Gabi found balloons in UVa colors.
You can see a small lake in the background.
Gabi in front of some white azaleas on the UVa campus.
When Gabi sees that picture, she makes note of the bow in her hair. Gabi is a very girly-girl. I have no idea where she picked that up, as I certainly didn't cultivate it in her. As you can probably tell from many of the pictures on this blog, Gabi loves to feed and rock her baby dolls. She also loves to put bows or pigtails in her hair, and after she is all ready for the day, she will proclaim, "Gabi is pretty!" I agree; she certainly is a very pretty girl.
A couple weeks ago, Gabi went to her friend Kira's house to play, and Kira was talking about her mom's pink fingernails (as she just had a manicure). The next week, we playgroup moms had a "pampering" Moms' Night Out as a baby shower for Lisa, and one of the moms (who is a Mary Kay consultant) brought pedicure kits for everyone. Since Daddy was working, I took Gabi with me to the evening-time baby shower. Gabi insisted on having a toenail painted when some of the other moms did, and although she would only let us paint a single nail that night, she never got tired of talking about it afterwards. In fact, she later insisted that we paint all of her nails. I dug out my old fingernail polish (that was probably only used on my prom night) and painted all 20 of her nails a bright, sparkly cobalt blue. (What was I thinking when I got that, even if it did match my prom dress?!?) I told this story to one of my college friends, and now Gabi has her very own light pink nail polish. She loves it! (Of course, Gabi didn't mind the deep blue, either... but the pink is better.)
Thomas Jefferson designed the buildings and landscaping of the
Academical Village (what was initially the entire UVa campus).
Even new buildings on campus maintain the same architectural style.
These dorm buildings are called "hotels."
Gabi in front of the undergraduate admissions building.
A gate to one of the gardens behind the dorms on the Lawn.
These formal gardens are called Pavillions.
When we first entered, Gabi exclaimed, "What a pretty garden!"
Gabi found many colored leaves in the gardens.
Gabi peeking in a dorm window to see a little sitting area.
One of the serpentine garden walls
(although this part of the wall is straight).
Gabi has fun running around on the grass.
Gabi enjoyed meeting Noble, who lives in Pavillion III.
Poor Gabi is very tired,
and her allergies are bothering her.
Gabi proudly balances on a tree root growing across the path.
Gabi likes the pockets in this dress.
She tries to point at the purple iris
without taking her hands out of her pockets.
Gabi in another pretty little flower garden.
Gabi running in front of Monroe Hill House.
Gabi walking along a stairwell wall.
Gabi reading a campus map in front of the Rotunda.
The Rotunda is the architectural landmark of the UVa campus
as well as the main administration building.
Gabi and I headed back to the hotel for naptime. After Daddy's interview, our college friend Katie drove in from D.C. to explore Charlottesville with us. We walked to the UVa campus and caught the free trolley to the Downtown Mall.
A family portrait on a tree in front of the Rotunda.
Gabi wants more of Katie's ice cream!
Gabi found where Daddy wrote her name on the Free Speech Wall.
Katie and Gabi making faces at each other.
3 comments:
To me she looks more like herself, and at the same time even more like some of her relatives: I see her Tita Chrissie in the picture of Gabi in front of the undergrad admin building, and both of Gabi's parents in the picture of Gabi walking along a stairwell wall.
How can one small person be so captivating?
glad she likes the nail polish!
Thanks for the compliment! I'm very proud that my niece looks anything like me as she is a very pretty gal. I am counting down the days until we come see you Gabi...I think it's around 130...oy...how will we survive?!
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