Just Fine

Mommy could do a duet with Mary J. Blige and do the hook. When I called to hec on CJ she told me that she was fine. In my head I said, just fine?" I guess I had to take it. After I dropped cj off at the sitter that was it for out interaction. I had a function tonight so the next time I saw her she was asleep in her bed.

Mommy said she was fine so I will go with that. Keep praying though. Prayer changes things, people, and situations.

Easy Night

Not going to keep you long. CJ kind of mesed up the computer so Daddy has to use the phone. Tonight was Daddy bath night and CJ took it easy on Daddy. Putting her to sleep was easy to. She did not put up a fight. So she gets an A+ tonight. Keep praying for us as we hope our computer is not messed up to bad. Prayer changes things, people, and situations.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE PART DEUX

CJ put the tree skirt over her head and then her head was filled with glitter. Mommy had to take her hair out of the braids to wash it. CJ was not to happy but it had to be done. When I left for Bible Study I told CJ that I would see her in the morning.

Pray for her folks, prayer changes things, people, and situations.

Much Better

Tonight CJ was much better when we tried to put her to bed. The yelling, screaming, and fussing was to a minimum. So keep praying for her. Prayer hanges things, people, and situations.

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!