Baby Website Template

I am looking to have a new website template created for me to share baby photos and information with family and friends. I have FP 2003 so I would like to be able to modify the template with this software and I will want to make sure the pages look fine in various browsers (i.e Firefox, Internet Explorer etc)I am looking for suggestions for the site as well. I do know that I will need an index page, photo gallery with thumbnails etc, maybe some type of message board for family/friends to post messages. I'm not sure what else I should include. I would also like to see some examples of similar work before commiting to a free lancer. Thanks