This is it...

Today's the day that my baby girl turns 11 years old. She is becoming a beautiful young woman and I could not be more proud of her. But I have more than just pride, I'm feeling...well its difficult to convey into words.

I am so thankful that God listen when I was two months pregnant and slipped and fell as I was leaving my house. Ever since then I have been praying every day for the health and well being of my child. I want so much to give her all the things I never or hardly had, to protect her from all things that will hurt her and for her to be happy. But I know that I need to let go. It was hard letting go at Disneyland. Steve and I wanted to go ride the Pirates of the Caribbean. Elena doesn't like that ride because of the dips it has. She wanted to ride on the Canoes but Steve and I both have bad knees and it would hurt very much to sit in a canoe. So with the promise from Elena to keep riding the canoes until she sees us when she gets off the canoes, and the urging of Steve for me to give Elena some independence and let her go, we let her ride the canoes while we went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It was the hardest thing I have had to do but I don't regret it. I know it has to be done, and as a parent, I don't think your ever really ready to let them go. You will always be there for them, to help them, and give advice when needed. That is what being a parent is all about.

I love her so much! I just hope I don't go bawling too much at her graduation from middle school. I'm such a mom!!! :)

My Review of this past weekend...

Ok, so I had a very busy weekend. My birthday was on Saturday and my fiance, Steve, Elena and I went to Disneyland. OMG! I loved it! This was the bestest birthday I have ever had!!! We went on the Haunted Mansion ride, The big ship (not the white one. Sorry can't remember the name of it), Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Buzz Lightyear (Twice!! Yes, I beat Steve the second time!) and we also went on Autopia (twice!). It was an awesome day and we ended up very tired. We stayed until the fireworks show then headed home. We had lunch at the Blue Bayou which I have never been to before. It was a first for all three of us. Although I loved it, I would not pay that price again. It was a great thing to do for the first time, but the hamburgers were pretty good at a fraction of the cost! A great time was had by all. Steve even had a good time since he hadn't been there since he was a kid. With the exception of the crowds at the firework show, I think I could have had him convinced of Walt Disney World for our honeymoon. But I still have to work on that!

On Sunday, Elena and I didn't go to church because we were still tired. Elena slept till 10am. Steve came over after his golf game and we all went swimming then all three of us went to Buca di Beppo for dinner. This was a fun place to top the weekend off with. We only had a 30 minute wait for our table and the waitstaff were very nice. I loved the stuffed chicken in pesto sauce! Although I asked for the free birthday cake, Steve talked to the waiter while Elena and I went to the restroom. See, on Steve's birthday I took him to Tokyo Wako where they cook the Japanese food in front of you, Benihana style. Well when I told the waitress that I wanted a birthday desert for Steve, they put this plastic hat that made him look like he was a samurai. I have the pic to prove it but haven't scanned it. Ever since then, he has been bent on getting me just embarrassed. The thing he didn't know was that I am not embarrassed that easily and getting everyone to sing happy birthday to me in the restaurant didn't phase me a bit!!! I loved it!

It was sweet that he tried though! Hehehehe....I sure do love that man!

So that was my birthday weekend in a nutshell. Didn't do any school work (I know. Bad Tricia!!!), didn't do any wedding planning or thinking about the wedding at all. I just had a ball with my two most favorite people in the world!!