Well I wish I could say it went off without a hitch, but sadly not. Holidays are always rough because our families are so separated. My husbands parents and my parents are both divorced and our mothers re married. My ultimate goal would for everyone to get along and all get together in one location every year I think that is because when I was younger it was like that for a while and those are some of my best memories I have as a child. This year I went and saw my dad the Sunday before Thanksgiving with Ari it was a good visit we just hung out and watched a movie. On Thanksgiving day we went to Ryan's mothers house for a couple hours it was nice just us my stepson and his stepdad & stepbrother.

Friday is when we actually celebrated, we cooked at our house for the first time since we have been together which is 7 years now so that was really nice. My mom and stepdad came over with my nephew and sister. My brother and his girlfriend came over too. Unfortunately my brother and sister don't talk for reasons of their own so when my sister found out he was coming over too she got upset and went upstairs for the entire day it was horrible. I still made the best of it and everyone had a good time. Everyone loved the food which was great too. I don't get to see my brother that often either so that was awesome hanging out with him.

I am the kind of person that worries about everyone else before myself and I always want to make sure that no one is left out has their feelings hurt and feels sad. I have always been like this and I guess it is a good thing but also sucks at times, especially when I can't do anything about the situation.

Now with having our daughter I want the best for her I want her to grow up a happy girl and give her the best memories possibly. I know being only 8 weeks old she won't remember anything now but one day she will and and I want her to have a positive life with such a beautiful outlook. That is my wish for her ... to be happy & full of love. She has changed everything for us 100% and I just want to be able to give her the best life possible and know that we will.