Thickness

W finally got a few pictures of the full fatness of the body. Can you stand the rolls? She's got backfurters for petes sake. I love it. The heine shot was taken just before the 1st time she peed on me. nice.

We feel like we turned a corner yesterday. 3 things that could signal a changing tide:

1. Changing time chill out: while cleaning out a motherload of poop Hilary and I started laughing at how much there was and how strange/funny it all is and Mariana stopped freaking out for the first time. Since then as long as we laugh she calmly sits there and endures the indignity of it all.

2. Laying on her back and stomach: obviously she laid on her back a whole lot because her hair is all missing back there but since she'd been with us she would not stand being put down that way. Yesterday she laid on her back and played, on her stomach and played and sat by herself surrounded by pillows and played. It may not seem like a revelation but after 4 days of near constant holding day and night we could finally just stand nearby and watch.

3. Chill bath time: I think she actually enjoyed it and it knocked her right out for the morning nap, sweet!

So because of these things were very happy yesterday. While winding down at night we were all playing on the bed when I had to get up to go to the bathroom. Just like when you're watching a great game or movie on TV and you can't wait to get back or when you're out to dinner with friends and you're having a great conversation, you rush back to the table because you don't want to miss anything. I had that same feeling last night, that I was going to miss something. Watching her play and be content is amazing. What is she going to do next?! Wow, I didn't know she could do that.