So ...

Here's the deal ...
After carefully studying the ginormous list of paper work to be completed and fees to be sent ...

We are tediously laboring through the process ...
There's no need to get mad ...
Or choose to 'stress' eat ...
Instead, we choose to joyfully dig in and overcome each hurdle, one step at a time!
The new Hague policies require that all household members over 18, even those in college, must meet all adult requirements. So the three adults in our home have completed our medical exams and sent for our FBI/DHS clearance/child abuse/neglect checks to be conducted. We're now clicking through the list of 'time sensitive' documents for both the home study and placing agencies. This may take a while longer ... I don't seem to have the time to focus that I once did :) So, in case you're interested, the first two steps for us were:

1) Medical exams

2) FBI/DHS clearance