Perhaps it is because of the recession that the process is taking a little longer than we all expect. Normally under EB2 category, the total amount of time should not take longer than 10 months. In my case, this is what happened, but this was well before recession.

Applied for Labor - January 25

Labor approved - March 2

Applied for I-140 and I-485 - October 28 (I had a hard time putting documents together, my Nepali citizenship certificate had an error in my date of birth but I was lucky enough that it was in Bikram Sambat. Pulled some strings and made the translation flawless)

Finger Printing - November 12

I-140 Approval - December 13

I-1485 Approval - December 14.

Green card received - December 21

I never received an advance parole.