Girl Around Town

Last weekend was quite busy for Mia - as it was for the both of us too! She spent most of the day saturday with her mom at work, winning over the hearts of my most recent vision team. It didn't take much - just a couple of licks, about a million cuddles and 1 piddle on the rug - and they were smitten with her too! Since I was acting as chauffeur for most of the morning, she tagged along with me and rode in her trusty little basket (see photo below) in the Gran Pepino and even met a couple of ducks at the home of Don Filiberto. (As for those of you who are curious about my progress in the area of clutching and shifting, let's just say I'm functional. I'm sure it's not perfect, nor is it pretty all the time, but we make it from point A to B. That being said, I'd love one day to experience the open road though in a manual vehicle that does not roar like a lion at the zoo!) Unfortunately she has learned how to do stairs and hilariously tackled them at the Project (that's what we call Common Hope) a couple of times. I say unfortunately because we have silently been fearing the day that she has complete free realm of our home. Currently she is limited to being either upstairs or downstairs and will sit at the edge of the steps and wait for us to carry her. But fortunately she has yet to make the connection that if she can do stairs at the Project, she should also be able to do them at home -so we've bought ourselves a couple of days. I fear though that the way she is growing by next weekend we'll be singing a different tune!

All of the hard work she put in Saturday left her quite tuckered out, so by the time evening rolled around and we were sipping some tea on Abby's patio (Abby is my office mate), Mia was a so exhausted that she passed out for a couple of hours. Of course, Abby didn't seem to mind. Who doesn't want to hold an adorable, sleepy puppy girl?

Sunday morning we were up bright and early (since our baby just couldn't sleep any more), so we decided that we'd take advantage of our free time and walk into town for some coffee, a couple of errands, and a romp in the park. Mia tried to do some walking on her leash (she's still too little for harness, so it's not the most ideal situation), and actually did quite well.

For those of you with actual human babies, you must think we're a couple of kooks, but we love her so much. She might have 4 legs instead of 2, but she's our little baby and we do what all adoring parents do - take pictures of her all day long. Here's a couple to commemorate Mia's first trip to town as a big puppy girl (not needing to be carried the entire time - just half the time!).

She LOVES riding in her basket. Can't you tell?

Big puppy girl in the park

Ahhh! Finally grass to play in.

Taking a breather on the cool tile floors of Hotel Aurora.

Pila Park is usually her favorite stop. She gets lots of attention there.

Looks like a good place for a bath!

All tuckered out & getting a lift from Papi.

On the walk home Mia discovered a free toy - a giant leaf that has thankfully entertained her for hours ever since! Upon returning home we played in the patio for a few minutes where Mia demonstrated that she really is a dog and dug her very first hole in the flower bed. Her papi couldn't be prouder. Afterward we took a family nap in our giant bed. Ben wants it to become a staple in our Sunday routine.

Nothing like good 'ole free fun!

It's about time to look for a new toy.

Napping like a bebe after all that hard work.

So even though the weekend was jam packed with work, we still found time for fun - as always!