Cosette's Birthday

Well, we now have a two-year-old in our home.  Where did the time go?
Cosette enjoys reading books, going to the library once or twice a week, watching us play Wii Sports Resort, coloring, playing the piano, dancing, and playing outside.  Her favorite letter is W, or "dubba-duh" as she calls it, and she finds it everywhere - in books, in the store, on signs, etc.  Her favorite stuffed animal is Big Elmo, but she enjoys sleeping with half a dozen of her "friends" every night (Big Elmo, Little Elmo, Baby, DeeDee, Big Bear, Bubba, and Puppy).  She knows her letters, numbers (1-12), shapes, and colors.  She's starting to enjoy Nursery and play dates more and more.  Her vocabulary has exploded in the past few weeks, and she continually surprises me with the things she says.
For her birthday we gave her a few gifts: a small back pack/diaper bag that has plastic baby things like a small brush, baby powder, baby shampoo, etc; and a set of foam letters and numbers for her to play with in the bath.  She immediately latched on to the W (of course) and carried it around with her for most of the day.
I tried to fill the day with activities that she loves.  In the morning we went to Jump Around Utah, a fun place full of bounce houses and slides.  We spent most of the time on the giant bounce pillow in the middle of the room.  I invited a few friends from the ward to join us and made it a casual birthday party.

Titan and Almarie Wright

Love this face

Marsha and Nikki Resa

I didn't get any good pictures of Cosette at Jump Around Utah, but I took a short video.  She used to bounce around mostly on her knees or bum, but she's starting to jump on her feet and hold her own with the big kids.

In the afternoon the weather was nice enough for us to go on a walk outside and feed the ducks.  I think this was Cosette's favorite part of the day.

Happy to be playing outside

Going for a walk with her foam W and library DVD

Feeding the ducks

I love her Elmo shoes (found them at GoodWill for $2!)

We had a lot of fun throwing bread to the ducks.  Unfortunately, Cosette got mad when we ran out of bread, so she threw her foam W into the pond.  Of course, she wanted it back right away, but I couldn't reach it.  Luckily, the groundskeepers at the apartment complex we were at (this duck pond is in the center of the Country Lake Apartments, which are right down the street from us) had a net and were able to retrieve it for us.
On Saturday my parents drove up to play with Cosette and take us out to dinner, both for Cosette's birthday (March 1st) and Jeff's birthday (March 3rd).  We decided to eat at Zupa's, which is currently our favorite restaurant.
My parents gave Cosette two Sunday dresses, a few books, and a second set of foam letters and numbers for the bath.  I'm really glad to have two sets, because Cosette loves to carry them around and sleep with them in her crib, etc., and it's great to have a spare.  Plus, with both W's and M's, she gets four different "dubba-duhs" to play with!

Wearing a new dress from Grandma and Grandpa