The "Oh Yeah" Phenomena

One of the preliminary (and most anxiety-provoking) steps to any adoption is the home study. Home studies are designed to determine if you are fit parents and if you can provide a healthy environment to raise a child. Let me preface this by saying that I value our home study worker and I respect the hard work she does.
The home study process requires a significant amount of documentation (birth certificates, marriage certificates, proof of income and employment, verification of medical insurance, family budget, vaccination certificates for pets, etc), a home safety inspection (including checks for fire extinguishers, smoke/CO alarms, and baby-proofing), background checks (state and FBI), personal references, and a lengthy  interview. During the entire process, you can't help but to feel that anything you say or do could be perceived in a negative way, so you behave in a way that is both slightly defensive, but cooperative. We completed our home study in November. We spent days cleaning our home (because good parents have clean base boards and well-organized cabinets and drawers) and prepping ourselves emotionally. Our precious husky, Monkey had passed away suddenly only days earlier, so we tried to respond in an appropriate manner. If we showed grief, would we appear depressed and incapacitated? If we didn't show grief, would we appear cold and detached? However, in the end, the home study was not as terrifying as we feared and our home study worker told us that we performed quite well. We left our meeting with a sense of pride and relief.
Following that November meeting, we were informed that we only had to wait for the background checks and then our home study would be complete. Completed home study means adoption application. Adoption application means dossier. Dossier means referral  and referral means BABY!
Our background checks were returned in early January and other than Craig's propensity for speeding, our criminal backgrounds indicated that we were law-abiding citizens. Yea us! We submitted our background checks and patiently waited.
What follows is what I like to refer to as the "Oh Yeah" phenomena.
In counseling, you spend 45-50 minutes with someone, discussing their problems and working on skills. Every now and then, I will meet with someone who wants to push that 45-50 minutes to 55, 60, or more. As I close the session at around 50 minutes, we will prepare to leave and as we approach the door, the patient stops and drops a bomb on you. The type of bomb doesn't matter, but its usually something that has to be addressed immediately. This is the "Oh yeah" phenomena. Patient thinks, "I'm heading out. I just spent close to an hour with my psychologist and now its time to go, but somehow, in the entire time, this dire situation never came up. Oh yeah...."
Apparently, the "Oh yeah" phenomena exists in the home study realm as well. After background checks were completed, then we just had to complete parent training (10+ hours). After parent training, then we just had to submit medical insurance information. After medical insurance, then we just had to submit country-specific information. After country-specific information, then we just need background checks in VA. I wonder what the next "Oh yeah" will be. If anything, my patience with this whole process should award me big points in the Good Parent Potential column.