吃完早饭，整理好行李，再有一小时就要出发去机场了。离开家已整整两个星期了，来时三个人，回来时四个人，成果真是太大了。我们很高兴终于要回家了。再见了，广州！

We just ate breakfast at the hotel and finished packing. Our guide will send us to the airport in an hour. We are glad that we will be on our way home soon. Goodbye, Guangzhou!