Nolan Meets Quinn

After the chaos of finding a hospital room and after we were able to introduce Quinn to her grandparents, Aunt Kelsey and Aunt Heidi brought Nolan to the hospital to meet his sister for the first time.  After months and months of talking about the "baby in mom's belly" she was finally here and we were about to find out how Nolan would really react.

I could hear him screeching down the hallway yelling, "mommy!!" as they searched for our room.  He came right up to me and talked about how I was going "night night" since I was in bed and then wanted to know where the baby was.  Since she was laying in her bassinet he also pointed out the fact that baby was going "night night" as well.  He was very interested in her and wanted to take a closer look right away.

First look at his sister.

Getting a little bit closer.

Checking out "baby."

After the initial excitement of meeting Quinn, Nolan opened up the present that Quinn bought for him.  He got a new set of power tools that he was SUPER excited about and started fixing things around my hospital room right away.  Little dude knows is way around a power drill and jigsaw.

Nolan was really sweet and wanted to sit up in bed with me during his visit.  Just before he left, he wanted Quinn to sit with us.  So we all cuddled up in bed and he pointed out all of her body parts and features and held her for the first time.  It's enough to melt your heart.

Lots of kisses for his sister.

Wow...I have a sister!

Checking out her little fingers.

More kisses.

After his visit on Friday night, Nolan came back to the hospital a couple of other times to hang out, eat breakfast with mom in bed, and watch a show together before heading out for a fun day with Aunt Kelsey.  It was so much fun (and such a relief) to see how gentle and loving Nolan was with his new sister.  He is off to a great start as a big brother and we are excited to watch their relationship grow over the years.