Our complete timeline!

For those who want to know ALL the details, down to the teeny tinest detail.

11/18/2005 - We applied to agency, it is supposed to be a 7-10 review of application to approval.
11/28/2005 - Call from agency that I need to provide more information on a medical issue.
12/28/2005 - Finally get the Doctor letter from doctor, and get it notarized.
1/03/2006 - Get letter to agency
1/04/2006 - Approved by agency
1/05/2006 - apply to homestudy agency

1/21/2006 - Send I600-A form to USCIS office to start the process for the 171-H form

2/1/2006 - Intake to start Homestudy
2/2/2006 - Ink Fingerprints for STATE homestudy background clearance checks (goes through FBI though)
2/10/2006 - fingerprints for USCIS (livescan at Immigration office)

sometime in here - DH got his state homestudy suitability letter.
Homestudy visits in here as well

2/27/2006 - My physical
2/28/2006 - DH's physical

3/3/2006 - Homestudy complete

3/14/2006 - got word finally that my fingerprints were rejected by FBI for the homestudy
3/15/2006 - refingerprint

4/17/2006 - Fingerprints APPROVED
4/20/2006 - 1st suitability letter sent (got lost in mail)
5/3/2006 - Homestudy agency got 2nd suitability letter in the mail, and homestudy sent to state

5/24/2006 - Homestudy approved and sent to USCIS office!

5/26/2006 - 12 documents back from Consulate
5/26/2006 - 2 documents sent to US Dept of State
6/14/2006 - 2 documents back from Chinese Embassy

8/1/2006 - USCIS approved us!!!
8/7/2006 - got our Magic Golden Ticket!!! Our 171-h arrived.

8/18/2006 - DTC!
9/14/2006 - LID (guess we'll be here for awhile)

10/28/2006 - bunkbeds arrived and we moved the boys into a room together (might as well start now getting them adjusted)