Monday, August 3, 2009

So much family, so little time (Southern edition)

Just a couple of days before we left Cville, we had a wonderful day filled with visitors. A number of Haberkerns came to meet Ellie: Uncles Charlie and John, Aunt Sherry, cousins Kerry and Jill and Kerry's boyfriend Justin, and the matriarch of the family, Grandma Tota. Since our house was a wreck as we packed (what felt like hundreds of boxes), we all met up at Steve's house for lunch and then spent the afternoon walking around Grounds.

Ellie is blessed to have two great-grandmothers! (She'll meet the other one next month in Massachusetts.) At 92, Grandma Tota is just amazing and she was so excited to spend time with her first great-grandchild.



Ellie smiled a lot for her Uncle Charlie who came to see her all the way from Seattle!

Kerry, Aunt Sherry and Jill brought Ellie some classic children's books - we can't wait to start reading them!


Uncles John visited from Norfolk!
Ellie loves this super soft stuffed dog from Great-Grandma To...maybe we'll have to name it Di after Grandma's dog;)


Ellie is definitely part of a large extended Haberkern family that loves her very much. Thanks for traveling to see us!

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