(4 months) Mommy took me to Dollywood to play with Granddaddy and Grammy. I couldn’t ride many rides yet. It was a good trip for Mommy to learn how to travel with me. I think Mommy ate well and enjoyed shopping.

Maybe rides on my next trip.

Playtime!, originally uploaded by Robby Edwards.

Cherokee National Forest, June 2007

Look! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s Superbaby!

Emily squeals and giggles with delight when I lift her up. It is our favorite game to play together.

Would Somebbody Please Save Me?, originally uploaded by Robby Edwards.

Cherokee National Forest, June 2007

Emily and I during our camping trip two weekends ago. She looks like she doesn’t quite know what to make of her daddy. That, or I am embarrassing her.

Mommy, Emily and I spent an afternoon hiking around Rock City in Chattanooga. This is how Emily keeps up with Mommy and Daddy:

Mommy has a confession. I love for Emily to grow bigger, but I also dislike it. I love to see her develop and grow bigger. I love her new outfits for the next size and am excited to get her in them. But then when I go to move her to her new clothes I’m sad. The problem is that I love all the clothes that she is outgrowing. The clothes are sweet and my memories of her in them are so fresh. With reluctance I am changing over Emily’s closet to her new size. I will resist the urge to keep the outgrown clothes in the drawer and embrace the wonderful new outfits. In just a few weeks the outgrown outfits will be really too small and I will be deep into my love affair with her new size.