We are now licensed Foster parents

We have been officially approved by DCFS to adopt!! YAY!! One more step down, many more to go. By getting this license we can now send in our Home Study to USCIS (Homeland Security) so that we can get our 171-H, which is the last piece of paperwork we need for our dossier. Yesterday when I got our mail and saw the envelope from DCFS I just started crying tears of joy. Just knowing that we are one step closer to getting our dossier in the mail, getting it registered in Ethiopia and getting on the wait list for our two precious babies was just a little overwhelming. We have been in this process for a little over 7 months, which I know to some people out there in the adoption world is not that long of a time, but to me it is a crazy long time considering we haven't even sent in our dossier yet. I have seen on other adoption family blogs that they have been in the process for 5 months and 3 of those months they have been on a waiting list. CRAZY!! I know that everything will happen when it supposed to happen, at least that is what I keep telling myself to keep my sanity. LOL!! We get our fingerprints done by Homeland Security a week from tomorrow and we get started our shots in October so at least we have that to look forward to.