ANOTHER one

I had no pic of Diella to put up, and I CANT blog without a picture! So here was one where I was taking pictures of Ethan & she butted her lil head in to get one of her! lol

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Ok, so I needed a whole separate blog today for her two big things. We’re still struggling with whatever is going on with her for bedtime. She’s been crying and not wanting to go to bed (as you know, very unlike her usual self). So when it started, I would continually and calmly put her back in her bed until she stayed there… then after a few nights, we resorted to shutting the door all the way… this sort of worked… so last night, I thought I would sort of combine the two… so after I put her into bed & tucked her in TEN times (which basically was only ten minutes, cuz she didn’t stay in her bed at all, jus got straight up & came back out, so the cycle continued very swiftly)… THEN I finally shut the door, and then we only heard her for another minute after that… so I guess I’m not really sure which is the ‘right’ method, but this combination seemed to work last night, so I guess that’s what I’ll try again tonight and see how it goes…. Oh and when she keeps coming out, she’ll make things up for why she’s up, like she’ll say ‘poop again’ (cuz she knows I’ll come in & check if she’s pooped or not)… or she’ll say ‘story’ (wants me to tell her a story, but usually I do that when I put her down the FIRST time), so I’ll say ‘I already told you a story’… and so she’ll say ”daddy, kiss” and I’ll say, “you already gave daddy a kiss” and she’ll say “daddy hug” … and the list goes on, sigh* … my mom says this excuse thing is something four year olds usually do… Diella, stop growing up so fast!

So after the fiasco the other day, I was afraid potty training would never get accomplished… well, I had a crazy idea, and you may agree with it or not, that’s ok… but she tends to hide behind the couch to poop, soooo I put the potty behind the couch… I showed her & told her that she could go back there to hide while she goes potty… (this was yesterday).. she seemed to like the idea, tried it once, and didn’t go… so I tried again today…. AND SHE WENT PEE!!!!!!!! So came the rewards, she got a sticker, a stamp, a “big girl diaper” (a pull-up), and a cookie! Let’s see if this method continues to work! Oh, and so I called Ahna & told her (on speaker phone) and we all got excited, and then we called daddy & did the same (so she was being praised by all of us)… and then we hung up & she goes “call granddad” !!! :) how cool! (we didn’t, cuz he’s at work, but I thought it was awesome that not only did she catch on to the fact that we we're calling people to tell them something exciting, but that she then suggested the next person to call!!!)

Also, when we called Jake to tell him this, a man answered the phone & when we were on hold, Diella said “Jack. Pastor Jack” … lol, she thought that man was Pastor Jack, hilarious!

Ok, so she learned ANOTHER 4 syllable word… (that’s, I dunno, like 6 of em she knows now)… it’s ballerina. She learned it because she’s got a pair of ballerina jammies. And whenever we’re going through those words (I say a word, she repeats it), and we get to ballerina, she says ‘ballerina jammies’ every time, hehe

Ok, last quick silly story, then I promise I’m done ;) Diella had gone into her room for nap, but it hadn’t been real long since she’d been in there, so I had a feeling she wasn’t quite asleep yet… and I was folding towels in my room (right next to her room, we share a wall), and I had to sneeze… but I was trying to hold it in, cuz I didn’t want her to hear me… but it came out anyway & I cringe, hoping I didn’t wake her… and I pause to see if I did…. (pause)…. Then I hear a loud & cheerful “Bless you Mommy!” HAHA!