Today is my sister Molly’s 21st birthday! So we celebrated yesterday with a simple, family party. It was incredibly windy and Mac was not feeling good, so it could have turned out terrible. But instead we were able to pull together a fun little get-together to celebrate her. We even managed to Facetime with Mason in Germany, but we were so excited to all talk and give him a tour of the new living room arrangement that we forgot to take pictures of it.

This was the not feeling good I was talking about. She wasn’t sick, but she certainly wasn’t herself. She was mad about the wind and mad because I dared set her down when she asked me to.

See, she did okay most of the time. Mac had to bring her Clifford to go meet the other dogs at the party. Jojo looks thrilled, obviously. BFFs fo sho.

My dad (or Chief, as Mac calls him) was helping Jojo and Maclaine compare bellies. Beware, if you are around Mac, she may demand you show her your belly.

The big girl insisted on her own chair. Of course, the queen gets her way at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.

I’ll narrate Molly’s thoughts in this collage: (1) What the hell is Bob doing? (2) I thought it was weird he had to leave so suddenly. (3) Oh god, did he go buy me a present?

The last-minute shopper that he is, Bob left the party to buy Molly’s birthday present. Thankfully, she had already opened the present from us, so he could just reuse the gift bag.

Here is Maclaine, showcasing Molly’s new shoes that she got from Bob. If anyone wants to book Mac for some catalog shoots, let me know. She is obviously great at showcasing products.

Mama and Maclaine bonded.

Maclaine loved being a free range baby. We live in a townhouse, so we don’t have a yard that she can wander around in. She loved following the dogs around the yard.

Mama had a great time indulging Mac’s every whim.

Halfway through the birthday celebration, Mac decided she needed a nice outdoor nap. Of course she had to have it cuddled up to her Mommy because she didn’t feel well.

Mama’s first selfie!

We busted out the bocce ball on this beautiful day. In true mommy form, I played with my baby strapped to my chest.

Sometimes I ask my sister to take pictures and I mostly get selfies of her making dumb faces. And sometimes I get cool pictures like this one.

We were all super concentrated on the game.

Like I said, it was windy.

But Mac still enjoyed her first s’more!

By this point, Mac was pretty clearly wanting us to wrap it up and go home. So we did. Stay tuned for Birthday Adventures Part 2: Party Bus Edition, coming next weekend. Keep me in your thoughts as us old people attempt to keep up with the youngins.