We had a lovely party in the courtyard at Mara and Reuben's place. All the cool kids were there.
Daniel scoping out the scene before we dig into the Georgetown Cupcakes.
Happy birthday, Reuben!
Awww, happy family!
Rina was a big fan of the chocolate cupcake :)
In the fine tradition of the McDermott women, I immediately put on all my gifts for this photo opportunity.
I don't know what is going on here, but I thought it looked cute.
More partying.
In the morning, Auntie Sissy accompanied us to Jonah's Treehouse for Mollie's gym class and then to the farmer's market. As an extra surprise, there were baby animals at the farmer's market. Mollie liked them all...from a distance.
Then Mollie showed us her hula-hooping abilities. 
Saturday night Louie arranged for a lovely wine tasting and dinner at this great little French restaurant in our neighborhood. All the grown ups left the kiddies at home for a great night out on the town. There are no photos for a reason :)
Then we saw some friends for brunch, hanging out, and kiddie pool time. Mollie loved it!
We really tried to get a quick group shot, but the kids were not so into the idea.
In between we skyped with Grandma and Ahmed. Mollie showed off some of her dance moves and new words ("book" and "roar"). For dinner we went to Nana and Pop-Pops. Mollie got this new headband, which I love but she won't keep it on for very long.
She distributed some plastic cups all over Nana's kitchen.
And then gave them to Uncle Barty one at a time.
And that's where my pictures ended. But, mom has some more, so I'll include them in a future post. It was a really lovely day.
The weather is finally nice and we've been having a little time to play in the yard. Mollie loves the dandelions. Unfortunately, she really enjoys eating them. We're trying to teach her the concept of blowing off the seeds, but it's not working so well.
We also took Mollie to her first Giants/Nationals game with Nana and Pop-Pop. It was really fun!
Here's a mother's day preview - more pics to come after tomorrow. This week I was out of town at a work meeting for a few days. While I was gone, Kirsten, Mollie's regular sitter, helped Mollie make me some special Mother's Day cupcakes. So sweet of them both!
Uncle Barty participating in the service.
Auntie Margie reading the questions. 
Nana sent me some more pictures from their sleepover when Louie and I went to NY. So cute!
Mollie has started saying more words, but her favorite is "woof woof." She says it to all dogs and occasionally other animals too - like cats. Pretty funny.
That aquarium is one smart institution. In the line while we waited to get in, they passed out some chocolate goldfish cookies, yummy.
Mollie doesn't want to be tickled.
This week Louie and I went to New York for an awards dinner for one of the clients of my law firm. We had an awesome time having dinner at the Mandarin Oriental and drinks with friends after the dinner. We stayed in a great hotel and generally enjoyed a baby-free evening, although we missed her terribly, of course :) 
My parents did the working parent routine, dropping her off at daycare in the morning. And so, Nana was able to catch this moment - one which I never get to see - Mollie eating breakfast in her wee chair at the wee table. So cute!
