Strap on the ol' feed bag

It's always dinner time at our house now that Emily's discovered food. She didn't seem too impressed with the rice cereal; not enough garlic I suppose....
Dad

Where are the Reindeer?

This is Emily's first sighting of Santa as he arrives by shrimp boat in Apalachicola, FL.
She's still laughing.
It's a very nice tradition. Santa arrives the day after Thanksgiving and the whole town turns out to celebrate. We kept an eye out for Forrest Gump but we never found him.
Dad

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas. We celebrated Christmas in July. Hope all of your presents are as grand!

Dad

4 months old today

What a busy month for someone so little. Emily got to dip her toes into the ocean, OK gulf, for the very first time. Grandma and Grandpa were there to share in that little adventure.
Halloween is probably more confusing than anything else when you're only 3 months old and haven't discovered the joy of candy. But, how often do you get to wear a cat suit or dress like a pumpkin?
Emily has started to recognize that mom and dad have different voices and that sounds can come different sources. When having a conversation and mom is talking, Emily will watch her very closely. When I speak Emily will look around to find the source of my voice; when she sees me she lights up with a look that says, "WHOA, where did you come from?" When mom speaks Emily's little head turns to find mom's voice and mom gets that same great look and so it goes, on and on and on.........

Dad

It's a new age

Someone pointed out that they had never seen so many pictures of one baby before. Mom and I figured out that we are at about 250 pictures for Emily's first three months. What makes this figure so significant and so inconsequential all at the same time is that all of the pictures are digital. No film was exposed in the making of these pictures. I would be surprised if even fifty of the two hundred and fifty pictures were even printed. Until Emily arrived, I only shot on film. It's amazing and a little sad to see how fast things can change.

Dad

My face hurts

Emily's spending a lot of her time studying faces so I try to give her a wide variety of choices. By far smiles get the best response, if you give her a big smile she gives you a smile back. Emily still smiles with her whole body. It's a whole baby body workout.

Dad

stop me if you've heard this before

There is nothing like coming home after a long day and seeing Emily peering up over the crib rail looking for you. I'm amazed how long she can hold her head up and just watch you. Mom was worried that after a long day of chasing little kids around all day I'd be too tired to face another one when I got home. The thought never occurred to me. I can't wait to get home and have mom and Emily Grace tell me about their day. It's great fun to sit down and see how long you can keep Emily talking. She always seems amazed that I speak fluent baby and when she smiles she uses her whole body. There's nothing better.

Love,
Dad