criminal background forms arrived from MA!

Finally, we got them back today (3/10) after mailing the requests in 2/1....whew.
tomorrow it's off to fedex land to send all of our documents notarized in MA to the MA Secretary of State to be apostiled, then they go to the Chinese Consulate in NYC. One step closer...
we also had our fingerprints done on Tuesday without any problems, so we are also waiting on our official forms that give us permission to bring an orphan into the country.
we are so close to being done with the paperwork, but yet likely several weeks away stil. argh...