Mavis does SXSW

 
On Thursday, Mavis attended her first SXSW (pronounced: south by southwest) music party. SXSW is the annual HUGE weeklong music festival in Austin (www.sxsw.com). Her parents have been cheapskates for years & eschewed buying the wristband for "official showcases" in favor of attending myriad free parties all week with lots of great bands. Many of these free parties are very baby-friendly, as Mavis can verify. Although in this picture, she is a bit put-out, not because she didn't like the music, but because the friendly little girl behind her is getting a bit too close for her comfort--Mavis has some well-established stranger anxiety. And of course, Mavis' cool friend Loretta was at this party on Thursday, wearing the onsie for a compilation CD of cool songs meant for babies & their parents, one of which her daddy's band, the Meat Purveyors, sings. Check out www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/bloodshotrecordscompilations/131
As you can see, Mavis is really good at sitting up by herself now. Although, moments after this picture was taken, she did a face dive & scratched her face pretty good.