Adrienne Goes to the Hollow Trees Show (or Adrienne Sits in a Room with a Famous Person While Listening to Music)

Adrienne just went to another (very-kid friendly) concert, this time by The Hollow Trees. They're a bluegrass/Americana-type band/puppet show that is all for the kids. Think O Baby, Where Art Thou? It was smack dab in the middle of nap time, but Adrienne powered through and enjoyed all of the tunes from the comfort of her dad's lap.

Plus, adding to her growing list of famous people she either sleeps through meeting or simply glares at, Adrienne was in the same room with former Daily Show correspondent, Rob Corddry. He got away before we could embarrassingly ask for the picture. We caught him Big Foot-style anyway.

Family Portrait

Maybe this can be our next holiday card?

Fifteen Month Check-Up (On Adrienne's 16-Month Birthday)

Happy 16-month birthday! Let's go to the doctor for shots! Adrienne went in for her 15-month check-up on Monday. It's been quite a while since she was only this big.

Height: 32 1/2 inches (90th percentile)*
Weight: 25 lbs., 14 oz. (80th percentile)*
Head Circumference: 18 5/8 inches (88th percentile)*

Pair of Cool Star Sunglasses: 1

*Dad thinks these numbers are skewed because of the 15-16 month thing.

Adrienne's First Adventures in Snow

Now that we're back in sunny California in 80-degree weather we can all look back on our snowy days with delight. Here's Adrienne's first experience with the white stuff.

Getting all of the gear on really is like that scene from A Christmas Story. At first she wasn't having it.

Then Adrienne realized if she looked cute, she could do anything!

Until we got to the snow, of course. A few timid steps turned into...

...slightly less timid steps.

During another outing at Auntie Ellen's house, Adrienne learned that even with all of that padding it still hurts when you fall on your bum.

This is just a cute picture. No witticisms needed.

Plus video!

Inappropriate Adventures with Baby: Weiner Genie (or The Day We Went to Rhode Island for Hot Dogs with Meat Sauce on Them)

While back East, we took a trip with Iris, Marc and baby Zoey to one of Marc's favorite hot dog joints: Weiner Genie. Now celebrating 30 years apparently, they've been wowing Rhode Island customers with their specialty dogs, which you have to order "all the way" (aka the "gagga").

Adrienne didn't know what to order, so she stuck with meatballs and peas. Her usual.

But the adults got the dogs: complete with mustard, meat sauce, onions and celery salt. Yum! The dogs were definitely worth the trip.

Baby's Second Christmas: 2008

A lot sure has changed in a year. For this Christmas we had a whirlwind trip from the warm weather of Hemet, CA to two weeks in the icy/snowy temps of New Hampshire. Yeah, it's been a while since we've posted (but we've been traveling). Here are the holiday highlights (of the stuff we remembered to take pictures of).

First stop: family and friends over at our place on Christmas Eve, where Adrienne got cool gifts like a Dora phone.

Next stop: Hemet for the Griffin/Allen family, with tons of dancing Christmas figures, family, food and fun.

Yes, Adrienne digs getting gifts (and she got a whole bunch of them, all cool, all too many for pics--so thanks y'all).

Next stop: New Hampshire. See, we said it was cold.

Watch out Zsa Zsa Gabor, someone's looking fabulous!

She enjoyed playing around with her cousins.

Then she got jealous when her mom played with other babies like Zoey here. Maybe she was just jealous of Zoey's hardcore binky.

Adrienne Goes Emo

All of you cool kids with your emo haircuts or whatever better watch it. We're just sayin'.