What Happens in Vegas Hopefully Doesn't Stay in Vegas

We mailed our marriage license today to have it authenticated by the Chinese Consulate for Nevada. I had no idea it had to go to a different embassy but because we were married in Vegas, it can't go to the Consulate in Houston like everything else. When we had our marriage license certified by the Nevada Secretary of State, it took six weeks before it was returned to us. I actually was worried our marriage was only legal in Vegas (I've watched too much TV in my life).  I hope this doesn't take 6 weeks because I was hoping our LID (log in date) to China would be the end of January.