Chef Adrienne

Adrienne is really getting into pretend cooking. She makes the best fake cakes and cookies. Dressing up for the part is the most important step, though.

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.

Scenes from Target

Few things beat a day out at Target.

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.

Elmooooooooo!

Adrienne went to this Sesame Street interactive thingy at Hollywood & Highland. It's all about teaching kids about the body and stuff, but she was in it for one man and one man only: Elmo. She went twice. Once with her baby pal Rowan and then again with mom and pops. The highlights:

Somebody loved going down a (nice, safe) slide. This is Adrienne at the top of it before taking the leap. She was all smiles as she went on it over and over and over and over again.

Rowan also dug it. (Plus, it was padded and safe enough for his mom to enjoy it.)

There was even a little mock grocery store where Adrienne could engage in some dramatic play--which, we hear, is all the rage with 16-month-olds.

This is the moment of truth! On the first day Adrienne wouldn't even get close to the poor teenager in an Elmo outfit. The second time, we got this close and captured a fleeting smile (then it was all tears and running away).

Hey, where'd he go?

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.

More Sunglasses (Plus Cake Maybe)

Adrienne's two latest obsessions: pumpkin-date bread (which is basically cake) and her sunglasses. She loves eating that bread and she "loved" her sunglasses to much they're all bent and broken now. But here are some classic moments.

You there. Woman. Go get me some cake!

"I said 'GET ME CAKE!'"

"What if I just looked cute--would I get cake then?"

Adrienne Says "Hi!"

One of Adrienne's newest tricks is saying "hi" while waving. That's Carrie encouraging her off camera at her b-day party.

Next up: thrilling video of her pretending to blow her nose and ruining our hardwood floors with her toys! Who says parenthood isn't exciting?

Adrienne's Pink Piggy Bank

For her birthday Adrienne got this pink piggy bank that makes a magical sound! You're supposed to put money in it, but we're in a recession, so we just keep putting the same piece of paper in the coin slot. She loves it anyway.

Birthday Girl

An account of Adrienne's first birthday...

Woke up happy as can be, ready for gifts and good times.

Played with mom at the local coffee shop...

Got some new dolls...

Practiced standing...

Sat on her new car thingy before the wheels were put on...

...all in the day's work for a baby.