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A First on the Fourth

Thousands gathered to witness fireworks light up the sky for about 15 minutes during "Minneapolis Red, White and Boom," a celebration Sunday along the Mississippi River. Skyler Ingram, 19, held her 11-month-old daughter, Alexis, on the Stone Arch Bridge as Alexis watched fireworks for the first time. "Before the fireworks started, she was crying because she is teething, but once they started she stopped crying, so I'm guessing she liked them," Ingram said.

March 20, 2011 at 4:57PM

Last Fourth of July Skyler Ingram of Minneapolis was sitting on a boat in Marshall, Minn. 8-months pregnant watching fireworks when instantly she decided what she was going to name her baby girl. "During the first 8-months of my pregnancy, we were going to name her something else, but when I was on the boat that night I said, were going to name her Alexis," said Ingram. A year later 19-year-old mother, Skyler Ingram holds 11-month old Alexis Ingram on the Stone Arch Bridge as she watches fireworks for the very first time. "Before the fireworks started she was crying because she is teething, but once they started she stopped crying so I'm guessing she liked them," said Ingram. (Dml - Star Tribune Special To T/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Thousands gathered to witness fireworks light up the sky for about 15 minutes during "Minneapolis Red, White and Boom," a celebration Sunday along the Mississippi River. Skyler Ingram, 19, held her 11-month-old daughter, Alexis, on the Stone Arch Bridge as Alexis watched fireworks for the first time. "Before the fireworks started, she was crying because she is teething, but once they started she stopped crying, so I'm guessing she liked them," Ingram said.