An English Brunch

CJ has been blessed like both of her parents and has known her grandparents. Not all of them but at least two of them. Well today CJ had the pleasure of having a brunch time conversation with her great-grandmother. This as CJ determined hat she would eat and while her great-grandmother cooked chitterlings. Daddy realized that was the reason no one was home with her. Cooking those nasty smelling things would clear a house for you. Anyway as CJ ate a blueberry muffin she held a continuous conversation with her great-grandmother. Now no one stopped to give CJ their undivided attention but everyone kept their ears toward her. You could not help it. She kept going, and going, and going. Daddy asked her to cool it but she wanted to talk. Her great-grandmother would stop during her cooking and engage CJ more and CJ would turn to her and provide answers. It was quite interesting to watching four generation at work. You never know what CJ learned today, just having the opportunity to have her great-grandmother all to herself was special and she took full advanage of it. Today was a great day even in the rain, we also were able to find CJ a Resurrection Day bonnet, which Daddy is very happy about. CJ did not nap today so she went to bed fairly easy.

We are still trying to be patience and wait on the Lord to instruct us on what direction to go. Pray that Daddy had patience as God give instuctions that will impact the family. It is tough but Daddy is doing his best. Prayer my friends changes things, people, and situations!

Good Friday

Daddy was in and out of the house all day. He attended two Good Friday experiaces today. On bothe occasions when he left the house CJ grabbed her jacked and cried to go with him. Daddy promised to take her out the house with him tomorrow. CJ needs to be informed that that breaks Daddy's heart when he hears her calling out to Daddy and crying when he leaves.

Soon she will be old enough to go to church with Daddy and then she will not have to cry for her Daddy any more. Prayer will chaneg things and situations for her.

The Dagger

CJ has a way to put a dagger in Daddy's heart. When Daddy was leaving today CJ began to cry in hysteria. As I lingered at the bottom of the steps taking a deep breath as I build up the courage to leave. It seems that she is doing this more and more. WHich means I may be going to much again. Daddy has tried to curb his runnning but it seems to have picked up and CJ is being affected. So Daddy will need to assess what he is doing becasue he does not want CJ to be wanting her Daddy and he is not there.

When I returned home she was sound asleep. I will hang out with her in the morning and begin to develop a calendar of events with time for CJ blocked off. Pray for us during thids time. Prayer changes things, people, and situations!

No Television

We have been very concerned lately about how CJ responds to television. So for the past week and a half we have been limiting our television intake. Now for normal people this would be OK, not for Daddy he is hyperactive and needs the background noise. Daddy understands that he does not want CJ to become addicted to the televsion so he is making the sacrifice. So what do you do when there is no TV to watch. You play with CJ, you watch her dress up in a tutu, you read with her and you chase her around the house as she does things to occupy herself. Today it was a box on her head, lol!

For the past week CJ has been bathing in the big tub. We bought a bath mat for her (I know it is pathetic that we did not already have one) and now she sits like a big girl. She still is having issues with bath time but we keep moving along so she does not think not taking baths are OK. Daddy bath night was tonight becasue Daddy will be out at church tomorrow and wanted to be fair to Mommy. CJ objected of course and called for her Mommy. I guess the day does make the difference.

So the saga continues what will Daddy and CJ do to occupy themselves as Mommy requests the television be turned off. We shall see but do pray for us. Prayer changes things, people, and situations. It is prayer that will get us through this too!

Slept All The Way

Well today I do not have much to report. We woke up, praise God! Daddy dressed CJ and she remained fast asleep. SO as we drove from home to the sitter every time I looked back she was sleep, out cold folks. I will admit that I am jealous. Daddy has been on the go a lot these past fews days and just need some time to relax. Hopefully this weekend he will get a little rest. When Daddy arrived home CJ was again sleep. Daddy looked in on her and then proceeded to get ready for bed himself. Daddy and CJ will get more "Us" time soon. Through prayer things are about to change. All becasue we know prayer changes things, people, and situations!

Pretty Little Girl!

Well this has been the quickest dress shopping for CJ in a long time. Daddy saw something he liked and Mommy agreed. During his busy day Daddy called the corporate store, was connected to the Manhattan store, was lied too but remained persistent. WHy not, it was all for his Princess. Through his diligence he was able to secure the dress closer to home. So, after going home becasue he left his wallet with eveyrthing in it home today the family proceeded to the mall. We went directly to Lord and Taylor and picked up the dress. Next it was off to find shoes. We went to one store and chose to shoes, we really were not happy with either but that was all the store offered. We settled for one shoe but we never settled on the color. They were passing it off as the color white but Mommy and Daddy both were left uneasy. So we continued to find her sweater and then wehn we had bought everything we needed we stopped in one more store. On our way out of the store Mommy spotted some more really white shoes. So we called another store to have them held for us until tomorrow. Once they were secure we took the other pair back. When we left the mall in theory the Princess's regalia was set. Daddy thinks his little girl will look great! He thanks God for her and being able to supply her needs. Continue to pray, prayer changes things, people, and situations!

No Amen's

Well today was not the usual Sunday. Daddy slept in late and did not make it to the 8am service, Mommy showered and got dressed for church and CJ was cleaned up and in the middle of being dressed. All of a sudden Mommy told Daddy that she was not comfortable taking CJ out today. CJ tossed and turned all night according to Mommy. Daddy might have heard her once but was so tired he slept unusually hard. She also had a cough and running nose. Thank God she did not have a fever but she was not at 100%. Daddy felt this was going to happen so took the news in stride, prayed with his family, then went off to worship.

Worship was great as usual but to the congregants something was missing. After service someone came to me and asked about CJ. They told me they missed her today with her loud amen's. CJ does make her presence known when she is in worship. With a Daddy who is a preacher some amen's from the home team never hurts.

Once I arived home I found out that CJ slept for the majority of the day. That explains why it is now almost 10:00pm and she is up playing peekaboo with Mommy. It may have been the ice cream Sunday we shared tonight before Daddy goes on his no bread, no meat, no sweets kick. Seafood is welcome! You know Daddy had to share that with his Princess. Mommy offered bread, lol! Well I am glad she is not too sick. She is not 100% but with you all praying she will be back there in a heartbeat! We all know that prayer changes things, people, and situations.