A Sunday Stroll

We decided to enjoy the 75 degree weather November had to offer. After church we packed up and headed to Hyco. Andy and I wanted to take one last spin in the Malibu before having it winterized. Charles and Andy have plans to take the boat to where we bought it to have it winterized later this month. Off we go! Saidey really enjoyed herself. You can see the cold water bath did not affect her too much. She is all smiles as little sis looks up from her car seat. Can you believe it is 67 degrees in the water and November? Our neighbors were out skiing today. Kam had on a wet suit but our newest neighbor, Frank, wore just his swim trunks! ICY!!!

I am scared

These precious days are passing so quickly. I cannot get enough of little miss Anna. I absolutely adore her. I am so in love, with not only the man of my dreams, but our sweet baby girl. How can a mother not love her child? This is sad to admit, but I am adicted to her, in a good way. No, I don't hold her 20 of 24 hours. But I do cuddle, blow bubbles, laugh with her, tickle her, read to her, play, get to her eye level, wrap her in my snuggli so she can see at my eye level...I love her.

Someone told me today that it is not that hard going back to work. She has had two children, most recently a boy on July 18th. She went back to work after 10 weeks. Honestly, is she trying to convince herself of something, or is she trying to protect me by telling me this? I am scared...

I am not scared to leave her with the sitter (my cousin Melanie--I know she will be well taken care of and loved just as I would love on her), but I am scared of what I will miss. Will I be the one with her when she takes her first step, what about her first word? Why do we now live in a society that requires two incomes--heck, my husband has two incomes, so with me that makes three! Pray, that is something I have taken for granted and taken out of the equation these days--BAD! I know that God has the best and only plan. Am I listening?

4 months old!! October 15, 2008

Anna Campbell is 4 months old now. She weighs 13.07 pounds and is 25 inches long. She did better with her shots today than at her 2 month visit.

Johnny Jumper!

We tried out the Johnny Jumper today! Just how we imagined it; she did not know what to do! She looked scared. I am sure after a few days she will get the hang of it.

Anna Campbell has been sleeping in her crib at night for about 2 weeks now. So far, so good. I cannot believe how fast she is growing. We have our 4 month doctor's visit in two days, Wednesday Oct 15. I am going to guess that she weighs 14 pounds. We'll see :)

UVA Game, October 11, 2008

We had a mini reunion on Friday and Saturday at the UVA game. Mama, Daddy, Andy, Anna Campbell and myself traveled to Charlottesville on Friday, the 10th of October, to visit with friends from college.
Alyssa and Chad Burkhardt and Paula Chirhart flew in from NYC. We all went out to dinner to a college favorite, the Biltmore. We had their famous cheese fries and most of us ate salads--yummy! Instead of going out that evening for drinks-we are now party poopers-, the Sterner/Stoler crew headed back to the hotel. I hate to admit this, but I am more worn out now than ever, and Anna is not even mobile yet!
When we arried to the Marriott, we detoured by the indoor pool to discover how warm it was. It registered 90 degrees. I had a bathing suit for Anna Campbell so we all went swimming. Granted, not for very long as it was late and we had to get an early start for tailgating on Saturday.







On Saturday we met up with Alyssa, Chad, Paula, Tiffany and Seamus Campion, Lauren and Mason Baron, and Kelly Duncan--all girl friends from Tri-Sig (Alyssa, Tiffany, Paula), first year hallmate E-school and friend for life (Lauren) and E-school friend (Kelly). Everyone met up at Mama and Daddy's parking spot around 9 am. Then later we traveled to Rosalie's (Tri-Sig) parking spot and we met up with other Tri-Sig sisters, Adrienne and Ashley. We had a great time, but time was short because kickoff was at noon!