Too cute

I really need to update this more often. Too much cute stuff is going on and I'm forgetting it all!
I'll start with an update on her everexpanding vocabulary:

vamonos - grabs my hand and pulls me where she wants to go, with a little flip of her hair
Courtney - Puts her hands on her chest and says her name and claps for herself. I was worried she wouldn't know her name, since we call her everything but her name, and every person has a different nickname for her, so my husband was determined to teach her. She's not real good with the "c" sound so right now, it sounds like "Ourney", but it's a start
Einsteins! - Loves the new Little Einstein program, so I bought the video. It's so cute that we actually turned off the Monday Night Football game last night so she could watch it because she asked so darned nicely.
Uncle - she used to hate my brother but seems to be warming up to him as late. Thank goodness!
Uh-oh Spagetti-o - Just adorable. But I need to explain to her that when she throws her cup of cheerios on the ground on purpose, this does not constitute an "uh-oh".
Thankyou-Welcome - she says it altogether now that she knows the sequence. She figures she'll get the entire thing out of the way from the beginning.

We've also hit quite a milestone in the Houtz household! She now takes naps in her crib at home. You have no idea how happy this makes me. It was causing me major stress! She's winding down to one nap a day, so her schedule is all over the place, but the one constant now is that her nap will be in her crib.

Our current battle is her frequent bouts of constipation. I know this is a gross subject, but such is life. Since we switched her to whole milk, every bowel movement seems painful and difficult. She goes stiff and if she's standing up, she just falls over and stays stiff on the ground in an almost pushup position. It's really quite pitiful. I've tried daily does of prune juice and that doesn't seem to be helping. Who knew that my husband and I's lives would revolve around baby poop! If she goes, we get all excited and a good day is had by all. If she doesn't, we talk about how she didn't go and anxiously await her next one. Wow, we need to get more of a life.

Till next time