The cousins finally meet....

May 2nd finally came, so we headed to Austin Straubel Airport to pick up my brother Arjan, his wife Aafke and their two kids Tess and Luke, who flew in from The Netherlands. Quinn was sooo excited to meet her aunt and uncle and especially her two cousins for whom we bought some baloons.

After a long flight they finally came through the gate. The kids hadn't slept a lot during the flight, but on the last stretch from Minneapolis to Green Bay, the light finally went out for Tess and Luke. Luckily it didn't take long for them to wake up and give us a big kiss and hug hello.

Tess had been asking many times before they came if she could hold her little cousin Quinn. And she was so proud when she finally could. She held her many times over the 2 weeks they were here, and every time we had to take a picture.



Luke was very impressed with his baby cousin as well. He loves to give her kisses and hugs, however this little Bam Bam (that's how Ryan calls him) doesn't know his own strength.....so we had to watch him carefully when he was around her.

The two moms and the three little munchkins. It's hard to get three young kids at one picture at the same time. But we did a good job here.

Three little butts...

Quinn with my brother Arjan...he couldn't believe how small she was and that his own two sweethearts were once as small as she is right now. They grow sooo fast....

Aunt Aafke gives Quinn her bath. Tess is watching carefully. She wanted Quinn to go in the big bathtub with her, but we explained her she is a little bit too little for that yet. In December, when we will go to Holland to visit them, she will be big enough and then they can have a bath together we promised her.

Quinn loves it when you talk to her. She talks back to you in her own special way with "oohs" and "aahs" and by blowing bubbles....lots of bubbles...

After a good conversation, it's time for a nap. Normally she takes a little nap before her last feeding, and then we either hold her or she sleeps in her swing... All the other naps are in her own bed.