SHOUT!!!

Daddy has been changing his atmosphere lately. He is allowing the Lord to occupy every aspect of his life. Moving out of the way to get placed where I ought to be. This means things change and everyone around me might get affected and that includes Princess CJ.

So today when we arrived home, I had to get my War Cry on, so on came the music and the Praise began. Now I was doing me as the young people say but my little CJ figured she would join me. She came to where I was and was attentive and then started to clap, smile, move to the beat and make her own praise. So I just said, "Come on baby!" and kept giving God the Praise. If CJ wants to get hers in I will encourage her from now to whenever. One never knows how the Lord is moving and Daddy has learned, and learned the hard way, that you better not block God.

Other than our Praise party tonight the day was normal. We went to work and the sitter and came home, our usual daily routine. Now CJ and Daddy have a new addition to our day, we start it off in prayer that has always been what we do, but now we will get our "Praise On" when we get home for the day! Hallelujah!

So I encourage you to get your praise on too, in the car, on the job, at home, during a walk, wherever! I will be praying for you, and we all know that prayer changes things, people, and situations! Go ahead and change your atmosphere.

NOTE TO CJ: Baby girl never be ashamed to give God the Praise. It is because of Him that you have life and are able to do all you do! Romans 1:16 says; "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek".

CJ The Bully

OK, I guess I need to talk with CJ again. A while back I preached to her about defending herself and personal space. It also does not help that she is a girl that is surrounded by boys. Boy cousins, boy play pals, and boys at the babysitter. She has no choice but to be rough, and rough she is. When we arrived to pick her up today the sitter's daughter said, "Boy, CJ is a rough one!" Daddy chuckled because that is what he wants his girl to be, but not too rough. She can be dainty but know how to pounce a joker out when need be. So I will sit down with her and give her some new parameters so that she takes it easy on the guys around her.

So hopefully I am not raising a bully but an heir to Laila Ali's title would be OK. Beauty, brains, and fists is a great combo platter. So I will pray she balances it all out. You all pray she does not hurt someone's child. We know that prayer changes things, people, and situations. Have a blessed night!

Labor Day? LOL!

Well today was Labor Day, and on this day, you are not supposed to work. Well I guess the definition changed once CJ came into the world. I did more work today than I do on my regular nine to five. This girl is really coming into her own, and when you are around her, you have to be on your p's and q's or risk some major L's for the day. I guess it is a good thing that she is all over the place. She gets into everything, though. Her vision must be twenty-twenty because she will see the smallest spec of dust on the floor and get to it with record speed.

Today CJ and Daddy had a chorus line going. We asked Mommy to find us a song but she refused to. I guess she did not like our singing. We also have this praise chant that we do now, as well. There is no harm in showing the little Princess how to praise the Lord. So we sung for a while until CJ did not want to join in anymore.

Tomorrow CJ will dine on lunch made especially for her by her Daddy. Instead of buying stuff full of salt and freeze dried, Daddy used his hands to create food for CJ. He hopes she enjoys it. So the day is done for now and CJ, after a long fought battle with Mommy, is sleeping. She may be a handful but I am glad she is full of spunk and determination.

So as you get ready for bed, remember to pray. We all know that prayer changes things, people, and situations!

In The Nick of Time

This will be more like a tweet. CJis really developing her vocabulary. She continues to talk to anyone who will listen. She even is remembering names. This will be remembered as the day she decided to do number two on the floor and Daddy had to get it up. That's all for tonight. Keep praying, we all know that prayer changes things, people, and situations.

What A Shame

So today I will pick up a bit of information that just became fresh. Tonight, since we had not been in a long time, and because of my work schedule, we might not get back there for a while, Daddy decided to take the family to IHOP. On the way out the door it came to me. CJ is now able to eat from the kids menu, which at IHOP is supposed to be free as long as you purchase an adult entree. So we get to IHOP and place our order. For CJ we ordered one pancake and one scrambled egg. When the bill came we saw that we were charged for it and I tried to figure out why. So Mommy read some materials and noticed that you had to order a bigger kid's meal to get it free.

I was not irate but felt that the waitress should have told us that. I mean come on now, one egg and one pancake you pay for and you could have got fruit, sausage, eggs, and pancakes for free. You tell me what you would have selected. So when I arrived home I did what any other normal citizen would do. I sent an email to corporate for them to explain to me why they charge for less food. It just makes no sense to me. In a past life I would have made a big scene and demanded justice right there in the restaurant but since I have matured I just paid the bill and voiced my opinion in another manner.

Will anything get done, I do not know. What I do know is that CJ will be ordering from the "Just For Kids Menu" as it is called and not charged for from this point on. If she wastes food then so what since IHOP does not seem to mind. With that said, we all enjoyed the food we had. CJ has to learn not to chew with her mouth open though. She had a good day at the sitter and Daddy and CJ hung out this evening when Mommy took a nap. I must add that CJ tired her old man out and he even dozed off for a minute. We did have fun and I even read a book to her. It was all about simple food items with pictures to help with her visual recognition of things.

So now CJ sleeps and Daddy is finishing up his blog so that he can sit back and kick it with Mommy. So you all continue to pray, if you recall the bible says the prayers of the righteous availeth much. As always prayers continue to change things, people, and situations!

NOTE TO CJ: Hey Princess, if I ever to forget to order from the right menu at IHOP make sure you do not. That is until you are 13 and you have to order from the real menu.

Football Season Has Begun

Daddy bounced on CJ tonight. Football season is here.

The Preliminary Run

Today marked CJ's official first day back at the sitter. If all days go like today then we are in for a GREAT year! Daddy woke up late but made up for time with CJ, who while she was getting dressed, decided she would continue to sleep. This meant no fight from her. Even Mommy contributed to us getting out the door on time which lead to Daddy arriving at work at his desired start time.

So when Daddy arrived to pick CJ up she was almost at the curb. Mommy had told the sitter she would be there by a specific time but did not quite make it. So Daddy found out about CJ's day and made his way back to the car to strap CJ in. And off we went to find Mommy, who almost got left because she can not tell time.

We came home and CJ picked up where she left off. She was wide awake so she chose to mess up any and everything in sight. Where ever I asked her not to go she went. What I asked her not to do, she did. It was a game I did not really want to play tonight so I put her in her playpen for a few minutes.

Daddy realized that food shopping is a must if he wants to get home and have bonding time with his Princess. If not it will be 7:00pm everyday before we get in. So that is a rap folks. CJ is sleeping and Daddy and Mommy are preparing for tomorrow. It was a great start to the school year and Daddy prays that we can keep the momentum going. We all know that prayer changes things, people, and situations so I will keep offering it up!