Hi,
Good to hear that you and your wife are having good time being together. I am exactly in the same position as you were during the application. My wife too is in USA and we went through all the processes including FBI report and so. My sponsorship was approved and the file was sent to New Delhi around September. They asked for her passport which we did send after. Later, they asked for FBI report which was a sort of tedious as was taking such a long time. It's been 4-5 months since we submitted our passport and they already had received the FBI report too. The online status keeps on saying in process with medicals received. Do you have any idea how long the wait is going to be. The main reason is that her passport is with the consulate in Delhi, so she even can't travel anywhere.
Looks like you got passport back in shorter time compared to what I am going through. I am from Nepal too.
ANy rough idea about the waiting period for returning of passport, and of course with a visa.
Dhanyabad.
Sponsorship appl: May 20,2012
New delhi: Sept 20,2012
Medicals and all papers submitted during application
Online status: Appln received/ medicals received/ in process