I called for Diella, she said "whaaat" I said where are you? she said "Baaathrooom", so I go in there, and THIS is what I see... hehe... what a goof____________________
So there’s all kinds of new fun things that Diella says! The other day she did a few whole sentences… like, she said “mama, did it all myself” !!! and also “looka me, I’ma mess” !!! She also started saying I dunno, like if you ask her where something is & she doesn’t know, she says it so sweet, like her voice goes up on the O, I dunnoooo, it cute!... Sometimes when she falls (like jus clumsy fall, not big painful fall), I say ‘wipeout!’ real playfully, so she doesn’t get scared or cry or anything… then the other day she fell and goes “Wipeout!” it was hilarious! Everyone in the room was cracking up!... Oh, she also says yup for yes and nope for no lately… so cute, I love it! Yup! Nope!
A few other quick stories that have to do with cute things she’s been saying… the other day Deal or No Deal was on TV… Howie said to the contestant “Deal or no deal?” … Diella goes, ‘no deal’ haha! … whenever she’s naked, about to get in the bath, or has jus come out of the bath, she yells “naked butt!” hehehe…. I’ve started to have her repeat after me, her numbers 11-20… then the other day she goes “sixteen, seventeen, eighteen” ! so, we’re catchin on, cool!... Diella pronounces Noodles, like Loodles… haha! I dunno why, but it sounds so cute! … And a long time ago we learned how to shake hands & say ‘nice to meet you’ … well she does it all the time lately, she’ll do it to Ethan, “Nice to meet you, Ethan” .. or the other day just out of nowhere, like I think she was getting in trouble, my mom & dad & I are explaining to her something she did wrong & outta the blue she goes “nice to meet you” , so of course we all cracked up… her lil scheme to get outta trouble worked! Lil booger.
She was reading this book, and there were pictures of food in it, she always says the food & then says ‘taste it’ … then she’ll lick it & then usually ask me to taste it too… where I don’t love the taste of paper, I do love that she’s using her imagination!!! … and she’s also quite sensitive. Someone fell down on TV & she said “fall down, tv, Diella fix it” that was so sweet! And then in this book she was reading, there was a drawing of a baby in a basket. For some reason, Diella thought this wasn’t a good thing and she pointed to it & said “baby basket. Diella fix it” awww!!!
We’ve decided that Diella’s love language is definitely words of affirmation. She used to always remind us to say ‘good girl’ when she did something good. Well the other day the Stickels were over and I looked at Colton and said “Colton, you are cute.” … Diella looks at me and points to herself, and with this puppy face, she says “cute too?” her lil voice went up at the end like a question too… and of course I was like “aww, yes you’re cute too!” and hugged her….. And Diella has learned something Huge this week!... she learned her last name! And she says it perfectly too! We started by saying Ritenour & having her repeat it. Then we explained that that was her last name. So then we’d ask ‘whats your last name?’ and she would answer ‘Ritenour.’ And now we ask her “whats your name?” and she says “Diella Ritenour” !!! It’s awesome! So again, along with her needing words of affirmation… she did this the other day & I smiled & hugged her and she goes “proud of you” … so of course I said “Yes, I’m proud of you!” hehehe
The other day she got one of her pull ups & put it on her head & said “mommy, hat!” and started dancing around! You could tell she didn’t think it was really a hat, but she was doing it to be funny! What a lil comedian! … she discovered her shadow a while back, but it still cracks me up when she sees it & waves at it, heheh…. And she’s been saying “kiss it all better” and “bandaid on it, all better” a lot lately…. Oh, and she calls things pretty.. she says ‘daddy, hair pretty’ or ‘mommy, eyes pretty’ all the time :)
Diella is starting to be a pretty good singer! That song that she sings with me, when I pause & she fills in the blanks, she’s on tune a lot! And once, the first word she filled in, wasnt very on key, then the second one was! It was like she was correcting herself, it was cool! …. The other day we were in Diella’s bed, praying, and Ethan was with us. When we were done & said amen, Diella took his hands & made them into the sign for Amen, she was helping him sign it! That was neat! …. And Diella can read lips! Like if we ask her her last name & she doesn’t answer right away, she’ll look at me & I’ll lip ‘Ritenour’ and then she’ll say it! Or if she’s supposed to say sorry or thank you or any of those to someone, I’ll lip it to her & then she does it!
There’s this website that we play with Diella since a long time ago, and its an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Well there’s an infant version, where they jus press the spacebar to go through each letter, and there’s a toddler version, where they type a letter & that animal plays. I just love to watch the fascination on her face when I tell her a letter to type, and she does it, and then sees THAT letter come up, she thinks its awesome!
Weird thing. One day she kept saying doctor. I would say ‘you wanna go to the doctor?’ and every time she said yup….weird! … She got her own pants the other day when she was asked, yay! I love that they can hear & understand & follow through an instruction, that is so great! Growin up! … The other day Diella negotiated with me! It was cool & So uncool at the same time. A lotta times if its not time for snack, she’ll ask me for one, and either I say no, or I'll say ‘one and that’s it’ … so the other day, its bedtime, she had already brushed her teeth, and brought me a can of cashews, and said ‘one, that’s it’ lol! So I let her… cuz that was amazing, using her skills like that, hehe… And Diella is getting even better at working out with me! She was doing crunches really well, and now she’s pretty good at push ups (well, lil kid style), and certain movements that she watches me & the TV do, she can copy quite well!!! Atta girl! Teach em young!
Ok two more things… we had a bit of a disaster this morning… Diella was up playin as her daddy left for work, and right then I got outta bed cuz Ethan was calling me to eat… well we went upstairs in his room to feed him & so as I am, I noticed diella’s jammies hangin low, Very full, and even looked like the diaper may have slid halfway off… so I’m finishing feeding him, and as she continues to play, I can see that its not just pee in there, and it started to seep through, ugh! I finally get to her, to clean her up & its jus everywhere from waist down! (and yes, the diaper had come halfway off)… so I stick her in the utility sink in the laundry room & hose her off… she didn’t like this… so, I wasn’t upset that I had to clean such a mess, I was upset cuz it didn’t even bother her to have all that yukky in her jammies! She just carried on & played like nothing was wrong, Grr!! Now I feel like she’ll Never learn to use potty! :’(
Ok, and another crazy thing, that we’re not real happy about. Diella has always Always been a good sleeper, has always gone down easily, and even often asks to go to bed… well, something changed, we dunno what, but now she cries when its time for bed, and even sometimes for nap… she says no, she fights it, and asks us to lay with her… we never lay with her, so I dunno why she wants this so badly… we’ve found that the only thing to do is to shut the door all the way, then she’ll cry for a lil while and then pass out… she used to close the door til it latched by herself, I think because she knew I’d come unlatch it, so she was tryin to get me to keep putting her back in bed, well now we jus start off by keeping it closed & she doesn’t fight as long… its nuts.. and I have no clue why this is goin on… but, sigh* … a few times she has fallen out of bed in the middle of the night, once time she didn’t even wake up, it was funny… but when that happens, I just put her back in bed & she goes right back down… other times, not real often, but a few times she has woken up in middle of night for no reason, and usually cries… she hasn’t woken up at night since she was nursing, so like a whole year ago! We dunno why all this is happening, but we’re prayin that sleep habits go back to the way they used to be!... like I've always been consistent with scheduling naps, and she always takes one right after lunch... it used to be where she'd be almost done eating & she's say 'mommy, nap' (like she's ready for her nap)... and now she goes, "take a nap, no" ... sad :( ...Oh and once in a while she’ll cry for no reason, outta nowhere, or sometimes misbehave & nothing works… dunno what she’s goin through, it breaks my heart… please pray for Diella (its not all the time, but we’d like to get past all this).
Well to end on a more fun note, Diella did the most hilarious thing! I laughed forever! …. I was feeding Ethan in my room & Diella was in another room (I didn’t know which one) and she was really quiet… that usually means she’s gettin in trouble… so when I was done feedin him, I start to look for her & finally find her in her room, on her bed, with a blanket over her head & she’s jus sitting there, So still! I start crackin up, and figure that she’s hiding from me under there… and I’m still laughing, and she still hasn’t moved an inch… I’m thinking she’s been sitting there, waiting for me to find her & I’m jus so tickled over this, still giggling (cuz I’m laughin so hard & she’s STILL sittin there, so I thought she was jus standin her ground, bein funny)… then she finally starts to come out from under the blanket, and she has found a pack of daddy’s gum! … so she WAS gettin into mischief! … she had unwrapped & started chewing a piece! … (she knows she’s not allowed to have gum, every time she asks us for one, we say its not for little kids)… so she wasn’t hiding to be funny, she was hiding to try to keep her lil stunt a secret! Haha! Well, it was so funny to me, she didn’t get it any trouble at all… I just asked her to give me the gum & she did. Then she goes “gum, Mmmm” hehe, Priceless!
A few other quick stories that have to do with cute things she’s been saying… the other day Deal or No Deal was on TV… Howie said to the contestant “Deal or no deal?” … Diella goes, ‘no deal’ haha! … whenever she’s naked, about to get in the bath, or has jus come out of the bath, she yells “naked butt!” hehehe…. I’ve started to have her repeat after me, her numbers 11-20… then the other day she goes “sixteen, seventeen, eighteen” ! so, we’re catchin on, cool!... Diella pronounces Noodles, like Loodles… haha! I dunno why, but it sounds so cute! … And a long time ago we learned how to shake hands & say ‘nice to meet you’ … well she does it all the time lately, she’ll do it to Ethan, “Nice to meet you, Ethan” .. or the other day just out of nowhere, like I think she was getting in trouble, my mom & dad & I are explaining to her something she did wrong & outta the blue she goes “nice to meet you” , so of course we all cracked up… her lil scheme to get outta trouble worked! Lil booger.
She was reading this book, and there were pictures of food in it, she always says the food & then says ‘taste it’ … then she’ll lick it & then usually ask me to taste it too… where I don’t love the taste of paper, I do love that she’s using her imagination!!! … and she’s also quite sensitive. Someone fell down on TV & she said “fall down, tv, Diella fix it” that was so sweet! And then in this book she was reading, there was a drawing of a baby in a basket. For some reason, Diella thought this wasn’t a good thing and she pointed to it & said “baby basket. Diella fix it” awww!!!
We’ve decided that Diella’s love language is definitely words of affirmation. She used to always remind us to say ‘good girl’ when she did something good. Well the other day the Stickels were over and I looked at Colton and said “Colton, you are cute.” … Diella looks at me and points to herself, and with this puppy face, she says “cute too?” her lil voice went up at the end like a question too… and of course I was like “aww, yes you’re cute too!” and hugged her….. And Diella has learned something Huge this week!... she learned her last name! And she says it perfectly too! We started by saying Ritenour & having her repeat it. Then we explained that that was her last name. So then we’d ask ‘whats your last name?’ and she would answer ‘Ritenour.’ And now we ask her “whats your name?” and she says “Diella Ritenour” !!! It’s awesome! So again, along with her needing words of affirmation… she did this the other day & I smiled & hugged her and she goes “proud of you” … so of course I said “Yes, I’m proud of you!” hehehe
The other day she got one of her pull ups & put it on her head & said “mommy, hat!” and started dancing around! You could tell she didn’t think it was really a hat, but she was doing it to be funny! What a lil comedian! … she discovered her shadow a while back, but it still cracks me up when she sees it & waves at it, heheh…. And she’s been saying “kiss it all better” and “bandaid on it, all better” a lot lately…. Oh, and she calls things pretty.. she says ‘daddy, hair pretty’ or ‘mommy, eyes pretty’ all the time :)
Diella is starting to be a pretty good singer! That song that she sings with me, when I pause & she fills in the blanks, she’s on tune a lot! And once, the first word she filled in, wasnt very on key, then the second one was! It was like she was correcting herself, it was cool! …. The other day we were in Diella’s bed, praying, and Ethan was with us. When we were done & said amen, Diella took his hands & made them into the sign for Amen, she was helping him sign it! That was neat! …. And Diella can read lips! Like if we ask her her last name & she doesn’t answer right away, she’ll look at me & I’ll lip ‘Ritenour’ and then she’ll say it! Or if she’s supposed to say sorry or thank you or any of those to someone, I’ll lip it to her & then she does it!
There’s this website that we play with Diella since a long time ago, and its an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Well there’s an infant version, where they jus press the spacebar to go through each letter, and there’s a toddler version, where they type a letter & that animal plays. I just love to watch the fascination on her face when I tell her a letter to type, and she does it, and then sees THAT letter come up, she thinks its awesome!
Weird thing. One day she kept saying doctor. I would say ‘you wanna go to the doctor?’ and every time she said yup….weird! … She got her own pants the other day when she was asked, yay! I love that they can hear & understand & follow through an instruction, that is so great! Growin up! … The other day Diella negotiated with me! It was cool & So uncool at the same time. A lotta times if its not time for snack, she’ll ask me for one, and either I say no, or I'll say ‘one and that’s it’ … so the other day, its bedtime, she had already brushed her teeth, and brought me a can of cashews, and said ‘one, that’s it’ lol! So I let her… cuz that was amazing, using her skills like that, hehe… And Diella is getting even better at working out with me! She was doing crunches really well, and now she’s pretty good at push ups (well, lil kid style), and certain movements that she watches me & the TV do, she can copy quite well!!! Atta girl! Teach em young!
Ok two more things… we had a bit of a disaster this morning… Diella was up playin as her daddy left for work, and right then I got outta bed cuz Ethan was calling me to eat… well we went upstairs in his room to feed him & so as I am, I noticed diella’s jammies hangin low, Very full, and even looked like the diaper may have slid halfway off… so I’m finishing feeding him, and as she continues to play, I can see that its not just pee in there, and it started to seep through, ugh! I finally get to her, to clean her up & its jus everywhere from waist down! (and yes, the diaper had come halfway off)… so I stick her in the utility sink in the laundry room & hose her off… she didn’t like this… so, I wasn’t upset that I had to clean such a mess, I was upset cuz it didn’t even bother her to have all that yukky in her jammies! She just carried on & played like nothing was wrong, Grr!! Now I feel like she’ll Never learn to use potty! :’(
Ok, and another crazy thing, that we’re not real happy about. Diella has always Always been a good sleeper, has always gone down easily, and even often asks to go to bed… well, something changed, we dunno what, but now she cries when its time for bed, and even sometimes for nap… she says no, she fights it, and asks us to lay with her… we never lay with her, so I dunno why she wants this so badly… we’ve found that the only thing to do is to shut the door all the way, then she’ll cry for a lil while and then pass out… she used to close the door til it latched by herself, I think because she knew I’d come unlatch it, so she was tryin to get me to keep putting her back in bed, well now we jus start off by keeping it closed & she doesn’t fight as long… its nuts.. and I have no clue why this is goin on… but, sigh* … a few times she has fallen out of bed in the middle of the night, once time she didn’t even wake up, it was funny… but when that happens, I just put her back in bed & she goes right back down… other times, not real often, but a few times she has woken up in middle of night for no reason, and usually cries… she hasn’t woken up at night since she was nursing, so like a whole year ago! We dunno why all this is happening, but we’re prayin that sleep habits go back to the way they used to be!... like I've always been consistent with scheduling naps, and she always takes one right after lunch... it used to be where she'd be almost done eating & she's say 'mommy, nap' (like she's ready for her nap)... and now she goes, "take a nap, no" ... sad :( ...Oh and once in a while she’ll cry for no reason, outta nowhere, or sometimes misbehave & nothing works… dunno what she’s goin through, it breaks my heart… please pray for Diella (its not all the time, but we’d like to get past all this).
Well to end on a more fun note, Diella did the most hilarious thing! I laughed forever! …. I was feeding Ethan in my room & Diella was in another room (I didn’t know which one) and she was really quiet… that usually means she’s gettin in trouble… so when I was done feedin him, I start to look for her & finally find her in her room, on her bed, with a blanket over her head & she’s jus sitting there, So still! I start crackin up, and figure that she’s hiding from me under there… and I’m still laughing, and she still hasn’t moved an inch… I’m thinking she’s been sitting there, waiting for me to find her & I’m jus so tickled over this, still giggling (cuz I’m laughin so hard & she’s STILL sittin there, so I thought she was jus standin her ground, bein funny)… then she finally starts to come out from under the blanket, and she has found a pack of daddy’s gum! … so she WAS gettin into mischief! … she had unwrapped & started chewing a piece! … (she knows she’s not allowed to have gum, every time she asks us for one, we say its not for little kids)… so she wasn’t hiding to be funny, she was hiding to try to keep her lil stunt a secret! Haha! Well, it was so funny to me, she didn’t get it any trouble at all… I just asked her to give me the gum & she did. Then she goes “gum, Mmmm” hehe, Priceless!
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I cracked up a few times reading this! She got up in the sink? Too funny! It's funny how many things Aria and Diella do in common... again, proof that they really are related ;-) Sorry about the sleep issues... I bet it's just a phase bc she's always been such a great sleeper! Maybe she is having nightmares?
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