The Birthday Girl!

Well, I must say that we had a splendid weekend here, what with the Girl's First Birthday and the grandparents visiting from Colorado. I did have a sick stomach flip-flop kind of feeling for the entire weekend, and continue to have, due to the coming departure of my ex-significant other/baby's daddy. It has been four months of hell in the relationship department, four months of anger, hurt, despair and distrust, and I am starting to see an ending in sight. I feel like I may have forced his hand into leaving, but clearly there was some force that needed to be exerted if I ever wanted to begin to move on from the train-wreck that this relationship has become. In short, for those who don't know the full story: He cheated on me during the time I was living at Mom's and he was working in the city, I found out, he didn't seem to care, he lies and lies some more, I fume, repeat repeat repeat. Ugh. Soooooo......

Here is the cake picture:




The Birthday was pretty low-key, but we had a great time hanging out and eating pizza and cake. Annelee is just beginning to get the courage to take a few steps, and every day that goes by she is going a bit further. Tristan is very happy to report that she walked to him, and I am sure that he will always remember that and boast about it. Annelee is so madly in love with him and Moria--I am so very thankful to be living in Minnesota again, to be close to my family. I never knew what a blessing it was to lose my job in San Diego when I did. The universe has a funny way of always knowing what is best for us all. Sometimes it is hard to see that when you are in the midst of a change, but it always does seem to work out in the end. I just need to keep telling myself that during this time in my life when I am unsure what the next few months have in store. I will get through this! It will work out! But I still can't shake this feeling in the pit of my stomach. Oy!!