Not sitting at a computer for 8 hours a day really limits my blogging time. Greetings! All is well here in Corne-land. Well, aside from 3 minor colds (me, Ian and Leah) and a wierd red eyelid (Leah), we are all well. We are pretty sure that Leah is smiling for real now and that is fun. It is hard to get on out of her though.

Happy 3rd Birthday to Zella!
Happy 2nd Birthday to Emma!

Miss Leah Cassidy is 2 weeks old today and still is behaving like quite the little lady. She loves to snooze and drink milk. We have seen a few smiles, but she makes eye contact so rarely, we are unsure if they are "real" smiles. Big brother Ian is still adjusting to life with a little sister. 98% of the time he is great, but every once in awhile, she gets a smack from him. I'm hoping this behavior gets better in the next few weeks.

We are having some guests this weekend and I can't wait to see them. The Engles and the "other" Cornes will be visiting and coming to meet Leah. Ian will have kids to play with and that will be great.

Well, we made it through the first week with 2 kids. And I think we did wonderfully, if I do say so myself. After a rough few days with days and nights mixed up, the last few nights Leah has been waking to eat and then going back to sleep. I call that success with a 1 week old. We are sleeping in the guest room in the double bed. After a week or so of that, I'm going to try to use her cradle more. It took Ian 8 weeks to move to his crib, so I'll set that as a goal and see how we do.

We had our first doctor's appointment yesterday. She weighed 8lbs 9oz, which means we don't go back until Feb 1st. She has surpassed her birth weight, meaning that feedings are going very well. If she is anything like Ian, she will be a fast gainer and out of 0-3month clothes before we know it.

We've had lots of visitors, which is a lot of fun. I'm really enjoying all of this family time. I've gotten to meet lots of Ian's friends from playgroups (as well as the parents).