Touring.

And here she is showing our friend Joel around Chicago. Next she will give him a tour of the Art Institute.

Long week...

It was a long week, and I knew people were checking the blog because of the inquiries I got about the missing Halloween pictures. They are now fixed, so please look below.

The morning after Halloween, Rikki awoke with a cold, but she is on the mend. Her mom is having to adjust to the cooling weather, though it was pleasant in the high 50s today.

She has lots of new routines, including words like "up", "more", "all gone" and "again" (pronounced "den"). We will try to capture some more video soon.

The trio...

It only took us about 10 minutes to get everyone in formation and facing the same general direction ... after making a conquest up the steps of this Dearborn Park home.

Puppy unveiled...

Here is Lizzie, Rikki's regular playmate, in her full puppy regalia, after what seemed to Liangliang and Panpan like a very long wait.

And then...

They were joined by Yuanbao (aka Lizzie) though she wasn't ready to show her full "puppy" colors yet...

Then Merlin came along...

This is our neighbor Liangliang, 14 months, who Panpan met in the South Loop Park. He was ready for an adventure.

Ready for the Streets...

Here they were ... ready to meet the streets (and the condo corridors) of Chicago on Halloween afternoon: Ms. Olive and her little sister giraffe.