our first guest!

we had our first overnight guest! mattie came to visit.  (thanks to polly and craig for making that happen).  i needed a friend, and mattie is one of the best that i've got.  and she's amazing with mae, and helped me to meet my neighbors, (if you haven't had the opportunity to meet mattie, she's awesome at making new friends).  it was so much fun to have her here.  and rufus came as well.  mae was in heaven.

rufus is a champ, he was so great with mae, and put up with so much!  but, he always wanted to be around her, it was adorable.

 rufus is trying to swipe mae's snack.  he had some good eatin' while he was here.  and my floors were spotless after mae's meals, which never happens. 

 of course, watching frozen.  mae will "sing" to let it go.  the only word she can really say is go, so she mumbles the first few and then says go.  it's pretty awesome.

 we spent the day downtown on thursday, which was awesome.  i haven't had the chance to go down there yet, so it was fun to have someone to do that with.  we did lots of exploring while mattie was here.  and i knew my way around a lot more than i thought i did!

when in texas...mae loved this hat. 

 however, she did NOT love the cowgirl boots we made her try on.  she was trying to kick them off, and she started crying. 

 

smiles for her aunt mattie.  she loves her aunt mattie

 

one amazing find downtown...wahoo's fish tacos! yessssss.  i haven't eaten at one in years, and it did not disappoint.  it made me so happy to find it!

 and of course we had to take a picture at the capital.  (yeah, we didn't go in, but it counts that we walked over to it right?)

 

friday we headed over to zilker park in downtown austin.  i had only read about it online, that it was bigger than central park or something, so we figured we'd check it out.  it was awesome!  rufus was in heaven with all the other puppies running around, and mae was in heaven chasing after him.  we need to go back, because they have a huge natural spring pool there, and a little train you can ride all around the park.  

 buddies

 it was so great to have mattie here.  i did so much stuff that i've wanted to do, but didn't want to do by myself.  and it was so nice to spend time with a friend!  she's an awesome friend, aunt and sister-in-law.