Off to court we go....

On 6/6, Zoe weighted 9 pounds (25% compared to other babies her age) and was 75% in height. She's doing well.

Her dad on the other had, well, it looks like we're going to have to go to court. He's just not able to keep his word to me. I think he is still in denial. It baffles me that Ellis has not told his parents that they are grandparents. It just seems wrong, how can he deny his parents the glory of the Zozos?! That's bad karma at the very least. What are his parents going to do when Marilyn's mom (Gaga) hunts them down when she goes back to Texas and informs them of the good news? They might just have a heart attack. "You don't understand, they would not approve of the situatuation," Ellis told me. The "situation"? He can't even say her name. He's never said her name. I don't approve of that situatuion! I even offered to go to Texas and bring Zoe to meet her other grandparents. He said nothing (shocking), which in his world, means no.

She is almost 7 weeks old and he still has not paid a dime of child support. The child support counselor asked if he's ever given her toys, or clothes, or contributed in any way. I laughed, "No, this is the person who begged me to get an abortion when I told him he may or may not be the father and when I told him he was the father, told me this was going to ruin his life. He couldn't even bother to call me on Mother's Day." She was not pleased with his news. She shook her head and was visablily discouraged.

I even invited him to move back in (since finding a roommate is even more difficult with a newborn, and a father should live with his child in the ideal world), but he said no to that as well. He did tell me he was "considering" it last time we spoke. That almost gave me a heart attack. When it comes down to it though, I can't seem him moving back in. I simply don't have the energy to try to make him care, anymore. If/when he's ready to step up as a father, he can let me know. It's sad and dissapointing, but I now accept the reality of the "situatuion." We're doing fine, money is tight, but we'll manage until the court determines how much he owes in child support. This photo of her was taken when she was 6 weeks old.