Sonia is our maid that comes 3 days a week to help clean, run errands until we get a car and occasionally plays with Jackson.  He just loves her! She has been so helpful in our transition to Bogota as it is pretty tricky to get around in taxis when you don’t know where anything is.  She helps me navigate the market, grocery shopping, exchanging money, etc. As I said before Jackson has taken to Sonia very well and I think sometimes he wishes I would leave him with her instead of having her clean. She dotes over him and is constantly concerned about whether or not he is hungry or cold. The other day I removed his bumper from his crib (because he is rolling around now) and she came in to see. I said I was sad because it was so much cuter with a bumper and she said he was so much warmer with it. I’m not sure that there is an arctic breeze in his room that he needs to be protected from but it’s good to know that if there was, Sonia would be right on it looking out for Jackson. 
Part of the typical contract with maids here includes buying a new uniform every three months. After a month of working for us we had agreed to buy her a new uniform. We had decided that we would give her money to buy a uniform and that she would bring us a receipt. She arrives at work each day in her own “dressier clothes” and then changes into her uniform. On Friday, she arrived with her new uniform in a bag. I came in to the kitchen a few minutes later to find her cleaning the dishes, proud as a peacock in her new uniform. Her old uniform was scrubs so I figured the new one would be similar. The new one was a scrub uniform with a cheery pattern and periwinkle pants with white shoes. I complimented her on her choice. As I took a few more steps closer to get a better look at the pattern, I realize that her cheery, tailored scrub top was covered with teeth, dental floss, and toothbrushes. I said in Spanish, “Oh, it’s so pretty like a dentist” trying not to giggle. She was so proud and had no idea that she was wearing the uniform of a dental hygienist.  So, for the next 3 months I will have my very own traveling dental hygienist! Here is a picture. I don’t know if you can zoom in but you can get the idea!