Got our fingerprint appointments! They are scheduled for next week.  Still waiting on our child abuse clearance letters from the state, which is the very last thing that we need for our dossier.  So frustrating because we already got clearance, for our homestudy, but they needed a hardcopy letter. So we had to fill everything out again and mail it off, which we did the first week of November.  They were in receipt of it on the 26th of November and told us that it would be 5-10 business days before they could generate the needed letter.  Here we are, on business day #8, and still no news.  Looks like it'll get dragged to the bitter end. Sigh.  At least we have our fingerprint appointments.  Slowly, but surely.  Would love to have everything sent off before the holidays so that we can just relax, knowing that everything was submitted.