Journey to Our Daughter Anna: A year ago today

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, September 17, 2009

A year ago today

一年前的今天，我们收到了安娜的材料，那一天，是我长这么大以来最动情，最动容的一天。那一天，我们心中充满了疑问，爱，怕，及最终的欣喜。今天，安娜和我们在一起快六个月了。小丫头，我们爱你！你给我们的生活带来了太多的欢声和笑语。

A year ago today, we received Anna's referral. It was one of the most emotional days in my life. It was a day full of uncertainty, love, fear and joy. Today, Anna has been with us for almost 6 months. We love you, little monkey! You bring so much fun and joy into our lives.