Jacob's Tree Planting

So, first, the title of this post is misleading. It really wasn't a tree-planting. We actually planted Jacob's tree back in early March. We knew we were going to have the tree event this weekend, but, um, it's still too hot to plant trees and still too stressful for new plants. Welcome to September in Texas!

So it was more of a tree-dedication. No matter. When Natalie was born, we literally invited everyone we knew. Now, we know more people - and I value my sanity more - so we kept it small, mostly just family. And my sanity is still intact. Mostly.

We used the same reading we'd used for Natalie, as our wishes / hopes / dreams / roles are all the same. We did add a part about hoping Natalie and Jacob have a strong relationship with each other as adults. And we explained Jacob's name: Jacob, for my great-grandfather, and Samuel for Mike's grandfather.

Thanks to my brother for all the photos; the extremely poor blog layout is all me.

The ceremony:

Scenes from the party:

J-Boy, we love you!