These Boots are Made for Rocking

Lately, we've been letting Adrienne pick the shoes she wants to wear. This morning she came out of her room with snow boots. So breakfast looked a lot like this:

Then she did a bunch of stuff like color and play and eat before going to her first music showcase for a band called A Camp, featuring Nina Persson formerly of The Cardigans. This is another in a growing list of famous people she's met or been in the same room with. Needless to say, her demeanor is getting much better during these types of things.

All in all, a pretty good day for a baby.

Butterflies and Blue Noses

So we headed to the Pavilion of Wings at the Natural History Museum...

Where Adrienne looked up...

...and down...


...and all around for butterflies.

Then we sat on the steps outside. (We have way too many pictures of her running up and down these steps. Who needs to go into the actual museum when the stairs are this much fun?)

Then we went home and turned out noses blue with chalk. Sweet.

Hair Cut

You wouldn't be able to tell by the lack of tears and screaming in this picture, but this is right after Adrienne's first official out-of-house hair cut.

Hair Stylin'

We gave Adrienne a fancy new hairstyle for daycare today. It led to an impromptu fashion show where she posed in front of the mirror and checked out her new 'do. American's Next Top Model, Season 32 here we come!

Adrienne Goes To Spring Training

Adrienne took her first big road trip all the way to Arizona to catch a spring training baseball game. We stayed with old friends Trent, Elizabeth and Trevor, who are smart enough Arizonians to have a pool.

We "forgot" to take pictures of Adrienne's first quad-puke in her mom's car (and all over herself) and the 10 Freeway pitstop cities like Quartzsite. These pictures are way better.

Uh, did we mention it was totally hot at the game?

Both Trent and Trevor caught balls.

We sat in the field seats where babies could (eventually) run free (once enough people left).

On a totally perfect and lazy Sunday, we all headed to a park near in our friends' neighborhood.

Adrienne loved it.

Trent even got into the action.

Adrienne found a little hideaway playhouse and never wanted to leave it.

Never ever.

On our way out of town, we caught the Dodgers' batting practice at their fancy, new complex. The newness of the place didn't have an effect on Manny's personality as he and his big pants walked right past autograph seekers (who were at batting practice...on a Monday morning).

Luckily, Joe Torre was a sport and stopped for a pic, allowing us to snap Adrienne ignoring yet another famous person.

I'm Going to Disneyland!

Adrienne got her first taste of Disneyland and The Mouse when we went there for Maura's birthday with Rowan and Andrea. Even though Mickey still ranks second in Adrienne's heart to Elmo, she went nuts for the place.

We went on It's a Small World (awesome--both times), Pirates of the Caribbean (not so awesome), Winnie the Pooh ride (kinda freaked Adrienne out), the Dumbo ride (it was a blast once she got used to it) and just generally walked around and looked at stuff. The highlights (aka the pictures we remembered to take):

One of the two pictures you must take when entering Disneyland for the first time. Hey, we didn't make the rules.

Here is what it feels like to ride It's a Small World for the first time.

Adrienne rocked this high-fashion combo at the park.

Disneyland regular and baby companion of the day, Rowan, had fun also.

This cup is full of...nothing. We just thought it was a funny picture.

Texting/blogging breaks for the moms.

It rained, but it didn't matter. Always go to Disneyland on a rainy Monday. The lines just wash away.

Totally rocking Dumbo with dad.

Since it was Maura's birthday we picked up dinner from a place we've had our eye on for a long time--the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop!

As you can see it was totally worth it.

Adrienne's New Zoo Revue

Adrienne went into the wilds of the Los Angeles Zoo with her parents and Jeremy and Carrie for a combo Valentine's Day+Jeremy's birthday+JR's birthday outing. Nothing too gross or weird to speak of, just a whole lotta walking and one baby trying to get a good view at all of these strange beasts. Some highlights:

Playing with perspectives. Jeremy tries to lay one on a camel. We won't speak of what Carrie did to a baboon's butt.

A baby and her monkey friends.

Everything is better upside down--even the zoo.

Taking a break from all of that walking.

Cracker break.

The requisite group shot. Ironically, next to a fake animal.

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.

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.

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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.