Friday, April 18, 2008

And now a word from Ben...

OK I have got too much on my hands right now protecting our precious memories and Ben had a very traumatic experience happen last night that he needs to get off his chest. So without further ado....

I have experienced quite a bit in my relatively short life. I mean... I didn't fight in Nam, and have never even seen illegal narcotics, but I did work in fast food for 2 years in High School. Let's just say I've seen some things!

Last night I was giving Aidan a bath in her inflatable ducky tub and casually perusing through one of Dara's entertainment magazines, when Aidan stopped splashing and gave me a big smile. It was adorable, and I took a moment to soak in my beautiful daughter's smiling eyes. My mind momentarily drifted to to all the future occasions I anticipate soaking in her smile... her first day of kindergarten, her first piano recital at Carnegie Hall, that smile behind the veil before I walk her down the aisle to some undeserving punk. As I gradually awoke from my daydream, I reached for Aidan's towel and turned to take her out of the tub when I noticed something in her hand...poop.

A little round nugget of poop. It was in her hand and millimeters away from her mouth when I grabbed the squishy poop nugget and politely yelled "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

Aidan giggled. I choked a little at the monkey house smell now coming from the inflatable ducky tub. I found myself in a bit of a quandary as I held my naked baby in one hand, and her poop in the other. Obviously the poop in my hand had to go... but where and how? Once my poop hand was clean and her poop hand was clean, I took a deep breath and devised a plan for appropriate poop disposal and complete bathroom cleansing.

Poop happens, and next time it does, this dad has a battle plan!

6 comments:

bcstark said...

Wow.... we've never had that happen but now I know to be on the look-out! Thank goodness for quick reflexes on your part or it could've been a lot worse. :)

Tamika said...

how funny, literally laughed out loud for quite a while about this post. i enjoy reading your blog. thanks for reading ours and you are welcomd for the clothes, if it wasn't so far, i would share more stuff with you guys. i guess you will just have to come visit.

Maggie said...

So gald you found my blog.. great to see what you are up to. Your family is beautiful!

Katie said...

Super dad to the rescue!!!!! Ben, that is GREAT!!!!

Amanda said...

LOL, oh man, you handled that way better than I think Brad would have! He still gets all squirmy when we're hanging out with the Starks and Jackson needs a changing...I think he's in for a rude awakening (SOMEDAY!)

Tamra said...

I just choked -- literally. Posts like these should come with a warning label to not read whilst drinking fizzy beverages. Oy!

Congrats on a job well done, Ben. You are the new poster child for dads who actually parent their children. Me likey.