Baptism Day

Lily Ann was baptized on November 12th at Nativity of Our Lord parish in Green Bay. She was one of eight babies being baptised and we thought she was the cutest :)

Lily was great during mass and didn't cry once during the baptism. She was a little startled when some strange man poured water over her head, but she didn't shed a tear. We're so proud to bring our daughter into the church, and we're excited to raise her to know God.

Solid Foods?

We started Lily on her very first solid food last Saturday: Rice Cereal. For those of you who are like my brother, let me clear up some confusion: rice cereal is not like Rice Krispies. It's a box of flakes made from rice. When those flakes are mixed with milk it becomes like a very runny oatmeal.

When we first put Lily in the highchair and put the bib on, she began to protest and we thought that we'd have to put the cereal away and try again in a week or two. But once we started feeding her, she couldn't seem to get enough! She's been eating cereal once a day ever since. Enjoy the cute pictures of her first try at solids.

Lily's First Halloween

We didn't do much trick-or-treating this year, but Lily looked great! If you can't tell, Geoff and I are Black Eyed Peas. :)

Lily and Grandpa: Two Packer Fans! Bill's costume even scared me!

A Trip to MN

I know I'm really behind, but our friends Nick and Karin got married over Halloween weekend. We left De Pere late Thursday night and got to Dave's around midnight, and on Friday we stopped at General Mills and Oak Grove Middle to see some old friends.

About an hour before we needed to leave for the wedding on Saturday, Geoff decided he wanted to buy a car. In typical Geoff style he waited until the last minute, but still got the best deal around. We drove our new Saturn Ion to the wedding and made it just in time.

After the ceremony we dropped Lily off with a babysitter: Deacon Darrel and his wife Chris. We partied it up at the wedding for a few hours, got to see all our old friends in one place, and danced a little before we picked Lily up around 11:00.

Sunday morning we got to go to our old church again. Deacon Murphy is doing much better and was even in church! We miss St. John's so much and we're still searching for that type of parish here in De Pere. After church we had brunch with the General Mills crowd and headed home. It was a great weekend, but I think we're still trying to catch up on sleep!