Baby's First Christmas 2007: The Big Day

Adrienne's first Christmas finally arrived. It included a lot of red outfits, gifts, family, driving, crying, pooping, tummy time--the usual stuff. Here's the abbreviated rundown ("abbreviated" because we always forget to take pictures of everything).




It started with her parents waking her up early--mainly as preemptive payback for the coming years where she'll do the same to us (warning: silly parental commentary on tape).



Then it was time for presents. We think that the Squishy Turtle book might become Adrienne's first favorite toy. She's really digging it.



All cute and ready to go.



We'll skip past the part where we were with the West Coast family and Adrienne didn't want to be held by anyone except her mom or dad. (She'll learn to snap out of that quickly if she knows what's good for her gift-getting future.) So let's just get to some tummy time at grandma's place.

It went pretty well…

…for a little bit.

Tummy Time

Combine some much needed tummy time, a cell phone camera and a mom who's willing to get in there for the shot and, whammo, instant cuteness.

Girl on Film: Laughter

This video shows you two things: 1) the fourth time we got Adrienne to honestly laugh and 2) the silly lengths parents will go to make their kid giggle. This is just the beginning. Prepare for years and years of us acting silly to get a smile out of her.

We're Just Saying...

Are we really saying that our beautiful, little angel looks like Nien Nunb, a fishy native from the planet Sullust and pinch hitter co-pilot for the Millennium Falcon in Return of the Jedi?

Well, maybe a little bit. She's still way cuter, though.

Girl on Film: Snoring

Turn up the volume. No, that isn't some old guy (or dad) (or mom) off camera sawing logs. Those are the sweet sounds of our little angel after a delicious milky dinner.

Baby's First Christmas 2007: More Hat Attempts

More attempts at capturing some magical moments. As you can see, Adrienne was losing patience with us.

Baby's First Christmas 2007: Hat Attempt #1

This is our first attempt at getting a picture of Adrienne in a Christmas-y hat from her grandmother. A success? You be the judge.

Adrienne of the Trees

As part of the whole Baby's First Christmas Celebration 2007, Adrienne went to her first Christmas tree lot. Ok, it was the Target parking lot, but there was magic found in the crowds, guys looking for a tip because they helped you carry a tree 30 feet, and the staticy holiday tunes pumping through the speakers.

Gallery of Gratuitous Cuteness: Toes, Fists

Adrienne is discovering her hands (by putting them in her mouth) and feet (by kicking everything possible). So what better way to honor said appendages than with a couple of cute photos?



Okay, this is just a close-up. But you try to resist posting this cuteness on the Internet.


Baby said knock you out!


There's nothing more adorable than a baby in stripy pajamas...


...or is there?