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, April 3, 2009

Home Sweet Home!

真高兴回到了家。我们的飞机于下午3点正点到达洛杉矶, 但是过移民检查花了两个小时。安娜用的是最新海牙公约签证,是移民关员遇到的第一份,他们花了好长时间才弄明白。同行的还有另外两家领养家庭。安娜一踏入美国领土,就已成为公民。现在我们家最新的美国公民正在同姐姐睡觉。经过一天的旅行,我们都挺累,安娜总体来说表现还不错,但也哭了两次,从汉城到洛杉矶10个小时的飞行,她大概睡了有7个小时。在国内的两周我们度过了一段最美好的时光,但是我们很高兴回到了家。

We are extremely happy to be home. Our flight arrived in Los Angeles on time. However, it took about 2 hours to go through the immigration line. Since we are under the new Hague regulations, the immigration officers told us that we were the first case they ever encountered. It took them a while to figure it out. Anna is now officially an US citizen.
Right now, our newest US citizen is trying to sleep with Leah. It's been a long day for all of us. Anna handled the long airplane ride very well, although she cried a couple times. She slept for about 7 hours out of the 10 hour flight from Seoul to Los Angeles. Being in China with Anna was wonderful and we had such a great time, but it's good to be home.

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