Last time we went to USCIS there was a snow storm. Today we attempted to drive to the city in a rain storm! Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep me from finishing this paperwork! We ended up getting off the expressway and taking the train in. Of course when we got there the sun was out! We received our completed homestudy reports yesterday, had another little bump with the Notary's Commission expiration which we got fixed. Today we dropped our homestudy off at USCIS, which they need to finish processing our paperwork so that we can get approval to adoption and orphan from overseas (that's actually how they phrase it). So we were told to call them in 3 weeks to "gently" ask if it was done yet. Mind you, we only have 3 weeks left to get this last document to the agency so we are cutting it close.
We also went to the State Dept. to get 3 more documents certified and I am going Monday to the Chinese Consulate to get them authenticated. That will only leave the USCIS doc to be completed.
We are soooooooo close! Once we get our paperwork to China we can relax.. for about 2 years.. HAHA Right now the wait time to actually receive a referral of a child is 18 months I think, but I keep hearing rumors it's going to go up to 24+ months because of all the last minute people trying to get their paperwork in before the deadline. So we'l just have to be patient and keep ourselves busy for 2 years. There's plenty I can do around the house... like THE NURSERY! LOL Among other things. Freddy is going back to school for Fine Arts. I want to take the dog to another training course. We'll keep busy for sure.
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