The hardest part of this whole process is that so much is out of our hands.  I am very organized and am the planner of the family.  I like to be in charge.  Right now, I am so very dependent on other people doing their jobs and making this adoption a priority in their lives too, which of course, they don't.  I understand that we are just one family out of many that are going through this process, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating.  I hurry and get everything done on our end....to just wait and wait some more.  Then stuff gets done incorrectly on the other end and has to be redone.  My initial estimates for getting stuff done didn't take into consideration the Thanksgiving holiday and people taking this whole week off of work!  Sigh.  My new goal is to have everything submitted by mid-December.  Still waiting for our fingerprint appointments too.  So much waiting...