My Little Sleepy Head!

Ever since my daughter, Addie, was born (Dec. 26, 2002) she has always slept in bed with me...well, since she was one...  I knew I needed to start training her to sleep in her own bedroom sometime before I got married but I didn't.  I figured it would take her a little adjusting, just didn't realize how much!!!  It's been ROUGH!!!  When Tristan and I got back from our honeymoon thats when this whole "nightmare" began..  I had this brilliant idea that we could move her gradually...first out of our room into the living room and then from there into her bedroom...so it wasn't such an enormous jump for her... Well, all that did was prolong this nightmare longer!!! We tried everything!! Friends have spent the night almost every night this summer with her, we have tried rewards...you name it, we have tried it!!!  After many weeks of sleeping in the living room she finally became well adjusted to it!  Now, less than two weeks before school starts.. the "final move"!!!  Last night was her first night in her room.  After reading a book, saying a prayer, turning on her music, tucking her in and kissing her goodnight, we turned out her light and walked out.  The minute we sat down on the couch in the livingroom she is up and in there with us, trying to come up with all kinds of excuses to stay up! After she was done crying, telling me she was about to throw up, getting in and out of bed to check and see if we were still in the living room, etc...she only got up two more times through out the night (which Tristan and I thought it was going to be a lot worse)!! Needless to say... she made it through her first night in her bedroom!!  Tonight her cousin, Easton, is spending the night with her, so maybe it will go even smoother tonight... Hopefully! =)
The crazy thing is...it has been an adjustment for me, too!!!  I love sleeping in bed and cuddling with my husband but I miss my sweet baby also!!  For the past eight and a half years it's just been she and I!!  I miss her!! 

Love is more than a Feeling!!

So... I got married a little over a month ago on June 12.  I married the "Man of my Dreams"... (haha... I know I'm a little nerdy!) We met at church in the singles 20's-40's class.  I was 27 and Tristan, my husband, was 40.  We started out by just being friends and hanging out and then it quickly became more and we started dating.  We dated for about 8 months before I decided he was not the "one" for me...because I thought something was "missing"...  So, we broke up for about 3 months and then started seeing each other again and got engaged within a week!  We were engaged for about a year and a half and then, I did it again...  We broke up!  Same reason... I felt like something was missing, but I was not sure what it was.  Well, I finally realized what it was.  It was me expecting this certain feeling of warm fuzzies, luvy luvy all the time, etc... When all said in done that's not reality!!!  I think a lot of times we women expect love to be like that and if it doesn't stay that way, then somethings wrong or missing...  When we think like that we don't have  the right concept of love!  Love is not just a feeling... Love is an ACTION!!  It took me a long time to figure that out!!! Luckily, when I came to my senses a year and a half later Tristan believed in our love still, after everything we went through!!  God has blessed me in so many ways, but definately by giving me such an amazing husband!!  Love is a very powerful word!!  One of my favortie scriptures in the bible is "The Greatest Command" 1 Corinthians 13 4-7  Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  GOD is LOVE!!!  So, almost 2 months ago we got married and I am more in love with him now, then I ever have been!!! <3