All the steps to making a man turns out to be more involved than one might imagine at first look. 

• Certificate of Birth
• Social Security number 
• Birth Certificate
• Passport 
• Health Insurance Enrollment 
• Vaccinations 
• Daycare Enrollment
• Voting Registration 

Each one is dependent on the prior step being completed. I’m amazed anyone gets all through the list. I mean, between myself and Michael we have seven degrees of higher education and we are barely successful in navigating the quagmire. It seems like it could be easier. Somehow we got off track and only just received Lake’s social security card in the mail. After months of pursuing it, and with the pressure starting to build from other elements further along on the list, it finally arrived… Yea!

Well folks, we have got a brand new citizen here! It’s official. And he is one fine homegrown specimen. A national treasure.