Baby's (Ecological) Footprint

We know, we know, we're not going au naturale with the reusable diapers. Man, this whole baby thing is a little bit about survival. And throwing those stink bombs down the Diaper Champ hatch is one of the best feelings a parent could have.



As you can see from this third bag of waste during her first week at home, Adrienne's ecological footprint is about the size of three of Shaq's sneakers. Once she has some control of her neck, her fontanelles fill in and she can handle a shovel, she swears she'll plant a tree (or fifteen) to make up for this.

Gallery of Gratuitous Cuteness: The Milk Coma

After her first, second or third breakfast, lunch, dinner or late-night snack, Adrienne likes to let all of the day's cares slip away, go limp and drift off into a sweet, sweet milk coma. Please enjoy this morning's trip to la-la land.

Gallery of Gratuitous Cuteness: Squishy Faces

Please enjoy Adrienne's Squishy Face Period. It's like Pablo Picasso's Blue Period, just more cuddly.

Adrienne: The Early Days, Pt. 2

Right after leaving the hospital nursery, Adrienne got right to the business of being adorable, by...



...hanging out with her Nana...



...putting her hand in her mouth and opening her eyes...



...taking a car ride home and being cool about it...



...and resting comfortably in her new outfit from her pal Diana.

Adrienne: The Early Days, Pt. 1

Since she is a whole five days old, now is the perfect time to look back at the early days of Adrienne Griffin. From the first few naked moments to meeting her family for the first time, she's had quite an adventure already.



Right from the get-go, Adrienne expressed her Grinchy grump face. This is something we've become all too familiar with.


Somebody get that baby some clothes! Here she is, officially weighing in at 9 lbs., 5.4 oz.



Adrienne's first fashion faux-pas: wearing only a hat. Insert Britney Spears joke here.



Ah, nicely clothed and in the arms of dear, old dad...



...and mom.

Finally!

After a long labor and really short C-Section, we welcomed Adrienne Elizabeth Griffin to our family on September 19 at around 1:30 pm. The chunker clocked in at 9 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 20 1/4 inches long. Here are some early camera-phone shot of her, taken about an hour after busting out of the womb.





Too many (and way cuter) pictures to come once everyone is home from the hospital -- either Saturday or Sunday.

...and Counting (Still)

Even the Weird Alien Baby Widget Countdown Clock doesn't know what to do.

If the Weird Alien Baby Widget Countdown Clock had its way, Adrienne would be out in the world by now. That would be great. Instead, she's now officially one week overdue...

The Final Countdown...and Counting

So Adrienne is fashionably late. Six days fashionably late at last count. While it sure would be great to have adorable pictures of her to post, she's just not ready yet. In the meantime, here's Maura eating pasta and impatiently waiting for the big day.






Developing...

The Final Countdown

Just five days and counting...according to the doctors and whatnot. Here's a quick photo recap of the recent action.



The latest ultrasound: the estimate is that Adrienne will be at least 8 lbs., maybe a 9-er.




The room is taking shape. Things are going into their proper place. So when Adrienne arrives, it can be thrown into total chaos.



The Mommy Mobile is purchased and in the driveway. It's fully armed and ready to transport Adrienne and every baby-related product one can imagine.