Hurry Up and Wait!

It seems like that title should be our motto for this adoption so far. We go a week or two without hearing much and then suddenly we need to sign another form right away before more papers get sent off! With that being said, at least our papers have been sent off. That, it seems, is a step in the right direction.
We have spoken with our caseworker several times this week and are excited to let you all know that our homestudy report has been sent to WACAP! WACAP (our international agency) will review the report and make sure all required information is present and accurate. Once reviewed and approved, we start our international paperwork. This includes prefiling our I-600A form with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and completing all of our dossier paperwork. The I600A form is used to help prospective adoptive parents complete portions of required visa information for an adopted child before that child has been identified for the family. This begins the process of classifying an orphan in a foreign country as an immediate relative of the adoptive family, thus allowing the adopted child entry into the United States.
We are excited to have taken the next step, and begin our work with WACAP. We are expecting (as many people have warned us) that there will be a lot of waiting for papers to be processed and authenticated. So until we are completely done, I suppose we will just continue to hurry up and wait!