Greetings and Introductions (Sticky)

Hello all,

At the urging of family and friends, we've decided to start a private blog about our Taiwanese adoption.

A couple of points for starters:

This is a private blog. If you're not here by invitation, please leave. It's here to chronicle our trials, tribulations and experiences in bringing our new daughter home. The content of this blog, including comments, belongs to us and will be edited or deleted as we see fit.

Beyond that.... welcome! We're glad you're here!


Anna

As you may know, we already have a referral. Her name is Chen Yu-wen. At this writing, she's about 2-1/2 months old. (Photo taken at about one week.)

She's in Taiwan now. We're still working through the preliminary process of adopting her (more on that later.) We expect that we'll be traveling in either October or November to bring her home.

We've chosen the name Anna for her. This is in recognition of my family (my grandmother Anna and my mother, Anneliese) and Tami's family (where Ann is a common name.)

Ryan is naturally excited about "Sister" and insists on including "... and watch over Sister and get her on the plane soon..." when he says Grace at supper. He's also picked out several presents for her. (These have somehow ended up in his toybox, however.)

More, much more, later. Thanks for stopping by.

R.