New words almost every day!

Courtney is at such a fun age. While she gets frustrated because I can't understand everything that comes out of her mouth, she is learning so many new things so quickly. It almost feels like she picks up a new word every day. One of my favorites she started recently is 'danger'. It is not a word I use often so I was really surprised the first time I heard her say it. Today when I went to change her diaper, which she often complains about these days, she whimpered 'danger'. So sad, but so cute at the same time. She also says 'church' and at the end of prayers (or at the end of reading a book) says 'ah-men'. When she sees herself in a mirror or in a picture she says 'baby'. She can't pick out who mama and dad are in pictures, but for some reason always recognizes Papa and occasionally Nana too.

She loves loves loves books. She will pick one out and run it up to me and say 'pleeeeeaasse'. She often wants to hear the same book read 5 times in a row before she tires of it and moves on to another one. Courtney also loves music and dancing. She has a few toys that play music and she will bend her knees or rock her head from side to side when a song is played. She is also a huge fan of Cheerios. I think she could probably eat an entire box in one sitting. She is getting to where she is more able to communicate what she wants. She will say please about ten times and will then walk over to her play table and point to the cup where I put her Cheerios. It's so neat to see her make connections and figure things out. I know she understands a lot more than what I am even aware of. One day we were skyping with Christopher's parents and I mentioned the 'seat' she makes for herself, which is really just a place on the floor in between a large speaker and small trunk (I described this in an earlier post). I asked her if she wanted to go sit in her seat and I didn't even think she would understand what I was talking about, but she walked right over to her spot and sat down. As a parent this is both a cool and scary realization. It makes me think how careful I need to be about what I say and I know that will become increasingly important as she will start to parrot all of it. There is nothing like having a child to keep you accountable.

Holding one of her musical toys and 'walking' her dog