DOH!!! In My Homer Simpson Voice

Help me, help, help, help me folks not hurt this girl! I love CJ, I really do but again and I think this is becoming a theme, CJ does not listen. The most frustrating thing s as a parent is that she chooses not to listen. I mean she will look at you right in your face and watches your lips move. I believe she hears the sound and come out and then she decides enough is enough and proceeds to ignore the command. Folks, I do not care if she knows it, but it irks the heck out of Daddy and it WILL stop.

You see Daddy is from a family where you were spoken to once and you understood what was asked of your. In CJ's case she wants to suffer the consequences, which is alright but can become painful if she continues to not listen. Earlier today I asked my niece whether or not she knew which body part was used to listen and she answered correctly, the ears. I think I may need her to teach her cousin that very soon.

So why does it bother Daddy, well it bothers me because I want CJ to be a pleasant child. One who listens and follows directions. CJ will be a child who will be away from home most of the day due to her parents working schedule. (That is until Daddy's high paying job comes around where Mommy will be OK to retire) Daddy wants to be confident that wherever CJ is, that she is not a bother to anyone. You may say that I am expecting to much. I will defend my position by stating that acquisition of any kind starts in the womb and a child is never to young to learn. That is why we read to her in the belly, she listened to music, we prayed with her and we continue to do so. All of these life lessons will be embedded inside of her and she will be able to recall them when necessary because they will be a part of the fabric of her life. So no, I am not expecting to much!

CJ also got into the Vaseline today. She was busted when she came out and touch a chair and left a mark. She also had a wad of it on her lip. Mommy said she did they same thing yesterday and asked if she had gotten any of it in her mouth. Daddy said it did not matter because he had eaten Vaseline as a child and he turned out just great!

As I sit and remember Homer saying DOH! every time Bart did something he was not suppose to I hear myself echoing the same word. Every time CJ runs into the bathroom and shuts the door, every time she rips paper and eats it, every time she runs into the kitchen and takes the pots and pans out of the cabinet, and every time she deliberately wastes milk all over the floor, Daddy has a DOH! on deck.

Prayerfully CJ is strengthen her listening skills. Daddy knows that prayer changes tings, people, and situations! So keep us in your prayers as well continue to pray for all of you!

Entertainment?

When I need to be entertained i will o to a movie, play a video game, listen to music, watch a athletic event, or go shopping. I am wondering what we need to do to keep CJ entertained? Cj will not sit down and relax for anything in the world. You can try reading to her and she will begin to get up half way through. If you turn on the music she wants to wreck the computer instead. If you put on some educational television, she will ignore it when she is ready. Now I know she is going to explore but now CJ is becoming a bit much. She gets into everything she should not. She breaks things, and then she still chooses when and when she will not pay you any attention. I know it gets on my nerves but what to do to stop it I do not know.

Professionally I know most of what she does is developmental. However there is a part of her that does what she does for kicks and that line is what I am trying to identify in her. When is CJ developing and when is she being a brat? these are things that do not come in the book and you can not research them. Today I think she began to see the line Daddy was drawing. I had to get very stern with her after she purposely wasted her milk and them got into some salsa from off the table, (How she got that I do not know). Some will say let her be, but Daddy says, "Let us set the parameters." So of course she cried and then wanted to be treated like a baby but Daddy did not give in.

This will be an on going saga between Daddy and CJ. She will want to do everything she should not and Daddy will break out the discipline. So you all pray for this situation. Pray that the line is drawn and recognized by both. CJ and her Daddy believe that prayer changes things, people, and situation!

Pretty Tame

I have to admit to you that tonight was very tame in the CJ and Daddy saga. CJ came home and played with her new alphabet toy and her dead cell phone. Daddy came home and played a video game. Mommy caught up with her soaps and everything was good. Daddy prepared dinner, we all ate and then CJ was put to bed. She did not even put up a fight tonight. So if I look back on this evening all was well.

So you must be praying folks so keep it up. Prayer changes things, people, and situations!

For December 9th - I Fell Victim

OK, I always complain about how Mommy falls asleep when she goes in the room to put CJ to bed. Well folks, last night Daddy became a victim of the same thing. As you know Thursday night is Daddy bath night and when I am home it does occur. Now I will admit the days at work are getting longer. Also, chasing CJ around once you get home is exhausting too. So when you get in that room, you pray, your read, and then you hear her fuss as you wait for her to fall asleep you do have a reason to go to sleep yourself. So now I see what happens.

I gave CJ an old telephone on yesterday. It flips open so that seems to excite her. She thought it would be nice to hand me the phone and literally put in on my ear so Daddy held a conversation. Anything to keep my child entertained, right! We also started this no TV tings once we arrive home. It is killing me slowly on the inside. CJ has become to enthralled by channel 123 which is educational but she will tune anything and everyone out when it is on. I might have to reconsider this decision and maybe change the channel to CNN or CNBC because we don not want Daddy going stir crazy. However we believe it will help her development. For the second day she listened to an entire book be read to her. She likes reading and hearing books but she would sometimes only let you get through short clips of them.

So there is my recap of last night. Sorry I fell asleep but I guess there is a spell that gets you when you put CJ to sleep. So now as I strangely say, I have to get ready to go to work. (It is not night time so I had to say something different) you all pray for Daddy, work is becoming a war zone and the devil is showing up so pray I hold my peace and let the Lord fight my battles. Say what needs to be said and that is it. I know that prayer changes things, people, and situations!

Water Dribbling

Don't have much to report tonight. Once we arrived home today CJ wanted a little to drink. So Mommy gave her a cup of water with some ice in it and CJ enjoyed it. Well a little to much, all she wanted to do was waste and dribble the water all over herself and the floor. CJ I guess felt goo but Daddy had to mop up the water that was running all over.

Daddy had to attend Bible Study tonight so he had to leave CJ with Mommy alone tonight. Once I arrived home CJ was already asleep. Mommy said it was a little rough but she is sleeping soundly now. So as I sign off tonight, keep praying folks. The breakthrough is coming. Prayer changes things, people, situations.

The Ride Home

Tonight I will pick up on the ride home. Mommy did not go to work today so Daddy was left to pick CJ up alone. As usual CJ gave her salutations to everyone and proceeded to run out the door. Today, because I did not feel like chasing her, I picked her up so we could expedite time. Once in the car CJ was on her best behavior. She did not talk much either. She instead looked out the window as Daddy drove. Daddy had to go take care of some business so we would be out a little longer than usual. Daddy was concerned that CJ would begin to get restless so he operated as quickly as possible.

CJ was on her best behavior tonight. She was quiet in Target and on the ride home she did not even let out a peep. I even had to Tweet to the world, "My Princess is behaving so well, she must want something." So I guess I have to get her something. I was proud of her though, I really was expecting the worse but she showed me differently.

So we came home to Daddy's sick wife and CJ's sick Mommy. She is doing a little better but she still is sick. So when you pray tonight, pray for her healing. We know that prayer changes things, people, and situations!

NOTE TO CJ: It is cool to hang out with Daddy!

Fiesty

Over the past few days CJ has developed a fiesty side. She continues not to listen when you instruct her to do something. She is determined to do what she wants even if she could hurt herself. Daddy is a bit tired of speaking to her more than once. He can call out her name and she will look at him but then proceed to do whatever it is she was doing. Daddy is not buying the age appropriate argument but Mommy is prresenting it.

CJ is also making her bedtime rather dramatic. She acts as if someone is killing her when you place her in the crib. She jumps and yells and screams and this routine is getting old to Daddy. He has talked quietly with her to no avail. Maybe he needs to change his approach. We shall see in the coming days. I just hope she grows tired of being ignored while she goes through her ranting and performance because she will not earn Daddy's vote for an Oscar Award.

So you all do CJ the favor and pray for her. At this rate she will need them all. So keep praying, CJ and Daddy believe in it's power and we can count on prayer to change people, things, and situation.