Week 52 - Birthday Weekend Part 1

Here's Mollie on the day before her big 1 birthday. Making some important calls before heading out to daycare.

We had a lot of good friends and family in town for the big birthday party. Mollie's grandma Liz came in from Marin and Mollie's Godparents, Megan and Josh came in from Berkeley. For Mollie's birthday, Grandma Liz hand painted the blocks on the floor in this photo. They are so special and really beautiful. Some of them even match the photo Liz painted for Mollie's room.
Megan and Josh brought Mollie her very first blue-green box. Now there's a milestone! She's also modeling her headband from Aunt Dee Dee and Uncle Jean-Bernard.
After a nice morning at our house, we headed over to Nana and Pop-pop's to get the party started. We got some delicious Abby Cadabby cupcakes from Georgetown cupcake. They were a big hit!
And of course, Abby gift bags for the kiddies.
Mollie was pretty excited.
Here are a couple more set up pics.

Some pre-nap balloon play with Megan.
Oopsy!
Mollie took a long nap and woke up just in time for the guests to arrive.

"Nana, can I have this necklace for my birthday?"

Mollie and her great grand Poppy.
Toasting Auntie Sissy
Fist bumping with her girl Emma.
Hanging with Great Aunt Ann and Great Uncle Jim

And then the main event - the cupcake! She loved it...
...a lot.
She also got a couple of gifts :)
But this baby Calin is among her favorites (from Nana and Pop-pop). She's been patting her on the back and feeding her milk, giving kisses. It is really quite adorable.
Pop-pop showed her how Big Bird can bite your finger. Now she's showing him how to do it.
Time for a snack - this pepper top will do.
Modeling her costume change (the frosting covered attire had to go in the wash before Nana would allow her in the living room) :)
By the end of the night, she was so stimulated and happy she was running around this circle of people, picking people to pick her up and then insisting on being put back down to pick again. It was so cute!
Auntie Sissy's turn!
3 generations of Sitzman-McDermott-Lauter ladies