Little by little

Little by little life is going back to normal, or as normal as it can be with a tiny sweet baby ruling your universe.
Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life, falling short probably only of my wedding day, I fit back into pre-pregnancy clothes. True, they don't fit the way the used to, but the fact that i managed to buckle an old belt around my waist was quite joyful. There are still 25 lbs to go but just knowing that i am on the way makes me happy.
Madison is starting to sleep longer through the night and have longer awake periods where she just looks at me and smiles and makes faces. Twice now we have managed to go out for lunch or dinner and she behaved quite well, probably because she was sleeping for most of the time. We even took her shopping and she fell asleep in my arms in the midst of all the commotion and buzz.
Slowly we are figuring each other out. I know now when she cries because she is hungry, i can tell when she is tired or has gas. She is a good baby- doesn't cry without a reason. I am afraid that Jeff was right and it will be hard to get her to sleep on her own now. she seems to like sleeping in the big bed. She doesn't much care whether we are in the bed with her, though, so may be she would like sleeping in her crib rather than the bassinet that is getting smaller and smaller for her by the minute.
She was 11 lb on thursday= 5 kg and all the newborn clothes are out of the window. the bigger 0-3 months fit but we are moving on to the 3-6 months. We found a new game that she loves- "stick your tongue out" she tries to immitate me when i stick my tongue out at her and after some effort is very happy when she does it. She is very close to rolling herself onto her back and loves being on her tummy.
I don't think life will ever be same as before Madison. But i don't think i miss all that much having her is so much fun.
Jeff said yesterday " I love her so much. thank you for giving her to me!" and i think that sums up how we both feel about the chaos of life we have right now.

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