Adrienne Griffin

Friday, March 21, 2008

Baby, I'll Take You Down to Chinatown (or Little Tokyo)

We met up with our friends Nishith and Mina (and other new friends) at Honda-Ya in Little Tokyo. It wasn't Adrienne's first Asian dining experience, but it was certainly the most authentic yet. Some highlights:

Ready for solids--with chopsticks!

Checking out the mall market beforehand.

One day Adrienne hopes to become a samurai just like the guy in the poster.

Doing some window shopping and checking out the plastic food displays.

Adrienne even played nicely with Mina's friends and only snuck a little bit of chopstick paper in her mouth before we found out what she was up to.

Adrienne Discovers Her Toes

One baby, ten toes, ultimate cuteness.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Adrienne, Trees, Peacocks

After a thrilling morning at the horse track we decided to actually be good parents and take Adrienne to the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, where Adrienne got to add peacocks, bamboo and a waterfall to the list of things she's seen.

They let peacocks roam freely. It's anarchy, really.

Adrienne gets a feel for grass. Kinda likes it.

This is right before her mother let her little baby topple over face-first, cutely.

Adrienne liked this part of nature so much she tried to eat it.

She's not quite a tree-hugger (yet), more of a tree grabber.

Most trips end like this.

Monday, March 17, 2008

My Little Pony (or Inappropriate Adventures with Baby: The Horse Track)

Babies like ponies. Daddies like playing the ponies. So it was off to the races--and Adrienne's first trip to the Santa Anita horse track.

Horsing Around: We weren't going to let those big horsey chompers get close too our little one, but we had to go for the photo opportunity.

And they're at the gate!

Did I win? Sadly, no.

Getting caught up in the excitement of it all.

...Or not. Horses are only interesting for so long.

Adrienne counts her winnings/tax write-offs for the day.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Baby and the Beach

When we headed out to C&O for Maura's birthday dinner, we took the chance to introduce Adrienne to the Pacific Ocean. Our coastal baby was all about it.

...Touchdown in the sand...

...Gotta get the sunset pictures...

...Carrie introduced her to sea life...

...Off with her socks to really feel the sand between her toes...

...Then everyone's feet got in the picture...

...Our little family portrait (see how excited Adrienne looks?)...

...Then it was off to dinner...

...Where Adrienne enjoyed the gloriousness of the garlic knot (almost)...

Check out the slide show of the whole adventure.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Virtual Fridge: The Artisticnessious Continues

This is how things work in the baby art world: Once a piece is created by the baby artist, it debuts in the infant room at day care (it's Adrienne's contract). After that, it goes on a mini tour of the dining room table and then the real refrigerator in our house, which is getting kind of full nowadays. So you can understand why it takes awhile for these to make it to the Internet. So please take a moment to virtually stand back, cross your arms, stroke your chin and ponder Adrienne's latest two pieces.

Title: The Other Finger

Medium: finger paint, drool, shiny white paper
Date: 2-7-08

Title: Paper, Plate
Medium: colored tissue paper, glue, paper plate
Date: 1-29-08

Sunday, March 2, 2008

The Grove, the Gaslins

Adrienne and the Gaslins (aka, Glenn, Mayrav and Zev) did what a lot of Angelenos with babies and little kids do on any given Saturday: spend an afternoon at the Grove, and after about five hours wonder, "Wow, how'd we spend so much time at the Grove?" Adrienne filled her time in the shopping mecca like any good citizen would.