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, April 5, 2009

Settling in

















我们到家已经两天了,时差倒得该差不多了。这两个夜里都挺忙乎。第一个晚上,安娜和丽亚三点钟就起来了,说他们睡不着了,还饿, 丽亚到楼下拿了些小吃,跟安娜在卫生间里吃了起来。吃完后,两个人都爬到了我们的大床上,很快就都睡着了,一直睡到第二天早上到十一点钟, 直到我把他们叫起来。昨天晚上,丽亚直到夜里三点钟才睡着。安娜两点钟就睡醒了,又想爬到我们的床上睡。 我们觉得她应该养成好习惯,在自己的床上睡。就把她放回了自己的小床,,于是她开始哭,我们到她的床边,陪了她几次。二十分钟后就不哭了,很快又睡着了,今天早晨九点钟起来的。这两天除了睡觉问题,其他都挺好。昨天和今天,我们去逛了两次商店,给安娜买了几样东西,一把高椅子,一个汽车座,还买了些玩具和衣服等。安娜已经很熟悉新家了,知道东西都在哪儿,特别是小吃和糖果。今天,我们两个大人出去3个小时,为了训练哥哥和姐姐在家独立照看小妹妹,还算不错,两个人居然还能让安娜午睡一个半小时。一开始安娜一直问爸爸妈妈哪去了,我们在电话里告诉她会回来的。看样子以后可以充份利用哥哥和姐姐了。

We have been home for two days and are recovering from the jet lag. The last two nights were a little hectic. On the first night, both Anna and Leah woke up at 3am and they both came to our bed, both saying that they couldn't sleep and that they were hungry, so Leah went to get some snacks and they started eating in the bathroom. After eating, they both slept until 11am, when I woke them up. Last night, Leah couldn't fall asleep until 3am and Anna woke up at 2am and wanted to come to our bed again, but we thought we should keep her in her own bed. Then she started crying and we had to go to her bed a couple of times. She felt asleep 20 minutes later and didn't wake up until 9 this morning. Other than the sleep issue, we are all doing well. We went shopping yesterday and today to get Anna a few toddler things, like a high chair, a car seat, a stepping stool, some toys and clothes. Anna has adjusted to her new home very well and now she knows where everything is, especially the snacks and candy.

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