We went to the Department of Homeland Security 8/31

Well, we are 3 months in, and today we went to get fingerprinted. Our appointment was for 8:45am but we arrived a little early at 8:30 and handed over our paperwork, which included the I-600A which is the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, paid our fee, and waited for our numbers to be called. It took a little over an hour. Now we have to wait about 8 weeks for them to do an FBI check on us and then we will get our I171 which is basically the USCIS (United States Citizen and Immigration Services) approval form. It may be a while before I write again, although I will keep updating about the parent education meetings, but in our hurry up and wait life with this adoption we are now in the wait period.