She will be swimming soon.

Eve has been able to swim around the pool with her floaties for the last 2 summers. Honestly she can almost swim as fast as me and I am a pretty good swimmer. We have wanted to have her try swimming without her floaties all summer but she always says it is too dangerous. I guess we really ingrained in her that she has to be careful around the pool. Anyway she has a nervous breakdown every time you mention taking the floaties off and then freaks if you get near her. Well today I was done swimming and went to sit at the side of the pool and she came and joined me. She said she was done too so we took the floaties off and she always either throws them over the pool fence or in the pool. She did one of each and Adam wouldn't give the pool one back to her unless she walked on the stair that goes all the way around the pool. She finally agreed to do it. Then after a new game developed over getting the floatie in the pool she let Adam hold her stomach and let her swim without her floaties. I am so proud of her. She swam the length of the pool probably 10 times. Adam did such an amazing job of comforting her and making sure she felt safe that by the end she was all smiles. I can't wait until she is brave enough to try on her own. I know she can do it. I guess we will have to go swimming every night now.

Eve's Room.

I have been wanting to update Eve's room for a long time but haven't found what I was looking for before now. I got the Pottery Barn Kids catalog in the mail yesterday and totally feel in love with one of the sets in there. I think I am going to have to buy it for her even though Adam said she is fine with what she has now. Notice he never actually said no so he hasn't forbid me from doing it yet. I think secretly he likes it too but is such a cheap butt that he would let her keep her current set until she moved out. I will probably wait until I get my first paycheck before I go all out and splurge on it. It is back ordered right now anyway so I might as well wait. Her room was Tinkerbell so we are already rocking the pink, purple, and green colors so it isn't like I need to completely redo everything in her room just the bedding for now and perhaps a new coat of paint in a couple of months.

Positive.

I think I have been so negative lately and that isn't the direction I want my life to be right now. I have been praying for God to help me see the positive in everything from here forward and to help me let go of the negativity in my life.

It is amazing how God listens. I was giving Adam a hard time today about stupid stuff I wanted him to do put he didn't want to. I was just joking with him and then he was telling me how he was going to have to work 2-3hrs overtime per day for a while. Although I miss him terribly while he is at work I know it is a good thing because it means extra money for us which I like. He is such a good man that takes on so much responsibility. I was reminding him that I don't mind if he works overtime but he needs to get off at a decent time on 8.8.08 because it is our anniversary and we are going to go out of town to celebrate. He said he already discussed it with his coworker. He said told his coworker, "My wife and I have been together for 6.5 years and are coming up on our 5 year wedding anniversary. It really has been the best 6.5 years and I hope we have 50 more together." How sweet is Adam to say that. I love him more everyday and am so thankful that I get to be his wife. His co-worker agreed to pick up the slack that day so we could get out of town at a decent time. It just amazes me what a great man I married. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. Not only do I have the best husband in the whole world I also have one fabulous daughter too. So when I start complaining about everything in the world around me I am going to just think back to this so I can remember I have a lot to be happy and thankful for.

Silly girl.

Eve was watching TV and they were asking, "What's your name?" She replied, "My Aisling." She has been telling people her name is Aisling(Ashling) lately so I wanted to know if she would prefer for us to call her that since technically it is her real first name. I know she is proud of her name but when she says it everyone thinks her name is Ashley. So I said, "Do you want us to call you Aisling or Eve?" Her response, "I want you to call me Pink." After much discussion about this she finally settled on the fact that we could call her Aisling Pink or Eve Pink. Then she kept saying Eve Pink so I guess that settles it for now.

Unexpected

Today I got a call from my school. I never heard the phone ring but checked my voicemail and I got a message from the principal at my school. Somehow she found out about the miscarriage and called to give her condolences and said if I needed anything to just let her know. I am really shocked. She is not the most sympathetic lady in the world so it was kind of nice to get the message.

Eve's new favorite food.

Eve is the world pickiest eater ever. So what new food did she decide she likes. Hormel Chili. Seriously this kid is so random.

Family Future.

I hope that by Adam's parents moving here I can start a better relationship with them. We were the first to get married and they thought we were too young (we were 23 when we got married they were 19.) Every boy I ever dated parents loved me. Adam's parents kind of live in their own little world. They can even be cold to their own children so putting on my usual charm was extra challenging. We get along and I guess they like me at least Adam says they do. We were only dating for a 1.5 years when we got married. So I only saw them occasionally for the first year and a half and honestly was a little distant because I didn't feel comfortable around them. We moved away 3 days after our wedding so seeing them became more infrequent putting the relationship stage at a slow progress. Don't get me wrong we get along. In fact they try and be on their best behavior when I am around because they want to make a good impression on me as well. I just wish I could have the relationship with them that Adam has with my parents. I am going to put forth more effort and try to come up with activities where they see what a normal relationship is supposed to be like. I think the problem lies in their other kids. Their relationships are full of drama and they always need money from their parents. We don't need anything from them but love. Everything with Adam's brother and sisters is a big competition. We have this and this. Mom and Dad gave me this and this. It is sooo lame. First of all none of them can compete with us because I make more than any of their combined incomes and I am a teacher. Second of all his parents don't give us anything because they are stingy and we don't whine until we get something we can't afford to buy on our own. Whenever we go back to see them and we try and just hang out it becomes a pissing match with his siblings (they are always around) so we never get any real time with them. When they have visited here they never stay for more than a few days so we never get to get beyond the formalities. I am looking forward to getting some alone time with them so they can see us not only as our individual family but also that we can develop a normal relationship. Honestly it isn't Adam's mom that I think is cold . It is Adam's dad that needs to see relationships without drama and with the depth to which I believe a parent/adult children relationship can be. I am excited for what the future holds.