PaPa's 87th Birthday: November 5, 1921

Yesterday we all celebrated my PaPa's 87th birthday. Born November 5, 1921 in South Carolina as Howard Marion Campbell. Can you believe he wanted to eat Mexican food? He loves the cheese dip and just plain tacos. YUMMY! We had no complaints; El Vallarta is our favorite.

PaPa is still trying to keep himself busy. He likes to piddle around his junk yard, although he would never call it junk. Tractors are still his second love; he and my MaMa have been married for 62 years! PaPa has great stories. He loves telling Andy about his WWII days and when he used to travel near Schanootesville, IL. Did I spell that correctly? The reason he likes to tell Andy that story is because it is near Ohio and he traveled through Ohio to get home to VA from IL.

PaPa and MaMa just love seeing little Miss Anna Campbell. We took her by their home for Halloween so they could see the real Minnie Mouse in person.

Take a look at our pictures! More to come soon!

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 :)