What On Earth Do We Do Now?

Thus, the first question I asked myself after we signed our agency contract and in return we received something called a Dossier Preparation packet. The name doesn't do it justice. This is what is not-so-lovingly referred to as "The Paperchase". A horribly tedious process of chasing down numerous papers (certified birth and marriage certificates, having physicals and letters for everyone in the family, criminal clearances and fingerprints from the last places you lived for 7 years - you know how many that is for us? Also, the homestudy, reference letters, witness statements, specific US documents, specific Guatemalan documents, etc etc) and not only do all those documents have to be gathered and notarized LEGIBLY, you have to send each document to the state of origin to get the documents state certified, then you have to send each document to the appropriate Guatemalan consulate (again from the state of origin) and have them all authenticated. All in all we are dealing with a million documents going to 4 different States and 4 different Consulates. The Fun Has Begun.