Paperwork! UGH!

So I have officialy filed the paperwork for Sunder's visa... well to be exact, I filed for the petition to be able to file for his visa. The gov. makes it really hard to obtain entry into our coutry if your not born here... seriously! So as far as I'm aware the process goes like this:
1) File i-129F which is the petition for your fiance to be able to apply for the visa
2) Once that is received by the Dept of Homeland Security Office they send a NOA (Notice of Action). This means they have the paperwork for your case, your assigned a case #, and they begin to review the information sent.
3) Once the petition is approved you receive a NOA2 which means your petition has been approved and now you are allowed to fill out the actualy visa application. More paperowrk is required at this time and has to be sent to my fiance in India.
4) He gets an interview and a health exam scheduled and has to report to the Indian embassy in Chennai. The health exam has to be completed before the interview and they will not approve the application until he is medically cleared.
5) If all goes well, and I know it will, then they approve the visa and he will receive it shortly after the interview.
6) We buy a plane ticket and he comes here!!!
7) WE GET MARRIED!!

So that's the process in a nut-shell... sounds easy, eh? NOT!! From talking with my Dad and looking at other messages from people who have completed the process...from start to finish, we're looking at about 6-8 months. So far, we've gotten the first NOA and have a case number. I just checked the website and they touched our case on 7/9 but none of the information was updated. It just says, information received and case pending. Well, its better than hearing nothing! Hopefully this is a smooth process and that he gets approved very quickly! I can't wait for him to come here!!!