Gerrit, Angela have a baby daughter!

Josie Nicole has joined the family of Angela, Gerrit and Nolan. She entered the world July 19 at five pounds, five ounces.

"She’s already great at cuddling and we couldn’t ask for a more beautiful daughter," Gerrit wrote the next day. "Mama and baby are doing GREAT! I’m in LOVE!"

Aunt Lizzie and Grandpa Owen visited Josie at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center the next day.

As it happens, big brother Nolan's birthday is just two days apart from his new baby sister's. Nolan turned three on July 21.

Christine and Jamie are engaged!

Congratulations to Christine and Jamie, who are now engaged to be married!

Jamie set up a romantic moment - a sunset walk along the beach on Cape Cod - to make the official proposal, and Christine happily accepted.

"I feel giddy!" Christine said in an excited call that evening to her parents, Dan and Julie. The happy couple celebrated at the Cape Cod home of Jamie's mother, Bonnie, and her husband, Jay.

The following day, Christine said she was still giddy. "I don't think I've stopped smiling this whole time!"

The couple haven't yet set a date, and other wedding details are pending.

Here's a better look at the elegant ring, which features an amethyst in a diamond-set band.

Catching up on some June events

We haven't posted in a while, and now it's the middle of July and we want to catch up on some events of the past month or so.


For example, Father's Day: Hugh and Dolores visited daughter Julie and her family in New Jersey and, as they've done several times, took in a Somerset Patriots minor-league baseball game.

The weather was very hot for a ballgame, but perfect for the beach! John and Bea spent part of Father's Day weekend on the bay beach in Noyac ... while Gerrit and Nolan were enjoying this wide sandy beach on Cape Cod.

Gerrit, by the way, is back on the bandstand this summer with 28, performing for their fans at clubs around the Cape.

Back in New Jersey, Julie became an officer of the Rotary Club of Fanwood-Scotch Plains. She was installed as Secretary, a position that puts her in line to be President in two years. Here she's pictured with the club's outgoing president at the installation dinner June 21.