Visitors from Holland

My cousins Martijn en Wouter visited us on their way home from a trip to Vancouver and Las Vegas/Grand Canyon. We are very happy they made this extra stop in Green Bay to visit us and meet our little girl. They hit it off right away and had defenitely a relaxing influence on her. Since the first night they were here, she slept for 6 hours straight during the night!

Thanks guys for coming. We miss you.

Quinn listened to Wouter very carefully.....

Martijn imitated airplane sounds (or that's what it sounded like to me at least) which made her fall asleep..

and it worked....I think also on himself.....

Of course there's no baby visit complete without having "beschuit met muisjes", a Dutch tradition whenever a baby is born. Opa and oma brought a few boxes of the "muisjes", which are suger coated sprinkles in pink/white for girls and blue/white for boys. You put them on a "beschuit" which is some kind of round crisp cracker. Delicious and really Dutch. Yammie.

Going for a ride

A little bit on the large side (her hands are about in the middle of her sleeves), but nice and warm. Ready to go outside and face the cold Wisconsin weather. Although this week we can go without the winter jacket already. Spring is in the air. Hopefully to stay.

Like most other babies, she loves to sleep in the car. She still looks tiny in her carseat. But what a difference already with a month and a half ago!

Bath time

After her umbilical cord was completely off, it was finally time for a real bath. And she LOVES it. I still manage to stay dry while giving her her bath, but that won't last long I think. She likes to kick with her feet and splash around already.

O oh, water in my face!

Nice, warmly dressed and relaxed after her bath. A good time for some baby talk with oma.

One month old

There was no February 29 this year, so we celebrated Quinn's one month birthday on the 28th. At her one month milestone, she is still very lief (sweet) of course, especially when she's hanging out in her swing, taking a little nap with her hands up in the air.

She is defenitely getting more and more alert too. Her eyes start to follow moving objects and she loves looking at the camera. It's so fun to listen to her making little baby noises and blowing bubbles.

A new favorite is sleeping on her belly on my chest. Sometimes that's the only way she wants to sleep.... I probably spoil her too much by doing it, but it gives me the opportunity at least to take a little nap as well. So now and then you can both find us on the coach with our eyes closed.