WOW!!!

I know it has been forever since I posted! We have been so busy with our new camper and all the fun that it brings. I also started baking cookies for a little xtra money. We had so much happen today that I ran home to put together 2 batches of cookies real quick so that I could have time to post. It has been over six months since we filed for our updated I171H. I wasn't worried that it was taking so long until Kat from our adoption agency called about a month ago to make sure we had secured it. She had been informed of our waiting child checklist and wanted to make sure that we were ready because waiting child goes pretty quick. She sent several e-mails to USCIS and was told that they had our file but that they were back-logged. Last week she called to ask if we had gotten it because there were people that re-filed at later dates than us getting theirs. That got us a little worried. She however wanted to give it another week because that would be exactly six months and she felt we could really complain at that point. So I kind-of put it out of my mind until I had a voice mail from her this morning wanting to know if we heard anything yet because she was sure we would be matched in the next batch. I almost fell out of my chair. I couldn't believe that we have waited for 2 years with hardly any contact at all and now all of a sudden we might be matched. Now I am concerned about our I171H quite a bit more. Kat, constructed an e-mail that she wanted me to send like I was writing it. She said if we don't hear anything by next Tuesday she was going to call a congressman. That is the last but most effective resort. However at about 3:00 this afternoon I received an e-mail back stating that everything was fine and it was in the mail!!! Kat was in complete shock that I received a same day response from them and she was quite excited. I talked to her at 6:00 and she said that the reason she was so worried is that the next batch is scheduled to come out in 2 weeks but that she suspects it will be here next week and that we are almost certain to be matched in that batch. Can you believe that maybe as soon as next week we will have a photo of our child!!!!! We are in shock.... I am pretty sure that Sandra is too :)
Well Kat let me know that our phone call was her last item of the day and the best!!!
She did say that the waiting program has a little long time in between match an travel than the traditional program. OH, and another bit of information, Joe and I changed our minds and said that we would take a boy or a girl..... which means that instead of Hannah Joe we would have Joseph Lamar! boys are still rare though. Anyways I have rambled enough and I have a kitchen to clean so Goodnight!!!
Please don't forget that your coments are apprecieated!!!
Love,
Denise