One more thing -

For all of you PAP's out there (prospective adoptive parents):), listen up -

Yesterday when I was at the state department, I was joking around with the lady who certified my papers and said, "I was the lady crying in your waiting room yesterday - I'm sure that doesn't happen very often...." To which she replied, "Actually, you'd be surprised, we get that quite often...the notaries order their own stamps and sometimes mistakes are made on the commission expiration date or signature, so it's always a good idea to call about your notaries before you come down here to check if everything is correct."

Good advice, wish I would've known that - that's why I'm passing on the info to you guys. Hopefully it'll make for speedy, efficient, correct paperwork for all of you!