Living in America (for a few weeks)

It's been a very full two weeks. Cosi has met a lot of her family and friends, and she has been showered with love and gifts at every turn. Even if she is not yet aware enough to be thankful, her mommy and daddy are very grateful for everything.
Cosi has traveled on her first road trip, she's tried a lot of new foods (with varying success), and she's learning so much every day. Today's new word was "Uh-Oh!", which she uses a little too indiscriminately. And despite all the pink she wears, she has been mistaken for a boy everywhere we go. We're eager for her hair to grow out!
We don't have the heart yet to tell her that she'll be taking another long plane ride on Thursday; in fact, Rob hasn't quite accepted that fact yet, either.

In two weeks, she has gone from being terrified of baths to stripping down whenever she gets near a tub.

Her first trip to mommy's favorite restaurant went pretty well.

She understands Rob when he says "Give Mommy a kiss."

Driving around with Cousin Abby. A sign of things to come (road trip in 15 years)?

On what we refer to as "the greatest day of Cosi's life so far," she discovered the joy of swinging (and playing with puppies, and playing in the leaves with Jonah, and playing outside with the Gilmartin kids). That smile hardly left her face all day.

Cosi loves car rides...for about 30 minutes. Then they become tedious. Then they become torture. This picture was taken during the happy phase. She was happy because she had finally torn open a pack of pretzels, after pulverizing them into little crumbs.

Packed up and ready to travel!

Our new, growing family!