Hurry up....and do nothing

Jon printed out 21+ pages of e mails, instructions, forms etc. Jon commented not too long ago about how amazing it is that they make you go through such a detailed process to adopt a baby, but anyone can have their own kid and people could care less if your checking account is in good standing or if the Ministry of Womens Affairs (MOWA) approves. Those are 2 of the many letters we need to provide. On top of explaining our motives to adopt from Ethiopia to MOWA, we need to provide tax returns, reference letters, letters stating we are in good standing with our bank account, employer and the police department. We need to provide birth and marriage certificates, power of attorney, medical clearances, letters stating we will comply with post placement procedures and on and on. What drives me crazy, is I'm ready to get going on this and then realized I will need a lot of the same information (of course on different forms) for the home study. Its pointless to go around getting forms filled out, signed AND notarized when I'm just going to have to turn around and go back to the same people for the same information in a couple days when we get our packet from Bellefaire. I'm organized, ready to go and now I'm waiting some more!