Hi Daddy!

Daddy had a phone call so he did not go inside with Mommy to pick CJ up from the babysitter. Daddy wonders whaty she was thinking when she saw Mommy alone. Daddy di nto have to wait long to find out. Sooner than later you heard the words, "Hi, Daddy" in a high pitched voice full of love. Daddy turned around to look at his Princess and return her greeting. Daddy had a long day which has left him fatigued this evening but he has had to keep pressing. He even realized that he would be out of the house every night this week so he volunteered to change Daddy/Daughter Bath Night to today. CJ was not feeling a bath period but Daddy pressed on and completed the task. He lotined her up, dressed her, and prayed with her. Now todya becasue we went food shopping the bath occured before dinner. Mommy insisted on covering CJ with a big shirt so she did not get dirty. However, CJ did not want to comply and took most of it off and did not make a mess. After dinner CJ told Mommy good night, she only say's "Night!" though. Daddu gave her a big kiss then laid her down for the night. She laid down rather calmly and that is a good thing. Keep praying my friends, prayer changes things, people, and situations!

Singles Action

So ususally CJ and Daddy both get to say Amen in church. However today Daddy coul donly hear his voice and not CJ's as the word was procalimed. Daddy does not know whether or not it was no clothes or laundry that kept CJ at home but their was no tag team action in worship today. SO of course Daddy prayed for both CJ and Mommy. The ride to and from church was lonely but Daddy found a CD with some great preaching to accompany me.

The highlight of the day of course was arriving home to the chant of Daddy coming from my princess. That word makes Daddy melt and a huge smile come upon his face. So keep praying that CJ makes Daddy smile and that Daddy always gives CJ a reason to smile. We know that prayer changes things, people, and situations!

Falling Hard

So today Daddy felt like the weather was pleasant enough to take CJ outdors. CJ got a big purple ball so instead of her having no room to play with it in the house, outdoors gave her the space she needed. Now you must know that Daddy is not in the best shape of his life and when he got outside he saw that he could get back in shape by chasing CJ. As soon as she hit the bottom step she was off and running. So Daddy threw the ball and CJ wen tt o go get it or so I thought. CJ instead wanted to run down the pavement and of course she fell. Now I heard the tumble and thought she would cry. Not my Princess, she is a little rough. She got back up and continued to do what she set out to do. She was on the pavement.

There was this little boy and when CJ saw him she went over to talk to him. Now Daddy was not pleased but he allowed the teo to have a FRIENDLY conversation. It was brief and then Daddy told CJ to move it along. We did not stay out to too long becasue CJ's nose began to runa little. The time together was great though. We have to do that more often. Soon the weather will be nice enough for us to go to the park. Now Daddy needs to get the park toys ready! You all pray for us some great weather! Prayer changes things, people, and situations!

Don't Walk This Way

So we ended up because of lateness, having dinner at Applebee's. Not the desired location but the closest one to us and we were hungry. So we sit down and they always put CJ in the aisle. Little do they know, but CJ choses to bother anyone who comes close and when youhave us in the back with all the other kids due to noise level, CJ will reach out and hit anyone that comes near. Sometimes I want to war people to go another route when delivery food or CJ could cause you to have a huge embarassing mistake. Their is no way to prevent this either. SH elures them in by saying "Hi!" to them. Then by the time the bill comes she has hit the person at least three times.

Everyday

Everyday is a day of thanksgiving! That is the song I shared with CJ on tonight. Bath time was not the greatest. She still is at a stage where she seems not to like baths.

Amen!

First let me apologize for not posting for two days. This is a very rough week at the job. Daddy hs to finish getting all the decisions out and is a little behind pace. So once he arrives home he is weak, has dinner, and then falls asleep. Last night he fell asleep and woke up at around 1:00am. he did get up off the living room floor and made his way to the bed. Daddy tried to wake Mommy up too but she refused to answer his call.


So this morning CJ was awake. She usually sleeps through Daddy dressing her but today she wanted to add to the confusion of the morning. Daddy overslept which made everything operate behind schedule. CJ following him around does nothing to help the situation either. We managed to get out of the house by 7:00am and of course that meant Daddy was late for work. Daddy took a picture of the traffic he was delayed in and sent it to Mommy.

So witht the knowledge that CJ will need a new babysitter next schoolyear, Mommy and Daddy sought out to find one. We secured a few names and today the leading candidate was interviewed. Daddy felt very comfortable with the woman mainly because she is family oriented. She had a house full of grandchildren and her daughter was a part of the interview. The house was immaculate, and she knows children and repsects their parents. Daddy left without any reservations.

We then had dinner in McDonalds of all places. We needed to kill some time before we went to church. CJ of course found someone to chat with and the lady entertained her as well. We then went to church and heard a magnificent word from the Lord. Daddy could hear CJ saying AMEN, from the pulpit. She say's it at the right time too. We are getting back on track and Daddy is goingto get rest. Keep praying for him to do as God leads him to do. Prayer changes things, people, and situations.

Copycat

CJ's little fits are beginning to become more and more pronounced. Now some of you will say it is her approaching the terrible twos. I will say she is mimmicking behaviors seen throughout the day at the babysitters. It is going to be really interesting trying to undo what she sees as normal practice. Daddy just wants to make sure that CJ does not feel that to get what she needs she has to throw a fit. SO it seems that we have to work more on language. She knows words but refuses to use them. She still thinks that she can chose when she listens and when she does not. Daddy is going to have to go back to the books I guess on her. We have to make sure the progress we have at home is not retarded when she is away from home. The sitter is great but Cj is so impressionable now and anyting that she see's she is going to tuck away in her memory bank and exhibit when she feels necessary.

This is an interesting situation for us. Please continue to lift us in prayer. We know prayer changes things, people, and situations!