Emily was Baptized this past Sunday. We were joined by family in friends to celebrate with us this joyous occasion. She was baptized at St. Mary’s, the same church and by the same priest that married Eric and I. It was a very intimate occasion since Emily was the only one that was baptized. Her godparents were David and Liz. Emily was a trooper. She slept for most of the mass and only cried when the water was poured on her. She was very pleasant and attentive to her surroundings. Everyone joined us later at Salsa’s restaurant for some lunch, tres leches cake and margarita’s!

I will say that she must have been very excited since she woke us at 1 and 3:30 am. She ate and fell asleep the first time, but the second time she just wanted to talk to us. The past two weeks she has discovered she has a voice and is eager to share it with us. All we could do was watch her and smile.

Well, the 2005 installment of 4^th of July has come & gone for us. What’s that? You say today is the 4^th? Yes, you are correct. What I mean by this is that we have already celebrated the holiday. Every year my family gets together at my aunt & uncle’s house in Richmond/Rosenberg (which I wrote a little more about here). For convenience, we had our festivities on the 3^rd, instead of the 4^th. This year seemed hotter than all the rest. If it wasn’t in the triple digits, it sure felt like it.

So, what did we actually do on the 4^th? After Elizabeth watered the lawn I groomed, we roasted corn [on the cob], ate leftover lasagna, and drank non-alcoholic piña coladas (we’re pregnant, remember?) while we watched everyone in our neighborhood shoot off fireworks.

Oh, and congratulations to my friends Jason and Cassie for getting hitched today @ 9:50am.

Click here (or on the photo above) for the 4^th of July pictures.

Click here if you want to order prints at WalMart.com.

Next month marks a historic occasion: My Dad and I turn 100. Yes, it’s hard to believe a century has already passed, but I still feel twenty-something (at times, I think my Dad does, too). Enough about that.

I’ve got a new Photo Gallery! Actually, I’ve got two!! I’m in the process of completely restructuring my photo gallery and I’ve split the galleries into groups of 2… 2 years that is. Hopefully you will find it much easy and fun to use.

Let me know what you think, but in the meantime… enjoy yourself!

4th of July has always been a blast (literally) with my family. We get to celebrate a little extra on this day for it’s Uncle George’s birthday (his 92nd this year!). For around a decade now, we’ve been going to my Aunt Bridget & Uncle Tom’s house out in the Sugarland/Rosenburg area. It’s a nice tract of land with lots of room to run, play and shoot off some fireworks. They have been kind enough to have it there every year. We used to go to Uncle George’s cabin in New Waverly like clock work.

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