Yesterday's visitation with D1 went well. W/MIL were both standoffish but polite enough during the pickup. D1 came to me pretty quickly like last week, but when I was going to leave W leaned in and kissed D1 while I was holding her - closest contact I've had with her in a while.

Went to the mall, though I have to be careful because strolling a baby around in a stroller through the mall is like a chick magnet lol. :p

After that we went to a store a distant cousin of mine owns near where I used to live. Then went to the park, and met a family who had a 1.5 year old daughter who got a kick out of D1 as they were swinging next to each other.

Got lots of pictures, a few people noticed how my sons would hold D1's hands and walk on either side of her while she walked along. She should be able to walk without assistance soon.

Took her home after that, and she was very tired and ended up falling asleep on my shoulder for 2 hours.

W/MIL showed up to pick her up, W leaning in close to kiss D1 again when taking her off my shoulder, and MIL brought me $6 worth of coupons for when I take the kids to get their hair cut. I suppose I can deduct that from the thousands of dollars W has already made me spend for the D she wanted.

They both showed a lot of affection towards my sons, which bothered me primarily in the case of W because she put her arm around S8 and said "I love you" which is something I haven't heard her tell him since... last year sometime.

They are obviously trying to get some sort of reaction out of me, or wanting to play "one big happy family" at this point since I'm zeroing in on W legally, but it is just too late now so that it appears anything but genuine.

If W wants anything even resembling a friendship at this point - I require complete honesty, remorse, and an expressed desire to do what it takes to work together for D1 - even if not as H&W.

I re-read the DR book, specifically the sections on LRT and Infidelity. Pretty sure I'm doing pretty well on that - simply because my focus isn't on the M but D1.

Feeling nostalgic a bit today, but ultimately the distance helps I think in focusing on me.

"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."