A new year and a one year old

A lot has happened in the past month and I have not had a chance to update this in forever. Molly is asleep, Marty is at work and I finally have a chance to sit down and update for about 10 minutes. We had a wonderful January and a wonderful Christmas season before that. We went to Maui on January 15 for 10 days with Molly. We had a wonderful time with her. As Marty said to me several times, it was really fun just to be together for 10 days straight. No work, no distractions, just the Robinsons having a great time. Molly was really great on all the flights there and we had many adventures while there (the road to Hana, surfing goat dairy, maui ocean center, and a lot of lounging by the pool and naps together). And we celebrated Molly's first birthday on the 18th. We had a great day that day with a drive to the Iao Valley and then cake by the pool in the afternoon, which she did not want at all! I am surprised because of my personal love for cupcakes and all things cake.

We got back on the 26th in the morning just before the snow started to hit our area really hard. What a way to come home! Yesterday we had Molly's first birthday at our house with our families and a few friends. Again, Molly did not want the cake at all. In fact, we figured out she hates the Happy Birthday song, unless sung to the tun of the star spangled banner which was discovered later on in the evening sitting around the kitchen table with Molly's grandmas, cousins and aunts. We had a really fun weekend together which went by way too fast.

Molly's birthday party from Cindy Robinson on Vimeo.

Going back to December, we had a great Christmas with my immediate family, which included Molly's great aunt Janie and cousin Mort, the jack russell terrier. Molly loved all the presents and had a permanent smile on her face all day. It was fun to have her first Christmas as an 11 month old.







Now we are busy working and I am finishing up my last grad school class and graduate in May. Our office moved to the Pentagon, so my commute is a little better although that means I have to take the bus everyday. No driving anymore. I was getting lazy driving to Crystal City in this cold weather.