The Other Woman!

When you have a blended family you end up dealing with a lot of different things that you probably never thought about before. One of those things is dealing with your ex's new girlfriend. Yesterday we had that situation, because my ex will be moving in with his girlfriend when he gets out. They went with their grandparents(his parents) while I was at work and met her at a restaurant, arcade type thing. From my understanding it went well, they are still nervous which is expected but haven't expressed hatred(with Callie that's a BIG deal!). My fear however, is that she will either A. Break their hearts or B. Replace me. Let's face it, it would be hard not to-she's dating their dad, I'm not their biological mom, it would be easy for them to bond. I know I'm thinking too much into this, but I'm supposed to be resting more right now and I have a lot of time to just sit here and think about stuff. I know that I have to be the bigger person here though, so I let them go shopping with her today(and their grandma as a chaperone) to get things for their room at her house. I remember having a stepmom and wishing she would have done this with me, so I'm glad she's doing it for them. All I wanted was to truly be treated like her child, so I'm hoping and praying this woman is able to do that. I know first hand that it's harder than people think to just welcome in a new child especially when they're five years old! My hope is that these two just gain an extra mom just as they gained an extra dad. These kids are so lucky and they probably don't even realize it, some kids have no one loving them and these kiddos have two sets of parents. I just hope I can remain as mature as I have been for the passed two days and keep on letting her love them.