How much more precious can it get?

So, Dan and I cannot believe how precious Courtney is these days! Here are some examples...

1. Today, Dan and I went to MU homecoming to see my neice Megan and tailgate all day. Courtney got to play with grandma Jody all day and they went to Build-A-Bear. Jody sent us a picture text of Courtney's bear: she picked out (all by herself) an MU t-shirt for her bear AND named it honey. I like to think she was thinking about us while we were away.

2. She learned Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (not sure from where). She sings "winkle WINKLE star, how I wonlaladeedoo".

3.She started saying "Love you momma" a few weeks ago and I still practically cry every time I hear it. During our prayers at night she also says "love you Jesus"...also pretty adorable.

4. She LOVES pony rides. We have been taking them at lots of fall events and she is just too cute when she is on them and never wants to get off:)

5. Courtney has started putting her finger to her mouth and saying, "shhhh"...once again, didn't teach her this. Probably a babysitter thing.

6. We were driving the other day and when we stopped she said "stop sign". I am daily amazed at how little brains really are such sponges!! She has been talking up a storm for a while now, but in the past few weeks she is starting to say more sentences. It was amazign when she said her first words, now this seems amazing all over again that she is forming sentences.

7. My mom brought Courtney a potty chair about a few months ago and so we have had it in our living room to start talking about, etc. Over the summer, Courtney started tellign us "poop" and then going (in her diaper). It tapered off but recently she has been saying poop and then running over and sitting on her chair. The cute part: she grabs a book before she sits down! haha! Grandma Jody said she actually pottied in the potty chair today!!!! I can't wait to see that for myself, but also am a little scared to start that process. Yikes.

8. Courtney has been obsessed with spiders since she saw a big one in a web on our porch. She also said, "love you spiders" after we finger painted some the other night. She actually says it in a scared/dramatic way "piders". love it.

9. She has developed this dramatic voice. It sounds concerned and whispery and is adorable. She uses it when she talks about spiders, vacuums and anything that worries/concerns/scares her. She also says "sad" in that dramatic voice whenever she hears a baby or other toddler cry.

10. Overall, Dan and I cannot get enough of this cuteness. It is great timing since we are also starting to deal with NO, no NOOOO and several tantrums (this only happens whenever she doesn't get her way - so you can do the math on how much that might happen).