After months of waiting (and fretting just to prove that we haven't shed our U.S. skins yet), our visas arrived today (Hoy). What a relief. We can now leave Ecuador and legally return because we actually belong here. More importantly, we are no longer 'irregular'. We are legal and welcome citizens.
Here is a pic of the visa seals on our passports. All that hubbub for those seals. Anyhow, yohoo!