Curtis,
I wish you all of the best. I am sure that you will follow your heart and that will lead you in the right direction... afterall - you certainly made great choices in your life thus far.
As a personal note, whether or not your current relationship gets serious, I found that the musical SOUND OF MUSIC goes a long way to opening doors to combating Disney's message that all step-mom's are evil. I used it to open a discussion with my daughter about what she thought the captain's wife would have wanted ... ie... of course she would have wanted singing in the house and the captain to fall in love and the children to have happines...
My daughter is too young to discuss my situation personally, but when the time comes she will understand my desire for my husband to find love and for my family to be happy. I think that movie does it so well.
I wish you and your darling daugther all of life's blessings.