Carrie's Birthday Ice Cream Special

After missing the official day of Carrie's birthday, we made up for it with a fun-filled afternoon and evening of hanging out, pizza eating, gifts and ice cream cones shaped like clowns. Adrienne was more than willing to help with the ice cream eating part. (This is post-baby bath, that's why she's all wet.)

Adrienne Goes on Vacation

The family Griffin once again flew across the country for some fun with the family in New Hampshire. Adrienne spent some serious quality time with her cousins and friends, swimming, playing in the sand, blowing bubbles and showing off her cute wardrobe.


Adrienne was great on the flight, that is, as long as you weren't sitting directly in front of Adrienne McKicks-a-lot.

She has a lot of cousins and they're all pretty attractive, so we tried our best to capture Adrienne in some moments of undeniable cuteness. (There were waaaay too many to include here.)


At a lobster bake Adrienne showed off her jumping skills in a bouncy house. (More cute cousins pictured in the background.)


While visiting the Tarbox family, Adrienne showed off her fast running skills with Nolin in the back yard.

Visiting a local farm/petting zoo. Adrienne says, "hey goat, say hello to your mother for me."

Here Adrienne tries to put a hat on baby Zoey or is hitting her on the head with it (and Zoey loves it). Note the concerned mother half an arm's reach away.

Maura and Iris used to hang out at rock shows together. This party was just as loud as the old days, but in a different way.

Big Ol' Beach Day

We made the most of the 3rd of July by heading to the beach with Sammy and her family. The car ride was brutally long, but Adrienne was in good spirits and it was worth it all for the adorableness that took place on the California coast.

Sunglasses rank right behind her parents and cookies on Adrienne's must-have list.

Adrienne reenacting a slo-mo Baywatch run on the beach. Don't blame us, she asked us to take this picture.

Adrienne and her cousin Sammy try to scoop up all of the sand on the beach.

We just can't get enough of this shot.

Yes, in about five minutes we became those parents who let their kid run around the beach in their diaper. At least she had a shirt on.

Getting a push from her cousin Sammy.

A real beach bum.

Adrienne and Sammy took a moment to do some calisthenics.

This is what it would look like if we had another kid.

Adrienne loved going for a ride. And her dad got a workout pushing and pulling her in the sand.

Easter with the Cousins

For Adrienne's first Easter where she kind of knew what was going on, Adrienne got all dressed up like a real girl (her mother couldn't resist) and we headed over to her cousin Samantha's house for a bunch of playtime, good eats, an Easter egg hunt and even a late evening rally into a bouncy house.

It was pretty stinkin' adorable, so watch out.

We started the morning off by opening gifts from grandma. The hit was the pink grass, as one would expect.

Adrienne spent the day playing with Sammy and comparing hats.

And Sammy's friendly dogs who love having food-dropping babies around.

Then there was cuteness.
Then there was more cuteness.

Then the world's easiest Easter egg hunt.

There were so many eggs, Adrienne even shared.

From the video, you can tell Adrienne had a great time with her cousin.

Bunny Business

We'll post the expected, cute Easter pictures later. But until then, there's this impromptu masked-baby-bunny moment.

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'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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