Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Grandpa Brownie turns 80!

Ellie and I took to Wichita the weekend of June 5 to celebrate my grandpa and her great grandpa Brownie turning 80 (her fourth trip by plane!). My mom's side of the family is BIG and all of his 5 kids and 16 grandkids were able to come back except for two grandchildren (and two corresponding great grandchildren - he has a total of 9!). The party was a success, and he had a wonderful time.

It was also a great opportunity for E to meet her extended family on my mom's side, as she'd met her family on my dad's side on our last visit. She LOVED her great uncle Marc, as well as her second cousin Tiffany (my first cousin Nathan's wife) and her four daughters (Ellie loves to watch big kids).
My cousins Sam and Andie (Aunt Lori's two youngest kids - 18 and 15) had never held a baby, which we quickly remedied by tossing an Ellie their way. (Andie's indoctrination was actually pretty funny - we were setting up the buffet prior to everyone arriving, and I was trying to mess with crock pots while holding Ellie, which wasn't working. Andie was standing there, so I said "here, take her while I do this". She looked at me like I had three heads and said "oh, I've never held a baby." To which I replied, "well, it's high time you learn" and handed her off. Ellie may not have been the most comfortable she's ever been, but she certainly wasn't going to be dropped which was all that mattered :)
We also got to spend the day on Sunday with Papa and Gigi, and even though I forgot her swimsuit, after some time on the step, we finally just stripped her down and she took a short swim in their pool.
A quick trip (hard to do solo with a baby) but a very, very good one. Photo below as well as a video of E with her Great Uncle Marc.

A link to our photos from the weekend is here.


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