Today was a fun day: in the morning, Abbie and I lounged in the room while we waited for Christopher to be done with his quick meeting. She had fun checking everything out, getting into things, and making sure that That Baby in The Mirror made it to Texas, too. She then had a blast walking by herself while pushing her stroller around and laughing, which was a funny sight. Show off! :)
When her daddy returned, we went down to the gardens, and took a few pictures. Abbie was particularly taken by Hank, the steer, and looked at it with a lot of curiosity. We stopped at the Riverwalk Cafe' for a drink at the bar, and she clapped and danced energetically to live music, which raised a lot of laughs and a final applause by a wedding party sitting at a table nearby... I thought it was so sweet on their part!
In the afternoon we took the trolley to downtown Grapevine, only a few minutes ride. I guess we miscalculated how hot 105 degrees really is, because as soon as we stepped onto the street we pretty much evaporated instantly. It was a short walk around town, less than an hour, singularized by the many "visits" to local, air conditioned shops. A somewhat cute, very Texan town. Abigail made several friends this time too: she chatted and "petted" (in her own clumsy way) two nice ladies that were awaiting the trolley, and then proceeded to be-friend a sweet older lady on the trolley. She talked to everyone, literally: she just looked at everyone right in the eye and turned the chatterbox on. It's so funny to see her interact with people, because I think that she honestly wants to convey some message, and when people respond back, it makes her totally happy. She is very communicative and friendly almost immediately upon meeting someone, although I have noticed that, at times, it takes her a few minutes of scrutiny before opening up and approaching people. I guess she takes after me on that.
After we got back to the Gaylord, she went for a swim in the indoor pool with her dad. She found out how cool her chirpings and squeals sound in stereo, and so she gave us a little show, but she was too tired to do it for long. We'll have to let her pick it up tomorrow!
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