Pat, Me and Mateo: Fun day at the park

Today was the first time that we took Mateo out to a whole day of fun at a park. He did EXCELLENT!! I have always been worried to have him overstimulated by laud music and lots of people. I used to fear that he would cry and I wont be able to calm him and we would have to go back home. Well the bigger he gets, the more he enjoys outgoings and I do too -- with him. So today we had the chance to get together with other ecuadorian people who live in the bay area to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the first cry for independence of Ecuador from Spain. There was good ecuadorian food, music, games and a nice weather. Mateo loved the busy park full of people and the music. Pat carried him around and people would comment on how cute and chubby Mateo looked, he just had a diaper on because it was a bit warm. My mom, Valeria (my ecuadorian friend) and I enjoyed eating our very well missed ecuadorian food. We had "mote con fritada" (corn and fried pork dish), "ceviche" (shrimp cocktail), and "empanadas de verde" (fried plantain). Pat and Jesse (Valeria's husband) enjoyed their beer. I LOVED today because Mateo did so well. I feel ready to take this baby out more often and enjoy ourselves.