Courtney Sue: 3 Years

Courtney turned 3 about 10 days ago and she has definitely been challenging me lately, but she is more silly and fun than ever.

She still loves music. She always makes up songs. She has a similar tune she uses and some words make sense and others don't. Several people have said that she has a good voice and stays in tune. Obviously she doesn't get that trait from mommy. She also loves to dance. As soon as music is on she is moving. She has no shame dance on her chair in a restaurant, in the middle of a store or at home on our coffee table. She has recently been into "Princess songs". She has cute versions to "Part of your world", and "A Whole New World".

She also loves to play with strollers and grocery carts. If she can push it around you've got her sold. She puts Romo in her stroller and pushes him everywhere. Romo is one of her favorite toys. She just loves him and doesn't like to do much without him. Her other favorite toys are her little plastic princesses, stuffed animals, doctor kit and our iPhones.

She is so good on the iPhone. She knows how to take pictures, play games, put on music and scroll thru YouTube. She is so smart! Her memory amazes me. She has numerous songs memorized, she remembers places and people from so long ago. We are practices the ABCs and numbers during our "school" time. She loves school time and asks me all the time if we can do it. We sit at the kitchen table for about 30 min and do some learning.

Courtney has so many friends, I couldn't even begin to mention them all. She has her own little "fan club" at church, as some have called it. The older girls around ages 7-10, just love her. She follows them around and plays with them, holds their hands and does whatever the older girls want. She has a few other friends at church that are closer to her age; Naomi, Ciera Newman, Marin. Her best friend is Haley Marshall. She still plays with her at least once a week. Her mom and I chat and the girls play. They love it. They have a sweet little bond, but have started to fight more a bit. But they still love each other. Her other friends are in my Mom's group: Rebecca, Abby Reen, Abby Noon.

One of Courtney's favorite places to go is Disneyland. We have season passes, so we go a lot. She asks to go often. Her favorite rides/activities are: Small World, Carousel, parade, meeting the characters, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Dumbo, and the tea cups. She also loves going to church and cries when we leave each Sunday. She loves the park as well. Every morning when she wakes up, the first thing she asks me, "Are we going bye bye?". The girl hates to stay home.

Courtney still gets so much attention when we are out in public. Whether its saying "Hi" to everyone she sees, singing and dancing in public, opening doors for people or just being Coco. When people ask her what her name is she says, "Coco Sue Inkinsey!".

Courtney is not much of an eater these days. She eats pretty well for breakfast with toast being her all time favorite food. She loves snacks and would just snack all day if I let her. She rarely eats dinner. I don't know if she's not hungry or if she just doesn't like to eat. She went 4 meals in a row without eating and wasn't sick. Her other favorite foods are: chips, chocolate milk, crackers, cookies, chicken.

Courtney is still a great sleeper. She wakes about 7:30 and takes a 3 hr nap from 1:45-4:45 and goes to bed at 8:20. She is great about staying in her bed at night and naptime and is greatly affected when she doesn't get enough sleep.