Parlor tricks

Do I dare mention Korri's sleep schedule? Sure, I'll risk it. It seems that baby girl's body has figured out the difference between night and day. She still sleeps a ton, but now when she falls asleep after 8pm-ish, it is a much deeper sleep than she does during the day. And she usually sleeps straight without waking up for 4 to 5 hours! Yay. Then the rest of the night, she usually goes 3 to 4 hours, but that means I usually only have to get up twice, if I time things right. Hopefully this continues and only improves as she gets bigger.

Her rash seemed to have disappeared. She seems much more comfortable, too, so hopefully that was the problem and it is gone for good.

Korri and I went to auntie Becca's bridal shower in Murdock on Saturday. Auntie Kristine drove, which was much appreciated (especially since I'd gotten 4 hours of sleep the night before thanks to Korri and Jim!). The shower was nice and Becky got lots of great stuff. Korri got passed around the whole time, which was a nice break for me...then she screamed the entire way from Murdock to St. Cloud. Poor Grace (who was in the back seat with her). Jim and Finn hung out at home all day since they were still car-less (Jim said his car SHOULD be fixed by the end of this week...).

Sunday, we went over to Born's for an over due visit and color Easter eggs! Finn is still a little young to "get" coloring eggs, but he did three or four before he was done. I thought that was good. It was hard for him to wait and at one point, he just took the egg out and put it in other colors! Quinn LOVED coloring eggs and by the end, had all the colors mixed into one container, much to her mother's chagrin. We had a great meal and then headed home later than we'd planned. Luckily, both of our kids are pretty flexible when it comes to things like that.

Yesterday, the three of us dropped daddy off at work (it was really hard for Finn not to go in with him!) and went to Preemie class. Finn can draw  horizontal and vertical lines! They had a paint station set up and he figured it out. So I'm not a terrible mother after all ;) He also amazed me with his ability to climb on, through and around their obstacle course/jungle gym. I guess his gross motor skills are improving!! Yay.

After class, lunch and nap, we picked daddy up at work and went to a financial planning meeting (yes, with both kids!). I was pleasantly surprised at how well behaved Finn was considering the meeting lasted over 45 minutes. He got squirrelly at one point and I gave him paper and pen and he drew for a long time. Then he showed off his Minnesota Gopher knowledge to the financial planner. Gotta love parlor tricks :) Once she fell asleep, Korri was fine, too! Ha, ha.

Last night, Ryan and Leah dropped off a rocking chair! Yay...now we have one in each of the kids' rooms. We didn't think we needed one in Finn's room until we didn't have one any more. Ryan's mom was getting rid of one of hers, which happened to be pink-ish color, so it works perfectly in Korri's room. Thanks, guys, for delivering it!