Thank you to everyone who has expressed support as we wondered about Piper's heart! I will never cease to be amazed at the extent of caring in the world.

We spent an inordinate amount of time at the doctor's office yesterday, and with a fairly slimy doctor to boot (comments like "I like to rub little girls bellies" had me crawling in my chair and ready to grab my girl and run - but I really wanted to hear that I only had to see this guy this once) to hear that, indeed, her murmur, though apparently "musical", is innocent.

As for the squatting - well, either she IS trying to compensate for some shortness of breath, or she's just being ornery. The nice thing for me (isn't it always about me?) is that I no longer have to feel guilty for getting impatient with her when she does it - it's not pathological.