Adoption Progress- the start of a "paper pregnancy"

We applied to AWAA (the adoption agency we choose to use) on March 31st. We are thrilled to announce that we received a call TODAY that we we are accepted into the Ethiopia adoption program! Next step is to begin some paperwork and sign some contracts and pay our initial program fee and we are rolling! Once the agency receives this, they will assign us a family coordinator who will assist us through the rest of this paper-work process. We will also begin our home study as soon as possible. This stage of the adoption process is called a "paper pregnancy" by people in the adoption world. I always thought that sounded corny but I am beginning to understand why people liken this to a pregnancy. There is a lot of anticipation, excitement, certain phases (like trimesters) to reach and pass. So, we are paper pregnant everyone! Anyway, this collection of paperwork (including the home study) is called a "dossier." The dossier is what we send over to Ethiopia to be processed by their government to be given the ok to be matched with a child. There are a lot of steps in between and we are still figuring it all out. Here we go!