Before heading to Haiti this summer, we made a super fast trip to DesMoines one weekend to meet the newest addition to the family. Baby Jack was born to Nathan’s sister and her hubby in late May, and the kids couldn’t wait to meet him.

When your kids are 4 and 6, you completely forget how tiny babies are. I work at a daycare, in the infant room, and still don’t see babies this small. We don’t get them there until they’re at least 6 weeks old…so seeing one this new is always a lesson in just how small they begin.

This is Evan’s hand next to baby Jack. What a little guy!

And Ellie…she loves babies.

Both of them did get to hold baby Jack. As you can imagine, Ellie was way more patient and held still a whole lot better than her brother. But I was impressed that Evan even wanted to hold him. And I did catch this part of the one-sided conversation while he was holding him.  “Hi baby Jack, my name is Evan.” Seriously, how adorable is that?