7-25-07 Got homestudy approval!!!! YEA! (not that I didn't think I'd be approved, still surreal to see it in writing) "Jennifer has met all of the pre-adoptive requirements for the State of New Jersey. At the conclusion of the home study process, Jennifer was approved as a potential adoptive parent. She is very excited about the prospect of having a child, and is ready to proceed with both referral and placement at this time.... I am happy to favorably recommend that Jennifer be approved for adoption through the nation of Kazakhstan." There were a few corrections I needed to address, wrong phone number, etc but I'm told it should be corrected and ready for release by end of July. Apparantly its also forwarded to the social work associates in Kaz for their feedback, but won't know about it for a bit. Kaz also "closes" essentially for the month of Aug for vacation! The whole country.... nice, huh?!? Glad I'm not one of the ones waiting for their approval this month. I also got receipt from Homeland Security today (I feel like Jack Bauer on "24") saying they received my I600A and are awaiting my HS report before sending me info on where to go for, yet, another set of fingerprinting.