Yay A Referral! Now What? Timeline

After my many hours of preparation for all the adoption paperwork there was something I wasn't quite ready for, it was the paperwork and the excruciating wait after we received our referral.
I have heard other adoptive parent saying that they were in Colombia meeting their baby within two weeks of getting the referral but that is NOT the case anymore.
That was the first thing I wasn't prepared for, wait 2 months after receiving the news of areferral before meeting my baby.

•      28 Dec 09 - Referred to Katie by ICBF
• 19 Jan 10 - Received official Referral from our agency LSSMN - 23 days later
• 28 Jan 10 - Filed I-800  10 days 
• 04 Feb 10 - Received I-800 receipt and faxed DS-230 to Embassy - 8 days
• 09 Feb 10 - I-800 received at Hague division (8 work days)
• 12 Feb 10 - I-800 Approved by adjudicator (3 work days)
• 16 Feb 10 - I-800 Sent to NVC so they scan and send it to Embassy in Bogota (1 work day)
• 22 Feb 10 - NVC finally scanned the file and sent it to Bogota (26 days or 3 weeks since 1-800 filed)
• 23 Feb 10 - Bogota Embassy Issued Article 5 Letter  1 day
• 26 Feb 10 - Paul got his Colombian Visa we got it on the same day that we applied for it.
• 15 Mar 10 - Presentation/ Entrega Day 
• Total wait from referral to presentation =  11 weeks or 2 months 16 days.