In May, our family of 3.5 flew across the country to see Uncle Jeff graduate from his Physician's Assistant program at George Washington University and have a Garber Family Vacation. Our big-little toddler did awesome, and we had great family time celebrating Jeff and exploring Washington, D.C. together. The days were filled with meals out, walking/strolling/training around the city, being tourists, and drinking scotch while eating chocolate cake in Nana and Papa's hotel room while Ella was sleeping in our adjoining room next door. From starting the days with snuggles and milk in Nana and Papa's bed to ending them with longer-than-normal family dinners at restaurants, Ella was a traveling trooper! Watching Frozen and taking a little medicine helped for two successful 5-6 hour flights, too ;)
The pictures will tell the story of our trip!
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| Airport Time- "Let's do this!" |
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| Uncle Jeff Garber, P.A. |
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| White Coat Ceremony at GWU |
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| Cheering on Uncle Jeff with Daddy |
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| Proud Parents |
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| The Garber Guys Dressed for the Special Occasion |
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| Yay Uncle Jeff! |
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Uncle Bill, Auntie Carol, and I at the Reception for the White Coat Ceremony
They came from Arizona! |
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| 1/2 Nap + 1/2 Lap-Time with Papa for the Ceremony = Success! |
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Celebratory Dinner with All in Town for Uncle Jeff's Graduation:
Jeff, Erin, Nana & Papa, Uncle Bill & Auntie Carol, and John, Priscilla, Lorna & Connor Mulvaney |
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| National Air & Space Museum |
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| Tourist-in-Action |
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| Papa's Museum Buddy for the Week |
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| Ella came out of the museum saying, "rocket, rocket fall" |
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Coffees and Walking around Georgetown
My two favorites :) |
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| Sipping Milk with Nana |
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| Ella loved listening to the musician in Georgetown |
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| Tips for Songs |
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Running at the Park by the Potomac River
She made friends and chased a remote-control car and the boys who operated it-- so cute |
