the pink parade begins...

as i feared, the onslaught of pink and girly has begun...what i do not want to admit is how cute it all is...we have gotten some really adorable presents, thank you to everyone. i promise thank you notes will arrive before marley is 18.
the first week home has flown by, of course we had my mom here to make life so much easier. she took care of ben and i and our menagerie, so we could focus on marley. i don't know what i would have done without her. she left this morning, and it was probably one of the hardest good byes we've had. in a perfect world, i would live near my family. they would be a drive away, instead of a plane ride away. hopefully some day soon that will happen. my mom is really amazing, and so happy to be a grandma.
marley went to the doctor on friday and she is doing well. she's a bit of a lazy eater, so we have had to regiment a feeding schedule and wake her to make sure she is getting enough nutrition. she seems to be eating a lot more now, which is good. perhaps all the drugs just took awhile to get out of her system. we go back on friday to check her weight gain. i talked to the docto about my spinal headache while we were there, and it looks like it will take a couple of weeks to go away. or i could get a spinal blood patch, but after all those failed epidurals, i just don't have it in me to have another shot in the spine. they are gradually getting better. enough about me, marley's the real star. she is such a happy baby. and so beautiful. here are more pictures of her...we have a picture of her after a bath with me, in her bear suit coming home from the hospital, me her and her daddy, her wide awake, and then three generations of strong women....