Homestudy completed!!!

After many hours on the phone to every government office I could think of over a period of 2 weeks, I finally reached the person who could speed up the Ohio child abuse registry clearance.  There was currently a 4 month wait for this information!  When I explained that we had already been matched with a child, ours was completed in a week!  Homestudy was finalized and approved by Holt December 20th, and our USCIS I800A application was mailed out 12/22, the day I received our copy of the Homestudy.  The I800A is the application to adopt an international orphan from a Hague Convention country.  Very long application!  It was a huge relief to get it sent though.  Another milestone!