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Lilliana had her first swim lesson today at the YMCA. We are doing a parent and me class. Today Scott was in the water with her, she had a great time. Lilliana also had her first experience in the snow today. We bought her a sled and Logan, 7 year old from next door, had a great time pulling her around and she loved it too. At first she wasn't sure what to think, but the faster he pulled her the more she would laugh. She cried when we took her out of the sled.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Our Christmas started out not so great, Angela's dad got admitted to the hospital on Christmas Eve. But we made the best of it and took some of Lilliana's gifts and his gifts and celebrated with him on Christmas day at the hospital. On Christmas Eve we celebrated with Scott's family by going to Christmas Eve mass at 4:00 and back to his parents house to open gifts. It was a fun first Christmas with Lilliana and she had a great Christmas and got a lot of presents, she's not a bit spoiled:). She even knew what to do with the packages when they were given to her.

On Monday December 29, we went to Cleveland to the USCIS office for our appointment to get our biometric fingerprints taken. We have been asked what a biometic fingerprint is so we have taken the following defintion from the USCIS website: The use of these identifiers is an important link in U.S. national security, because fingerprints taken will be compared with similarly collected fingerprints at US ports of entry under the US-VISIT program. This will verify identity to reduce use of stolen and counterfeit visas, and protect against possible use by terrorists or others who might represent a security risk to the U.S. These two important programs (collecting fingerprints for visa issuance and verifying travelers’ fingerprints when they enter the United States) will make travel to the U.S. safer for legitimate travelers, and also improve safety and national security for all Americans. This transition to ten prints will enable the Departments of State and Homeland Security to more effectively process visa applicant fingerprints. Our next step is to get our physicals so that they can be sent to the Homestudy Agency with the rest of our paperwork so they can complete our report.