Official letter - Received!

Update the Paperwork Process
Step one - Physicals -  DONE!
Step two - State of IL approval - DONE!
Step three - USCIS approval - DONE!
Step four - Poland approval - DONE!

Step four a - Send the paperwork to USCIS - DONE!

Step four b - Nervously await USCIS response - ordered stomach ulcer medication
Step five - USCIS approval - DONE!
Step six - wait 30 days until our fingerprint appointment before we can travel
Step seven - meet our children!

And just like that, we marked something else off the list. For sure.

Today we got our letters :). We should be scheduling our court dates and buying our plane tickets now, but - ahem - with all the things we had going on, I forgot to refile our approval extension paperwork (which also includes another fingerprinting appointment). Last time our fingerprinting appointment was 6 weeks from the day we sent our application in. With one week down, we have about 5 weeks to go. Although, maybe it will be faster this time since they aren't looking at our paperwork for the first time.

I think our caseworker is on vacation this week, so I am not for sure when we'll be leaving. I am guessing that we will leave within 6 weeks...but it must be after our fingerprinting appointment is done. As long as we leave within 8 weeks, we should be home in time for Jenna's wedding.

I still can't believe we were approved but we're thankful!