Thanks, we really hope so too. But it is also interesting because on the CIC account it says the date they received the application was indeed the date of our landing. while talking to the agent, he did also try confirm if we were contacted to submit new photo (which we didn't), so I am guessing there are different departments or entities that look after the process.
Anyways, with Canada post's backlog that they need to figure out themselves, I think with the card or not, we will still travel next Feb but just with PRTD or with the actual card