This girl is going to give me a heart attack. We took Lydia swimming for the first time today–this is something the kids have wanted to do since before we even went to China to get her. They couldn’t wait to take her swimming. And, I was looking forward to it as well. I thought it would be a good thing for attachment–she would have to trust me in the water as I held her and bobbed around….right? So, after school today, we headed to the Y. I caught the first moments on video–and only the first moments since the girl who once screamed as if the water in the bath was acid now has no fear of water. No. Fear. At. All. She shook our hands away from her and was flopping herself all over the pool. She would go under entirely. When I scooped her up, she came up smiling and then would do it again. The other 3 were doing their usual, “Look, Mama. Look, Mama. Watch me! Watch me!” My answer this time, “I can’t! I can’t! I can’t look away from Lydia!” Those 3 were on their own (at the mercy of the lifeguard) while I paroled Lydia. I honestly think she spent as much time under water as above water. Oh boy. This summer at the pool is going to be stressful. No more magazines or books for me while I dangle my feet in the pool and “watch” the kids play!