Are you standing up? Do you have your dancing shoes on? Do you have Gloria Gaynor blaring from the stereo? You should! Because it's time to do the accreditation dance!!! My agency picked up their accreditation certificate today. I'm so happy!!! (Apparently, I'm a three-exclamation-point kind of happy!!!)

I've actually known about this for a while, but my "cautious by nature" agency wanted to wait until they had the certificate in hand to announce it. The secret became a bit silly as someone spilled the beans on a chat room and the MOE posted it on their website. But, it's nice to know that as I post this, my agency's accreditation is 100% official.

And, I'm thrilled that Lisa's, Rhonda's, and Jen's agencies were all reaccredited in the same batch as mine. It's a bit of serendipity that somehow makes it all the more special.

So what exactly does this mean? Now that my agency has their current accreditation certificate things will move full-steam ahead. As I understand it, this is what will happen for Peanut and I in the next couple of weeks:

• My agency's main rep in Russia will send copies of the the certificate to all of the regional representatives.
• My region's rep (who from now I'm going to call R.R.) will bring my dossier to the MOE once she receives the certificate copy. I will be officially registered as a prospective adoptive parent for Peanut. (Yay!)
• At the same time, R.R. will officially request information on Peanut's whereabouts and availability for adoption. My agency doesn't want to speculate on the result of this request. It's kind of uncharted territory for them.
• Then, when (not if) I find out Peanut is available, the process will really be underway. Letters releasing him from the databank of waiting children, court date, Peanut's medicals and dossier... the whole 9 yards.

Lauri has a certain psychic ability when it comes to holidays and adoption milestones. She's guessing Easter for me and Peanut. That's an ambitious prediction that I hope comes true.