Off to Meet the Wizard (of the provincial government)

Well, the wait continues. I thought that keeping a blog about his whole process would be a great way to log all the exciting developments. I was wrong. These developments are, well, developing soooo slowly, that they can hardly qualify as "exciting." The HAR is being sent off today to the Anne Scully (?) at the provincial government, who will read it and then send it back with (hopefully) her stamp of approval. I doubt it happens often, that a family is recommended by an agency, only to be denied by the province. I hope at least.
I finally paid for the HAR on Friday. I increased my credit limit on my Rewards Visa, so that I can pay for all I can with it. Since I'm spending it anyway, I may as well benefit right? With a mere 50,000 points (equal to spending $100,000) I can get $500 off of a plane ticket. Okay, so it's not great, but hey! that's $500 I can keep in my pocket. Admittedly, I'm not going to spend that much on my adoption, but as I've had the card for many years, all that I spend will contribute to the points I already have.
This waiting is already hard, and I haven't even received a match yet. It's like being pregnant for a very long time. A very long time. Like a whale (490 days). That's a long pregnancy. A human has a 280-day gestation period. And as an adoptive parent, there is the loss of not being able to talk to the belly, and sing to it, read it books, and feel the little shmoo rolling and kicking. When I was pregnant with Jonah, I did all of these things. I got to know him even before he was out. I learned his waking and sleeping times, and was just able to talk to him. I miss it with this one. Instead of getting to know her, I spend my time wondering about whose belly she's growing in. If her first mom is getting enough to eat, if she is healthy or diseased, if she laughs or sorrows. Does she know yet that she will be giving away her baby? Does she wonder about me? I pray that she's okay, because I'm powerless to do anything else.
My goal for this week: send off the part I for the immigration of my babe. I guess I can get that going, and then when I have a match, I can send off part II. I'm trying to just be as proactive as I can. and do everything in my power to get her here ASAP after we're matched.

Some sites I've found a lot of information on immigration are these:
Christian Adoption Services (Alberta)
Immigration Canada (of course) these are the forms you'll need
Immigration Processing Times

If you are on the journey too, I'll try to share as much helpful info as I can.

Also, here are the websites for the HAR, and agency I'm working with:
Adoption By Choice (HAR)
Inspiration (Agency out of Ontario)