LOA & I-800

Yesterday we received our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) in the mail!  After we signed it, I was able to scan a copy to include in our I-800 application.  I mailed that this morning and it is guaranteed to arrive on Monday.  Christmas is going to cause a slight delay with that process, but it shouldn't be more than a week.  I can live with that.  We also have a ton of paperwork to sign & return to our agency before that gets approved.  The agency also gave us awesome news that we don't need to pay the $1,500 for escrow because they still have it from the last time.  In all of the expenses and the double-paying, it's such a relief to have 1 thing that we don't have to pay again!  The only thing we are needing to do for the paperwork is to notarize one of the forms.  (Ugh!!  I HATE notarizations because of the headaches that they were in Germany!)  We plan on getting that tomorrow and then mailing these documents either tomorrow or Saturday.  There isn't a rush on them, but I want to have them in the mail before Christmas so I don't have to worry about them.  Then we will be in a pleasant position of getting to relax and enjoy Christmas!!  (Well, relax as much as we can when the forecast is anything but reassuring!)  After we get back from visiting family over Christmas, we will work on submitting our visa applications to get that out of the way.  That is the last stressful part, IMO.  Booking flights is so full of excitement that the stress is overshadowed.  Beyond that, it's all adrenaline!  :-)  And this time I won't have to rush getting her a passport or worry about a German visa!  Yay for something else being easier!!